Biography - page 5
1981 LP Take My Time peaks at UK #17. The title track makes UK #44.
9 to 5 was released in the U.S. as Morning Train (Nine to Five) in order to avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton hit 9 to 5. The song hits US #1 for two weeks, selling over a million copies.
LP Sheena Easton peaks at US #24. When He Shines reaches at UK #12. Modern Girl peaks at US #18. Just Another Broken Heart reaches UK #33.
Sheena is chosen to sing the theme song to the James Bond movie For Your Eyes Only. She was and remains the only singer to have been seen on screen singing the title song for any James Bond movie. For Your Eyes Only makes US #4.
You Could Have Been With Me makes UK #33. Single You Could Have Been With Me makes UK #54.
Even though there is a great deal of demand, her management and she agree it would be best to hold off on a worldwide tour (she had toured Britain) in order to peak interest and the anticipation level.
1980 Christopher Neil is chosen as her record producer and Deke Arlon becomes her manager.
She is followed around for months by video cameras and crews while the BBC compiles the necessary footage for the documentary entitled The Big Time: Pop Singer. They capture her EMI audition, discussions with former singers and their advice for Sheena, the making of her first single, Modern Girl, and the single's promotion.
Modern Girl reaches only U.K. #56. The documentary airs and the exposure helps propel 9 to 5, which peaks at UK #3. Modern Girl is re-released and reaches UK #6. She becomes the first to have two singles in the UK Top 10 simultaneously since Ruby Murray in 1956 and the first British female singer to have her first two singles make the Top 20. One Man Woman reaches UK #14
She is invited and performs a Royal Command Performance for the Queen Mother of England at The Royal Variety Show.
1979 She marries Sandi Easton. The marriage only lasts eight months but she retains the name Sheena Easton.
"The Big Time" begins a search for a relative unknown in order to film a documentary following his/her career throughout the process of becoming a pop star. They contact Sheena's college looking for this newcomer. One of her teachers, knowing her desire to become a singer, informs her of the auditions. She goes, is chosen as the relative unknown, and is given an opportunity to audition for executives of EMI Records.
Despite the admitted reluctance of the executives to sign anyone, they are quite impressed with her talent and she earns an EMI contract.
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