Sheena Easton

In January 2005 Sheena appeared in the television series Young Blades.. After the band split, Page and Rodgers returned to solo work while Chris Slade joined AC/DC and Franklin teamed up with guitarist John Sykes in Blue Murder. The passengers paused in awe, then went on singing. In subsequent press interviews, Page had indicated that the band was never meant to last more than two albums. Sheena boarded the train at Burnley Station, and screamed. Both Page and Rodgers refused to play any material from their former bands and instead opted for a selection of songs from both their solo albums and new songs which were heavily infused with a soulful and more commercially accessible sound, courtesy of Franklin's fretless bass guitar underpinning and understated song structure. A number of unrealistically happy passengers in an unrealistically underpatronised morning train were singing Morning Train. Page originally wanted former Yes drummer Bill Bruford and fretless bass virtuoso Pino Palladino in the group; however, Bruford was contracted to another label and Palladino had tour commitments with singer Paul Young.

In April and May 2004, Sheena visited Australia and featured in a kooky TV commercial for Connex in Melbourne. Formed in 1984, the band—although having a distinguished pedigree (and thus qualifying as a supergroup)—had only mediocre album sales, although they did have sellout tours. She lives there with her two adopted children. The Firm were a rock group comprising ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, former Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, ex-Uriah Heep drummer Chris Slade, and Roy Harper bass player Tony Franklin. Since 2000 Sheena has appeared in a Broadway-style show in Las Vegas. United States (March 14, 1985 - May 28, 1985). Sheena continued acting in America, starring in Broadway revivals of Man Of La Mancha (1992) and Grease (1996). United Kingdom (May 18, 1985 - May 22, 1985).

She recently enjoyed some success with a song entitled "Fabulous" and has also become something of a gay icon. United States (February 28, 1985 - May 11, 1985). Four more albums would be released, but were only available in Europe and the Far East. Europe (November 29, 1984 - December 9, 1984). In 1991, What Comes Naturally became the last of Sheena’s albums to chart in the U.S. Five From the Firm (1986). The song also appeared on her next album The Lover In Me, a moderate success which was released the following autumn. The Firm Live at Hammersmith 1984 (1984) (limited release video).

By the spring of 1988 the latest installment of the Miami Vice Soundtrack was released, and featured the song “Follow My Rainbow”, which Sheena sang on her tragic last appearance, just moments before her character was fatally shot. Mean Business (1986). Sonny and Caitlin were married by the episode’s end, and the fourth-season’s sagging ratings were boosted so much that the producers signed Sheena to five more episodes. The Firm (1985). In November of 1987 Sheena made her first dramatic acting appearance on the television programme Miami Vice playing a singer named Caitlin Davies, whom Sonny Crockett was assigned to protect until she made a court appearance. Chris Slade -- Drums and percussion. Around this same time she also recorded a Grammy-winning Spanish-language album, Todo me recuerda a ti and scored a country music hit with "We've Got Tonight", a duet with Kenny Rogers. Tony Franklin -- Bass, keyboards.

Her move towards a more sexy image with "Strut" was met with mixed reactions from diehard fans, and she was also one of the first artists to have a music video banned based upon lyrics rather than imagery when some broadcasters refused to play her Prince-penned, sexually risque "Sugar Walls." Despite of (or perhaps because of) the controversy, the album A Private Heaven which featured "Strut" and "Sugar Walls" became her biggest seller. Paul Rodgers -- Vocals, guitar. Later, she also found success with the songs “Strut” (1984) and her 1987 duet with Prince “U Got The Look”. Jimmy Page -- Lead guitar. Her best known early musical work is probably the James Bond movie theme “For Your Eyes Only”, and “Morning Train” (which was originally titled "9 to 5" in its British release but was renamed for American issue to avoid confusion with the Dolly Parton song "Nine to Five"). This culminated in a deal with EMI Records.

Sheena first shot to fame on the United Kingdom television programme The Big Time which followed her attempts to gain a record contract. Sheena Easton (born Sheena Shirley Orr) is a pop singer born in Belshill, Scotland in April 1959.