Sharon O'Neill

Sharon O'Neill
Birth nameSharon Lea O'Neill
Born (1952-11-23) 23 November 1952 (age 71)
Nelson, New Zealand
GenresRock, pop, new wave
Occupation(s)Singer, musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active1970–present
LabelsSony, Polydor

Sharon Lea O'Neill[1] (born 23 November 1952)[2] is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist, who had an Australasian hit single in 1983 with "Maxine" which reached No. 16 on both the Australian Kent Music Report and Recording Industry Association of New Zealand charts.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Archived from the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1865. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
  3. ^ Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara, Paul McHenry with notes by Ed Nimmervoll (2002) [1987]. "ONEILL, Sharon". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2010. Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
  4. ^ Australian chart peaks:
  5. ^ New Zealand chart peaks: