Streetheart is a Canadian rock band, originally from Regina, Saskatchewan and later based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their best known songs include "Here Comes the Night" (Them cover), "What Kind of Love is This", and their cover of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb".[1]
History
Keyboard player Daryl Gutheil and bassist Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve formed a band called Witness Inc. in Regina,[2] and later relocated to Winnipeg, where singer Kenny Shields joined the band.[3][4] After renaming the band Wascana the group finally became Streetheart when guitarist Paul Dean and drummer Matt Frenette joined in 1977.[5] A year later the band released Meanwhile Back in Paris..., and then Under Heaven Over Hell in 1979, after which Frenette dropped out to join Dean in Loverboy.[6] John Hannah played guitars on Under Heaven Over Hell (1979), Quicksand Shoes (1980), and Drugstore Dancer (1980). In 1980, Streetheart won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year".[2]
Streetheart released a single in 1979, a disco-hybrid cover version of "Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones.
For the next four years they released a string of albums: Quicksand Shoes (1980), Drugstore Dancer (1980), Action: Best of Streetheart (1981), the self-titled Streetheart (1982),[7][8] Dancing with Danger (1983), and the double live album Live After Dark (1983). Record sales earned them six gold albums and four platinum albums in Canada.[7] The band broke up in 1983, after which a collection of unreleased songs called Buried Treasure was issued in 1984.
Frehley's Comet recorded their own version of "Dancing with Danger" for their 1988 album, Second Sighting. In 1991, Hardline recorded their own version of the Streetheart song "Hot Cherie" for their 1992 album, Double Eclipse.
At the peak of their career, Streetheart toured with several rock bands. Canadian bands included Chilliwack, Rush, Toronto, Harlequin, Max Webster, Aldo Nova, April Wine, Headpins; American bands included Sammy Hagar, Styx, Kansas, Blue Öyster Cult. They also toured with AC/DC.[9]
Streetheart received a Juno Award, two Ampex Golden Reel Awards, and a Chimo Award from Music Express Magazine.
In 2008, the band released a 2 CD retrospective collection titled ...Read All About It - The Hits/Anthology.
In 2017, Kenny Shields underwent emergency surgery for a serious heart ailment, which forced the band to cancel all of its touring plans for 2017.[10] They were to play a final farewell concert on August 29, 2017, at the Winnipeg Classic RockFest in Winnipeg, MB.[11] However, Shields died on the morning of July 21, 2017.[12]
Discography
Studio albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Meanwhile Back in Paris... | |
| Under Heaven Over Hell |
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| Quicksand Shoes |
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| Drugstore Dancer |
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| Streetheart | |
| Dancing with Danger |
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| Buried Treasure |
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Live albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Live After Dark |
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| One Night One Take |
Compilation albums
| Title | Album details |
|---|---|
| Action: The Best of Streetheart | |
| Over 60 Minutes with... Streetheart | |
| The Essentials |
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| ...Read All About It - The Hits/Anthology |
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| 40 Vol. I (1977-2017 — 40 Years of Rock and Roll — Vol. I) |
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| 40 Vol. II (1977-2017 — 40 Years of Rock and Roll — Vol. II) |
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| Life. Legacy. Music. |
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Singles
| Title | Year | Peak chart position |
Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAN | |||
| "Look at Me" | 1978 | — | Meanwhile Back in Paris... |
| "Action" | — | ||
| "Here Comes the Night" | 1979 | 60[13] | Under Heaven Over Hell |
| "Hollywood" | |||
| "Under My Thumb" | 20[14] | ||
| "Draggin' You Down" | 1980 | 78[15] | Quicksand Shoes |
| "Jokes on You" | — | ||
| "Tin Soldier" | 1981 | — | Drugstore Dancer |
| "Teenage Rage" | — | ||
| "What Kind of Love is This" | 1982 | 22[16] | Streetheart |
| "One More Time" | |||
| "Look in Your Eyes" | 1983 | — | |
| "Snow White" | — | ||
| "Comin' True" | — | Dancing with Danger |
Band members
- Kenny Shields - vocalist (founding member, 1977–2017; his death)
- Daryl Gutheil - keyboards (founding member, 1977–present)
- Paul Dean - guitar (founding member, 1977–1979)
- Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass (founding member, 1977–1983, 2019–present)
- Matt Frenette - drums (founding member, 1977–1979)
- John Hannah - guitar (1979–1981)
- Herb Ego - drums (1979–1983)
- Marshall Beer - Keyboards
- Jeff Neill - guitar (1981–1984, 2003–present)
- Billy Carmassi - drums (1983)
- Bruce Crump - drums (1983–1984)
- Lou Petrovich - guitar (1990's)
- Brent Fitz - drums (1993–1996)
- Chris Sutherland - drums (2020-present)
- Tim Sutton - drums (2005–2016)
- Blair DePape - bass (1998-2006)
- Bruce "Jake" Jacobs - bass (2007–2016)
- Dylan Hermiston - drums
- David Langguth - drums (2019)
- Paul McNair - vocalist (2018–present)
References
- ^ "Revamped Streetheart back on the road with Harlequin member as lead singer". Global News, March 29, 2019
- ^ a b "Elkhorn student signs recording contract". Shoal Lake Crossroads, via Newspaper Archives. June 14, 2013 - Page 4
- ^ "Streetheart". Canadian Bands.com. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ^ Ryan Edwardson (5 September 2009). Canuck Rock: A History of Canadian Popular Music. University of Toronto Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-1-4426-9706-5.
- ^ Streetheart". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved June 21, 2006.
- ^ Bush, John. "Streetheart". Allmusic. Retrieved June 21, 2006.
- ^ a b Keith Sharp (14 April 2014). Music Express: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of Canada's Music Magazine. Dundurn. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-4597-2196-8.
- ^ "Streetheart album juvenile". Medicine Hat News, via Newspaper Archives. February 12, 1982 - Page 57
- ^ "Streetheart lead singer, Saskatchewan native Kenny Shields dead". Regina Post=Leader, July 21, 2017
- ^ "The Stampeders to replace Streetheart at Rock the River". Thestarphoenix.com. 2017-07-06. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ "Kenny Shields and Streetheart Set to Play Final Farewell at Winnipeg Classic RockFest". ChrisD.ca. 2017-07-07. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ Darren Bernhardt (July 21, 2017). "'He was magic': Canadian rock legend Kenny Shields dies - Manitoba". CBC News Manitoba. Retrieved 2017-07-22.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 31, No. 8" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. RPM. May 19, 1979. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 32, No. 19" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. RPM. February 2, 1980. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 33, No. 10" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. RPM. May 31, 1980. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
- ^ "Top Singles - Volume 36, No. 13" (PDF). Library and Archives Canada. RPM. May 8, 1982. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
External links
- Kenny Shields & Streetheart Biography — Biography of band founder and lead singer Kenny Shields (copy archived March 3, 2016)
- Kenny Shields & Streetheart — Kenny Shields & Streetheart (copy archived March 2017)
- CanadianBands.com entry
- Canadian Pop Encyclopedia entry
- Streetheart discography at Discogs
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