{"id":34455,"date":"2022-12-15T21:20:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T21:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/new-brunswick-born-singer-and-songwriter-shirley-eikhard-dead-at-67\/"},"modified":"2022-12-15T21:20:13","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T21:20:13","slug":"new-brunswick-born-singer-and-songwriter-shirley-eikhard-useless-at-67","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/15\/new-brunswick-born-singer-and-songwriter-shirley-eikhard-useless-at-67\/","title":{"rendered":"New Brunswick-born singer and songwriter Shirley Eikhard useless at 67"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-byline\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__images c-byline__images--single\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-byline__image\" height=\"68\" width=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/images\/author-placeholder.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-byline__text\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span>By \t<span class=\"c-byline__name\">The Staff<\/span><br \/>\n\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-byline__source c-byline__source--hasName\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-byline__datesWrapper\">\n<div class=\"c-byline__dates\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Posted December 15, 2022 2:40 pm<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"c-byline__dateToggle toggle-switch u-hide-tablet-portrait\" aria-label=\"Toggle last modified date of the article\" data-expand=\"#bylineDateUpdated\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-off\" class=\"toggle-off\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon c-byline__dateToggleIcon--up\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=n40b9vvbt#dropdown_arrow\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span id=\"updated-toggle-on\" class=\"toggle-on c-icon \"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-byline__dateToggleIcon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=n40b9vvbt#dropdown_arrow\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Updated December 15, 2022 3:06 pm<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"l-article__details\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Social share --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Font sizer template --><\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__fontSizer\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=n40b9vvbt#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=n40b9vvbt#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Hidden Social Share Popup --><\/p><\/div>\n<article class=\"l-article__text js-story-text\" aria-label=\"Article text\">\n<p>Canadian singer-songwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/shirley-eikhard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shirley Eikhard<\/a>, whose flirty observe \u201cSomething to Talk About\u201d gave <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/bonnie-raitt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bonnie Raitt<\/a> her greatest hit and a Grammy Award win, has died after a battle with most cancers.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Longtime buddy Deborah Duggan says the musician died early Thursday at a hospital in Orangeville, Ont. surrounded by these closest to her. She was 67 years previous.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"readmore\">\n<p class=\"c-readmore\" id=\"recirc_test_read_more\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"c-readmore__label\"><strong>Read extra: <\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-readmore__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8818522\/second-round-of-east-coast-music-award-winners-announced-in-fredericton\/\" data-track-region=\"content-read-more\" title=\"Second round of East Coast Music Award winners announced in Fredericton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSecond spherical of East Coast Music Award winners introduced in Fredericton\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<section id=\"recirc_test_inline_stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile is-hidden l-inlineStories--abTest\" aria-label=\"\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Read More<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/8818522\/second-round-of-east-coast-music-award-winners-announced-in-fredericton\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220507140528-6276baaafd4bd0b7812b4dbcjpeg.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" data-title=\"\">Second spherical of East Coast Music Award winners introduced in Fredericton<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p>Eikhard, born in Sackville, N.B., obtained her first style of success in her early teenagers when <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/anne-murray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anne Murray<\/a> recorded her 1971 observe \u201cIt Takes Time,\u201d making it a Canadian chart hit.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \" data-sophi-feature=\"article-all\" data-gnca-ab-test=\"article-all\" data-gnca-ab-variation=\"control\">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/9348321\/danielle-smith-alberta-sovereignty-indian-act-comments\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" 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She went on to win Juno Awards for feminine nation artist in 1973 and 1974.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues beneath commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Eikhard launched a number of albums within the years that adopted, however Raitt\u2019s \u201cSomething to Talk About\u201d provided an surprising twist.<\/p>\n<p>Originally supposed for Murray, the East Coast singer\u2019s producers vetoed the observe within the mid-Nineteen Eighties, saying it wasn\u2019t hit-worthy.<\/p>\n<p>Several years later, it landed within the arms of Raitt, who recorded it for her 1991 album \u201cLuck of the Draw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething to Talk About\u201d peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 that 12 months and received Raitt a Grammy for greatest pop vocal efficiency for a feminine artist.<\/p>\n<p><em>This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Dec. 15, 2022.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<div id=\"content-feedback\" class=\"l-main__feedback\">\n<div 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