Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard of ‘Something to Talk About’ fame dies
4 min readBy Associated Press
NEW YORK: Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who equipped songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins and located lasting fame penning Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1991 hit “Something to Talk About,” has died. She was 67.
Eikhard died Thursday at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville, Ontario, because of problems from most cancers, stated publicist Eric Alper.
The blues-rock smash hit “Something to Talk About” was written in 1985 and Eikhard had supplied it to Murray and different artists, who all declined to document it. Then years later Raitt left a message on Eikhard’s cellphone saying she she’d simply recorded it. Raitt stated later she’d found the track on a demo Eikhard had despatched and admired it.
The track was the primary single from Raitt’s 1991 album “Luck of the Draw” and spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 5. It would win Raitt the most effective pop vocal efficiency on the 1992 Grammy Awards and was additionally nominated within the document of the yr class.
On Grammy evening, Raitt made certain to thank Eikhard and she or he turned to Twitter after Eikhard’s demise to say she was “deeply saddened,” writing “I will be forever grateful for our beautiful connection and friendship.”
Eikhard earned Juno Awards in 1973 and 1974 for finest nation feminine artist and she or he gained a number of BMI Awards. She was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in October 2020. Her most up-to-date album was 2021′s “On My Way to You.”
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During her profession, Eikhard launched 18 full-length albums between 1972 to 2021 and taught herself to play guitar, piano, bass, drums, percussion, chromatic harmonica, sax, banjo and mandolin.
At age 15, Eikhard’s track “It Takes Time” was recorded by nation singer Murray in 1971, and later grew to become successful in her native Canada. Eikhard launched her self-titled debut album the next yr in 1972. The title monitor for Atkins’ forty first studio album, “Pickin’ My Way” was considered one of Eikhard’s earliest successes.
She additionally crafted with Cher the frenetic dance monitor “Lovers Forever” for the 1994 movie “Interview with the Vampire,” but it surely didn’t make the ultimate soundtrack lower. They collaborated once more on “Born With the Hunger,” from Cher’s 2000 album, “Not.com.mercial.”
Eikhard sang the theme track for Stanley Kramer’s 1976 film “The Domino Principle” starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen, in addition to the theme track for “The Passion of Ayn Rand” in 2000.
NEW YORK: Shirley Eikhard, the singer-songwriter who equipped songs for Cher, Emmylou Harris, Anne Murray, Chet Atkins and located lasting fame penning Bonnie Raitt‘s Grammy-winning 1991 hit “Something to Talk About,” has died. She was 67.
Eikhard died Thursday at Headwaters Health Care Centre in Orangeville, Ontario, because of problems from most cancers, stated publicist Eric Alper.
The blues-rock smash hit “Something to Talk About” was written in 1985 and Eikhard had supplied it to Murray and different artists, who all declined to document it. Then years later Raitt left a message on Eikhard’s cellphone saying she she’d simply recorded it. Raitt stated later she’d found the track on a demo Eikhard had despatched and admired it.
The track was the primary single from Raitt’s 1991 album “Luck of the Draw” and spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at No. 5. It would win Raitt the most effective pop vocal efficiency on the 1992 Grammy Awards and was additionally nominated within the document of the yr class.
On Grammy evening, Raitt made certain to thank Eikhard and she or he turned to Twitter after Eikhard’s demise to say she was “deeply saddened,” writing “I will be forever grateful for our beautiful connection and friendship.”
Eikhard earned Juno Awards in 1973 and 1974 for finest nation feminine artist and she or he gained a number of BMI Awards. She was inducted into the Canadian Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in October 2020. Her most up-to-date album was 2021′s “On My Way to You.”
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During her profession, Eikhard launched 18 full-length albums between 1972 to 2021 and taught herself to play guitar, piano, bass, drums, percussion, chromatic harmonica, sax, banjo and mandolin.
At age 15, Eikhard’s track “It Takes Time” was recorded by nation singer Murray in 1971, and later grew to become successful in her native Canada. Eikhard launched her self-titled debut album the next yr in 1972. The title monitor for Atkins’ forty first studio album, “Pickin’ My Way” was considered one of Eikhard’s earliest successes.
She additionally crafted with Cher the frenetic dance monitor “Lovers Forever” for the 1994 movie “Interview with the Vampire,” but it surely didn’t make the ultimate soundtrack lower. They collaborated once more on “Born With the Hunger,” from Cher’s 2000 album, “Not.com.mercial.”
Eikhard sang the theme track for Stanley Kramer’s 1976 film “The Domino Principle” starring Gene Hackman and Candice Bergen, in addition to the theme track for “The Passion of Ayn Rand” in 2000.
