Sheila & B Devotion ~ Spacer 1980 Disco Purrfection Version

Time for another Chic production! Sheila was not well known outside of Europe, so I was really surprised to hear that Edwards and Rodgers got behind her and created this gossamer ode to a space hero. She was born August 16, 1945 as Annie Chancel and got her stage name from her cover of Tommy Roe’s #1 hit, “Sheila“ her first release. Her version peaked at #3 on the French Pop Chart. Producer Claude Carrére found her when she was 16 so her parents signed a contract for her that resulted in a 20 year association. She immediately hit and had three songs in a row top the charts in 1963. She regularly charted in the Top 5 and had many #1 hits that were all sung in French and also recorded some of these songs in Spanish, German and Italian. By the time she decided to record in English, it was 1977 and she put together a group, Black Devotion, shortened it to Sheila & B Devotion. The focus was on recording disco music which is when the Chic boys got involved.