Sheeba

For the record label, see Sheeba Records. For the 2011 film, see Sheeba (film).

Not to be confused with Sheba.

Sheeba were an all-girl pop trio popular in Ireland in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The members were Maxi, Marion Fossett and Frances Campbell. They are best known for representing Ireland, the host nation, in the Eurovision Song Contest 1981 with "Horoscopes".^[1]

Sheeba
Origin	Ireland
Genres	Pop, MOR
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1977–1984
Past members	Maxi Frances Campbell Marion Fossett

Career

In 1978, the group took part in the Irish National Song Contest, which selected Ireland's entry for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. They failed to win with their song "It's Amazing What Love Can Do".^[2] They went on to release several singles in Ireland with producer Roberto Danova, although their biggest hit was their eventual Eurovision entry "Horoscopes", which reached No.3.^[3]

Following their exposure in the 1981 contest, they signed a recording contract in the UK and released the singles "The Next Night" and "Mystery". Neither of these found success although were performed on UK TV shows such as 'Lena' (BBC2) and 'The UK Disco Dancing Championships' (ITV.) Exposure on Eurovision also led to concert tours in Europe and Japan. The following year, they entered RTÉ's National Song Contest final again with a song performed in Irish; Go Raibh Maith Agat ("Thank You"), but were unsuccessful.^[4] Later in 1982 they were involved in a road accident in the West of Ireland that brought their career to an eventual halt due to their reluctance to continue touring.^[5] The group shared vocal duties with Maggie Moone on the UK ITV series Name That Tune. After a Japanese tour in 1983, they decided to split, but did compete one more time in the National Song Contest in 1984, where they finished fourth with "My Love and You" behind future Eurovision winners Linda Martin and Charlie McGettigan.^[6]

Maxi went on to be a broadcaster with RTÉ in Dublin, where she hosted both TV and radio shows for many years, including Eurosong 1987, which was won by Johnny Logan ahead of his second Eurovision win. Marion Fossett is ringmistress of the family circus, Fossetts. Frances Campbell worked as a broadcaster for BBC Radio Foyle in Northern Ireland.^[7]

See also

• List of one-hit wonders in Ireland