Sell-out live shows, and more chart success with singles 'Are You
Ready To Be Heartbroken' and 'Frederick'.
Release of the mostly self-penned album 'Hello Angel', acclaimed as
one of the year's finest. Sandie is reinvented as a Renaissance Woman
for the 80's and becomes the definitive cult heroine for a new generation
of fans.
Published best-selling autobiographical book entitled The World At
My Feet.
Studied for three years, at Oxford and London University.
Qualified as a Psychotherapist
Founded the Arts Clinic, providing creative development and psychological
healthcare to the entertainment and media industries.
Invited to join the Royal Society of Musicians as an Honorary Professor
of Music.
Initiated a marketing strategy to review her entire recording career
for a re-launch. Commenced a legal battle to establish ownership of
her complete record catalogue
Launched the www.sandieshaw.com website enabling her to re-connect
with her original fan base. Found even more swathes of new fans –
particularly in the States. Started compiling tracks for a new album
from collaborations with top contemporary acts and producers in re-mixes
and re-workings of her 60s and 80's material.
Succeeds in retrieving all rights in her record catalogue. Now for
the first time her collective work comes together to meet new technology
in a co-ordinated, artist promoted marketing campaign. Branches out
into creative artist management and TV production. Buys land in the
West Indies.
Licenses her recording catalogue worldwide to EMI. Kicks off with two brand new CD releases in French and Italian entitled 'Pourvu Que Ca Dure' and 'La Cantata Scalza'. Starts to spend more time in her Moulin in France, sharpening up her French. Continues to run the Arts Clinic, branching out into executive coaching and mentoring.
Husband, Tony passes his pilot's test and they buy first plane, a Rallye, to fly around UK
Continues releasing digitally re-mastered tracks from the Sandie Shaw catalogue on EMI - with German and Spanish CD', "Weiderhopf Im Mai" and "Marionettas En La Cuerda.
In October releases the biggie 4CD Box set, "Nothing Comes Easy", accompanied by a flurry of low-key media interviews. Quickly followed by "Reviewing The Situation", and "Hello Angel" - all with bonus previously unreleased tracks.
Begins to take a serious interest in wine.
Becomes a grandmother to Ella Sophia.
Takes on a more executive role in Arts Clinic and Women's Clinic.Further releases on EMI were "The Very Best of Sandie Shaw", "Puppet On A String" and 2 double album CD's "Sandie" and "Me, and also "The Sandie Shaw Supplement" with "Love Me Please Love Me" all accompanied by more unreleased tracks.
Tony buys a second plane, a Trinidad and they start to fly around Europe.
Becomes a grandmother to Dylis Mae, daughter to Grace.
Tries her hand at DJing for Radio 2 and Newsreading for ITV News.
Celebrates her 60th birthday on February 26th, the 40th anniversary of her Eurovision win in spring, and 30 years of practice as a Nichiren Buddhist on June 10th.
Plans a 'foot lift' operation in the summer.
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