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3 unusual facts about Sheila E


Avon Voices

The international panel of celebrity judges included Fergie, Diane Warren, Valeriya (Russia), Natasha Bedingfield (UK), Sheila E., Delta Goodrem (Australia), Lea Salonga (Philippines), Maía (Colombia), Ivete Sangalo (Brazi), Diego Torres (Argentina) and David Pack.

Fabienne Liechti

She is best known for her appearances with singer Gloria Estefan, drummer and percussionist Sheila E and So You Think You Can Dance dancer Dmitry Chaplin on the American live fundraiser show American Idol, Idol gives back on Fox Television.

Steve Arrington

Approximately a year later, Arrington relocated from Ohio to San Francisco, California where he learned Latin percussion and drumming as well as played with Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo and Sheila E.


Giovanna Joyce Imbesi

During the following years, she worked with a number of performers including Patti Labelle, Jeffrey Osborne, Sheila E., Toni Childs, Starship, and Andy Summers with whom she toured internationally.

I Would Die 4 U

The extended version of "I Would Die 4 U" is actually a studio jam on the song with The Revolution and musicians from Sheila E.'s band, Eddie M (on sax) and Miko Weaver (guitar), along with Sheila E. herself; most of this version was often performed live, preceding "Baby I'm a Star".

John Rzeznik

From October to December 2007, Rzeznik was a judge alongside Sheila E. and Australian Idol judge and marketing manager Ian "Dicko" Dickson on the Fox network's The Next Great American Band.

Purple Rain Tour

During "I Would Die 4 U"/"Baby I'm a Star", Prince would invite Apollonia 6, Sheila E., and members of her band to jam with them for a long 20-30 minute rendition of the songs.

Rebeca Mauleon

Since her early twenties, she has performed and recorded with celebrities in the Latin and jazz music scenes, including Tito Puente, Carlos Santana, Cachao, the celebrated conguero Carlos "Patato" Valdes, Armando Peraza, Giovanni Hidalgo, Joe Henderson, Sheila E, Steve Winwood, Michael Nesmith and others, and has made a name for herself as one of very few female band-leaders in Afro-Caribbean jazz.

Tears in the Fence

It was the first U.K. magazine to publish American poets and writers, such as Sheila E. Murphy, Gerald Locklin, Ed Ochester, Donna Hilbert, Fred Voss, as well as regularly publishing Edward Field and Paul Violi.

The Blackout All-Stars

The Blackout All-Stars was a one-off 1994 Latin supergroup consisting of Ray Barretto, Sheila E., Tito Puente, Tito Nieves, Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin, Grover Washington, Jr., and Tony Pabon.


see also

Glamorous

The Glamorous Life, a song written by Prince, and recorded by Sheila E.

Tom Tom Magazine

Drummers featured on the cover of Tom Tom Magazine include Cindy Blackman, Susie Ibarra,Kim Thompson (Beyoncé), Sheila E., Palmolive, Janet Weiss, Liv Marsico (Cold War Kids), Suphala, Evelyn Glennie, Yoshimi, Sara Lund (Unwound).