
Sheila
Biography
Annie Chancel (born 16 August 1945), known as Sheila, is a French pop singer who became successful as a solo artist in the 1960s and 1970s, and was also part of the duo Sheila & Ringo with her husband singer Ringo. She also fronted a disco act called Sheila and B. Devotion. Her stage name came from the title of her first release, a French cover version of "Sheila", a hit by Tommy Roe. Throughout her career, Sheila has sold more than 85 million records worldwide. Sheila started her musical career in 1962, after being noticed by Claude Carrère, a French record producer and songwriter. Her parents signed a contract with Carrère for her, when she was 16; the contract led to an artistic collaboration which lasted for more than 20 years. In 1995, a lawsuit put an end to this life-time deal. She entered into a long royalties battle against her former producer, which she won. Sheila had numerous hits in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, playing the typical 'girl next door'. Her first hit was "L'école est finie" ("School is over"), in 1962 (1 million copies). It reached the #1 position in France. In 1964, she recorded and released "Vous Les Copains, Je Ne Vous Oublierai Jamais", her French adaptation of the international hit, "Do Wah Diddy Diddy" as popularized by Manfred Mann, also charted. Notably, the original pop song was sung by The Exciters from a year earlier in 1963. In the movie, Eight Women, Ludivine Sagnier sang her 1963 hit "Papa t'es plus dans l'coup" ("Daddy, you are not in on it anymore"). Sheila's music also featured in the 1996 François Ozon film Une robe d'été (A Summer Dress). The character Sébastien is a fan of Sheila, and Sheila's version of Cher's "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" was on the soundtrack. "Les rois mages" also featured in "Ma vie en rose", a 1997 gender-bender film, "Love me baby", in 1978, "Attention les enfants regardent", with Alain Delon, "Spacer" in "Podium" (2004). After more than a decade of targeting the French teen music audience, mainly in French but also in Spanish, German and Italian, Sheila made a change in her career by releasing "Les Femmes (Qu'y a-t-il dans le cœur des femmes)", a song by Christine Charbonneau in 1976. "Les Femmes" climbed to number one and stayed in the chart for three months. "Les Femmes" brought to Sheila a revolution of modernity, making her one of the idols of the French pop music. In 1977, she started singing in English as Sheila and B. Devotion (in some countries records were under the name "Sheila B. Devotion") and changed her style to disco music. Sheila was accompanied by three male dancers who made up the "Black Devotion" in her routine. She enjoyed international success with hits such as "Singin' in the Rain", "Love Me Baby", "You Light my Fire" and "Spacer" (from the album King of the World, produced by Chic). "Spacer" is one of her biggest hits with more than 5 million copies sold worldwide. According to different interviews, she often said her experience with Chic completely changed her way of working and singing. It was the beginning of a deep artistic disagreement with her French manager Carrère, which made Sheila leave France, move to New York "to start all over again" and studied at the Actors Studio. ... Source: Article "Sheila (French singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For(49 works)

Quotidien
2016Quotidien
2016

Champs-Elysées
1982Champs-Elysées
1982

Vivement dimanche
1998Vivement dimanche
1998

Midi Première
1975Midi Première
1975

Sacrée soirée
1987Sacrée soirée
1987

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975

Numéro un
1975Numéro un
1975

Le monde est à vous
1987Le monde est à vous
1987

Le Grand Échiquier
1972Le Grand Échiquier
1972

Mask Singer
2019Mask Singer
2019

C à vous
2009C à vous
2009

Fan School
1977Fan School
1977

L'Académie des 9
1982L'Académie des 9
1982

La Chance aux chansons
1984La Chance aux chansons
1984

La Chance aux chansons
1984La Chance aux chansons
1984

Star Academy
2001Star Academy
2001

Victoires de la musique
1985Victoires de la musique
1985

Danse avec les stars
2011Danse avec les stars
2011

Téléthon
1987Téléthon
1987

30 millions d'amis
197630 millions d'amis
1976

Les Jeux de 20 heures
1976Les Jeux de 20 heures
1976

Dim Dam Dom
1965Dim Dam Dom
1965

Belle et Bum
2003Belle et Bum
2003

Quelle époque !
2022Quelle époque !
2022

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022

Reflets de Cannes
1954Reflets de Cannes
1954

The Unexpected Getaway
2012The Unexpected Getaway
2012

Cadet Rousselle
1971Cadet Rousselle
1971

La Boîte à secrets
2019La Boîte à secrets
2019

The Secret Song
2018The Secret Song
2018

Basique, le concert
2018Basique, le concert
2018

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022

100 % logique : La réponse est sous vos yeux
2022100 % logique : La réponse est sous vos yeux
2022

Stars à domicile
2001Stars à domicile
2001

Archives secrètes
2021Archives secrètes
2021

Collaricocoshow
1987Collaricocoshow
1987

Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker
2015Nile Rodgers: Secrets of a Hitmaker
2015

Treasure Island
1986Treasure Island
1986

Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022Sheila, toutes ces vies-là
2022

Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo
1970Terzo canale - Avventura a Montecarlo
1970

Cambiando el destino
1992Cambiando el destino
1992

Bang Bang
1967Bang Bang
1967

50 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
202550 ans de Numéro Un - Les Carpentier
2025

La Génération Salut les copains
2019La Génération Salut les copains
2019

Graduation Year
1964Graduation Year
1964

Chroniques de l'âge tendre
2021Chroniques de l'âge tendre
2021

Numéro un - Demis Roussos
2020Numéro un - Demis Roussos
2020

Sheila - Tournée anniversaire : 60 ans de carrière
2022Sheila - Tournée anniversaire : 60 ans de carrière
2022

For the Sake of a 50!
2025For the Sake of a 50!
2025