(1955-11-07)7 November 1955 Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Died
15 December 2022(2022-12-15) (aged 67) Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
Genres
Country, pop, jazz
Occupation(s)
Singer, songwriter
Years active
1968–2022
Musical artist
Shirley Rose Eikhard (7 November 1955 – 15 December 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter.[1] Although moderately successful in Canada as a performer in her own right, she had her greatest Canadian and international success as a songwriter for other artists, most notably as the writer of Bonnie Raitt's 1991 hit "Something to Talk About".[2]
^Salem Alaton, "Eikhard manages to shine for sparse Forum crowd". The Globe and Mail, June 9, 1981.
^David Friend, "Canadian songwriter Shirley Eikhard, who penned ‘Something to Talk About,’ dies at 67". Toronto Star, December 15, 2022.
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and on recordings of many award-winning Canadian artists, notably ShirleyEikhard, Alannah Myles, Lorraine Segato and The Parachute Club. Her film and...
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