1. Evie Sands was born on July 18,1946 and is an American singer, songwriter and musician.
16 Facts About Evie Sands
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Evie Sands experienced a surge in cult popularity in the 1990s and returned to live performance in mid-1998.
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Evie Sands was born in Brooklyn, New York, into a musical family.
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Evie Sands's mother was a singer, and Sands grew up listening to artists like Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, Frank Sinatra, Jackie Wilson, Little Willie John and The Beatles.
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Evie Sands was inspired by these artists to learn keyboard and guitar and to develop her own ability as a singer and songwriter.
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In 1965 Evie Sands signed to the Blue Cat label of Red Bird.
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Evie Sands toured with Red Bird star act the Shangri-Las and began a lasting collaboration with the producer-composers Chip Taylor and Al Gorgoni with the release of the blue-eyed soul single "Take Me For a Little While", written by Trade Martin.
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That same year, Evie Sands debuted on Cameo-Parkway and continued the pattern of songs introduced by her becoming successful for other artists.
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Also in 1969, Evie Sands recorded "Maybe Tomorrow", composed by Quincy Jones with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, for the film John and Mary.
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Evie Sands made her recorded debut as a songwriter on the album with "It's This I Am", covered years later by Beck and Beth Orton, respectively.
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Evie Sands issued the album Suspended Animation, produced by Sands and Michael Stewart in spring 1979, though Sands had actually begun working with co-producer Michael Stewart in May 1977.
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The vocalists backing Evie Sands included Toto frontman Bobby Kimball, Bill Champlin of Chicago and, on the track "Lady of the Night", Dusty Springfield.
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In 1982, Evie Sands co-produced the Holly Near album Speed Of Light.
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In late 1996, Evie Sands went to see Chip Taylor perform at a club gig and he invited her onstage to perform with him.
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Evie Sands went on to perform her own solo material as well as performing as the lead guitar player in eclectic Los Angeles based group Adam Marsland's Chaos Band.
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Evie Sands married Richard Germinaro on June 14,1971, in Los Angeles, but they later divorced.