Shena
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Shèna is an English
disco
and nu-disco
vocalist, who began her musical career when she graduated with honours from the Royal Academy of Music
(studying with Joy Mammen), with a Classical, Musical Theatre
and Commercial Music Performer's Diploma and Teacher's Certificate.
Shèna first performed in musicals Mamma I Want to Sing, Hot Stuff, Carmen Jones
and concert tours throughout the world. She has also re-recorded vocals for other female pop singers. As a dance music
and disco vocalist (for which she is most well known), she has had a string of hits with other artists as well as hits of her own.
She now goes by the name Shèna Winchester after marrying James David Winchester.
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...
disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
and nu-disco
Nu-disco
Nu-disco is a 21st century dance music genre associated with a renewed interest in 1970s and early 1980s disco, mid-1980s Italo disco, and the synthesizer-heavy Eurodisco aesthetics. The moniker appeared in print as early as 2002, and by mid-2008 was used by record shops such as the online...
vocalist, who began her musical career when she graduated with honours from the Royal Academy of Music
Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music in London, England, is a conservatoire, Britain's oldest degree-granting music school and a constituent college of the University of London since 1999. The Academy was founded by Lord Burghersh in 1822 with the help and ideas of the French harpist and composer Nicolas...
(studying with Joy Mammen), with a Classical, Musical Theatre
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
and Commercial Music Performer's Diploma and Teacher's Certificate.
Shèna first performed in musicals Mamma I Want to Sing, Hot Stuff, Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones
Carmen Jones is a 1943 Broadway musical starring Muriel Smith in the title role, later made into a 1954 musical film; the play also ran for a season in 1991 at London's Old Vic and most recently in London's Royal Festival Hall in the Southbank Centre in 2007. It is an updating of the Georges Bizet...
and concert tours throughout the world. She has also re-recorded vocals for other female pop singers. As a dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
and disco vocalist (for which she is most well known), she has had a string of hits with other artists as well as hits of her own.
She now goes by the name Shèna Winchester after marrying James David Winchester.
Singles
- 1995 "You Belong to Me" (with JXJX (artist)Jake Williams is a British dance DJ and remixer, who has recorded as JX and Rex the Dog. JX found success in 1993 following a recording contract with Hooj Choons, a United Kingdom dance independent record label.-Chart success:...
) - 1996 "There's Nothing I Won't Do" (with JX)
- 1996 "More Than Woman"
- 1997 "Close To Your Heart" (with JX)
- 1997 "Let The Beat Hit 'Em" - UKUK Singles ChartThe UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
#28 - 1998 "Hot Stuff" (with Arsenal FC & Friends)
- 2000 "Dynamite (Dancehall Queen)" (with Dinamyte)
- 2001 "I Can Cast A Spell" (under the alias 'Cloudburst' with Disco-Tex)
- 2001 "I'll Be Waiting" (with Full IntentionFull IntentionFull Intention is a house music duo from England who are best known as prolific remixers, reworking songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes and Whitney Houston. Group members are Michael Gray and Jon Pearn....
) - UK #44 - 2002 "Comin' At Ya" (with Soul AvengerzSoul AvengerzSoul Avengerz is a British Dance & Techno Group. They have worked with Javine Hilton in a new forthcoming single called "Don't Let The Morning Come", and this single will show Javine's new music style, before she left the R&B Style to perform Dance Music....
) - 2003 "Wilderness" (with Jurgen Vries) - UK #20
- 2003 "Turn My World" (with Skyy)
- 2004 "No More" (with Bhooka and T-Bone)
- 2004 "Dirty Little Dream" (with Per Qx)
- 2004 "The WeekendThe Weekend (Michael Gray song)"The Weekend" is a single released by Michael Gray in 2004. It was released in the UK in November 2004. It debuted and peaked at Number 7 in the UK charts, was number 1 in Poland and Top 10 in Australia...
" (with Michael GrayMichael Gray (DJ)Michael Gray is a British DJ and house music producer. He is also half of the dance music production/remixing duo Full Intention.-Career:Gray began his career as a British house DJ in the 1990s, and became in demand as a remixer, often with Jon Pearn under the name Full Intention, providing house...
) - 2005 "Your Day Is Coming" (with Full IntentionFull IntentionFull Intention is a house music duo from England who are best known as prolific remixers, reworking songs for varied artists such as the Sugababes and Whitney Houston. Group members are Michael Gray and Jon Pearn....
) - 2005 "1000 Years (Just Leave Me Now)" (with Jupiter Ace)
- 2005 "Rock Me Dirty"
- 2006 "Friday Night" (with Sex Machine)
- 2006 "Do It Again" (with Disco Freaks)
- 2007 "Dare Me (Stupidisco)" (with Junior JackJunior JackJunior Jack is an Italian-Belgian house music producer and DJ.-Biography:...
) - 2007 "The Real Thing" (with Cloudskippers)
- 2007 "Guilty" (with De Souza)
- 2007 "Altered State of Mind" (with Mr Groove and Vergas)
- 2007 "Still In Love" (with Notus)
- 2007 "I've Found The Love" (with Weekend Masters)
- 2007 "Let Your Mind Go" (with Starchaser)
- 2007 "Fallin'" (with Dirty High)
- 2007 "The Power Of One" (with DT8 ProjectDarren TateDarren Tate is an English record producer and club DJ.-Biography and personality:As a classically trained musician, Tate has worked with international artists and songwriters with whom he collaborates regularly...
) - 2007 "Lifting" (with Warren ClarkeWarren Clarke-Biography:Clarke was born in Oldham, Lancashire. His first television appearance was in the long running Granada soap opera Coronation Street, initially as Kenny Pickup in 1966 and then as Gary Bailey in 1968. His first major film appearance was in Stanley Kubrick's controversial A Clockwork...
) - 2007 "Electrosexual"
- 2008 "Watch OutWatch Out (Alex Gaudino song)"Watch Out" is a single by Alex Gaudino featuring Shèna, released on January 28, 2008. It is the third single released from his debut album My Destination. The second release topically coincided with Euro 2008, as the music video features a "video-game" football match played by raunchy women in...
" (with Alex GaudinoAlex GaudinoAlex Gaudino is a record producer and disc jockey from Salerno, Italy.-Early Career :Alex was born in Salerno, Italy...
) - 2008 "Fantasy" (with SolitaireSolitaireSolitaire is any tabletop game which one can play by oneself or with other people. The solitaire card game Klondike is often known as simply Solitaire....
) - 2008 "Bitch is Back" (with Warren Clarke and Jonni Black)
- 2008 "Why Did Ya" (with The BeatThiefs)
- 2008 "One Man Woman"
- 2008 "Got To Be Real" (with Groovesplitters)
- 2009 "You got to" (with The Beatthiefs)
- 2009 "From dusk til dawn" (with Ilan Tenenbaum)
- 2009 "Release the future" (with Ilan Tenenbaum)
- 2009 "The one" (with Joyriders)
- 2009 "Touch Me" (with Simioli & Viani)
- 2009 "Can't Stop The Rain"
- 2009 "Take Me Higher" (with Jonni Black)
- 2009 "The Music" (with Jay C)
- 2009 "Won't bring me down" (with Olav Basoski & Alex Van Alff)
- 2009 "Hold On" (with Mr DYF)
- 2009 "My Fantasy"
- 2009 "Nasty Little Rumour"
- 2010 "Nothing Better" (with Eddie Thoneick)
- 2010 "Mysterious" (with Knee Deep)
- 2010 "Look Don't Touch"
- 2010 "How Come You're Dancing?"
- 2010 "Everybody" (with Victor Palmez)
- 2010 "Don't stop me now" (with Ilan Tenenbaum and Bimbo Jones)
- 2010 "Let the beat hit 'em 2010 (with Soul Kandi Allstars)
- 2010 "Time of our lives" (with Deniz Koyou)
- 2011 "Take me to the stars" (with Nari & Milani and Christian Marchi)
- 2011 "Uplifted" (with Dave Bernardi)
- 2011 "Aphrodisiac" (with Ivan Roudyk)
- 2011 "My brave face"
- 2011 "I'll be waiting 2011" (with Full intention)