Sheila E. Biography

Fast Facts

• Toured and recorded with her father, Latin percussionist Pete Escovedo, throughout the '70s in the band Azteca
• First gained mainstream attention when she sang a duet with Prince on his 1984 single "Erotic City
• " Best known for her '80s pop hits "The Glamorous Life" and "A Love Bizarre
• " In 1998, became the first female bandleader on late-night TV with Magic Johnson's short-lived talk show The Magic Hour
• Toured with former Beatle Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band in the early 2000s
• Joined Fox's reality competition The Next Great American Band as a judge in 2007
• Was the Season 3 winner of the CMT reality show Gone Country in 2009
• Is the cofounder and chair of the Elevate Hope Foundation, which promotes the arts and music to child-abuse victims