She also made a few albums with her father Pete Escovedo, and her uncle was percussionist Coke Escovedo, a pioneer in Latin-rock-jazz crossover through his contributions to the third Santana record (my personal favorite), the Santana/Buddy Miles band, Herbie Hancock, and his own group Azteca. From the mid-70s, Sheila Escovedo’s talents as a percussionist had graced records from such established artists as Alphonso Johnson, Con Funk Shun, Johnny Hammond, and especially George Duke. One of the most notable – and easily the most talented – of these proteges was Sheila E., who already had many years in the music business as Sheila Escovedo. Also among the album highlights: Prince-penned ballad, 'Noon Rendezvous.The year of 1984 was a watershed one for Prince Rogers Nelson with its record-breaking Purple Rain soundtrack and tour, and the period surrounding it was also a time of prodigious activity for his many proteges and acts where he wrote, recorded, and produced all the basic tracks – Vanity 6, The Time, Apollonia 6, Mazarati, The Family, Jill Jones. Mark,' which crashed the top 40, peaking at #34 over the week of December 15, 1984. The album's second single was another Prince composition: 'The Belle of St.

The top album in America that week: you guessed it-Prince, with Purple Rain.

The #1 song in America that week: Prince's 'Let's Go Crazy.' The album also had a strong chart showing, peaking at #28 on the Billboard 200 for the week that very same week. 'The Glamorous Life' was a huge crossover hit, peaking at #7 on the Hot 100 for the week of October 6, 1984. The album's high-energy title track would serve as its lead single, a nine-minute '80s funk workout highlighted by Sheila E.'s explosive drumming.īoth the album and single arrived on June 5, 1984. Heading into the Sunset Sounds recording studio in Los Angeles, he helped her craft solo debut. Prince, however, had bigger plans in mind for Sheila E.

She was already famous in musician circles as a stellar percussionist who'd toured in the bands for the likes of Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and Marvin Gaye. One such artist who was a beneficiary of Prince's goodwill: Sheila E. The man just had more songs that he knew what to do with as a result, he began doling them out to other artists. In the mid-1980s, Prince was the very definition of prolific.

The Glamorous Life by rivkat