10 Facts About Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Rose Eikhard was a Canadian singer-songwriter.

The family relocated to Oshawa, Ontario, when Eikhard was in her early teens.

Shirley Eikhard was given her first guitar at age 11, and at age 12 she first performed on stage at a fiddling festival in Cobourg, Ontario.

Shirley Eikhard released her first album, Shirley Eikhard, which was moderately successful and won Eikhard two Juno Awards for Country Female Artist of the Year at both the Juno Awards of 1973 and the Juno Awards of 1974.

Shirley Eikhard performed at selected events and occasional club dates, often with her brother, the late Brent Eikhard.

Shirley Eikhard sang the theme song to the movie The Passion of Ayn Rand, "Love Is, Love Is Not".

Shirley Eikhard contributed the theme song to a new Warner Brothers film, Something to Talk About.

In 2020, Shirley Eikhard was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame for "Something to Talk About".

Shirley Eikhard released her final album, On My Way to You in October 2021.

Shirley Eikhard died of cancer in Orangeville, Ontario on 15 December 2022, at the age of 67.