
Drummer Sheila E. was well-prepared for the success she found with the the release of the debut album in the summer of 1984. The daughter of Latin jazz percussionist Pete Escovedo, Sheila had been performing with his band since her teens. She had also recently provided vocals to the Prince song Erotic City , which had been the b-side to his #1 hit Let's Go Crazy (and she would become a member of his band in 1987). It was also Prince that wrote the title song for Sheila E.'s debut album The Glamorous Life [...]