Tuesday, May 3, 2011

She Wears a Long Fur Coat of Mink

Today's Prince protege' scored a few big hits of her own in the 80's. If today's top 10 hit has a Prince feel to it, it's because Prince was the producer on the song. From 1984, here is the hot female drummer from Oakland known to all as Sheila E. with a song originally intended for the short lived girl group Vanity Six. Instead Sheila E. was the beneficiary of "The Glamorous Life"...




Lyrics | Sheila E. lyrics - Glamorous Life lyrics

"The Glamorous Life"

U.S. 7" single
Single by Sheila E.
from the album The Glamorous Life
B-side "The Glamorous Life" (Part II)
Released May 12, 1984
Format 7" single
12" single
Recorded March 1984
Genre Funk, dance-pop
Length 8:58 (Album)
3:41 (7" single)
6:33 (Club Edit)
Label Warner Bros.
Writer(s) Prince
Producer Sheila E., Prince (as The Starr ★ Company)

U.S. Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

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