Sandie Shaw | |
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![]() Shaw in 1967 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Sandra Ann Goodrich |
Born | Dagenham, Essex, England | 26 February 1947
Genres | Pop |
Occupation | Singer |
Years active | 1964–2013 |
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Website | sandieshaw |
Sandra Ann Goodrich MBE (born 26 February 1947), known by her stage name Sandie Shaw, is a retired English pop singer. One of the most successful British female singers of the 1960s, she had three UK number one singles with "(There's) Always Something There to Remind Me" (1964), "Long Live Love" (1965) and "Puppet on a String" (1967). With the latter, she became the first British entry to win the Eurovision Song Contest. She returned to the UK Top 40, for the first time in 15 years, with her 1984 cover of the Smiths song "Hand in Glove". Shaw retired from the music industry in 2013.[1]