Sheila E.: The music icon and legend releases first-ever salsa record, ‘Bailar’
us.hola.comRingo Starr, Sheila E. made history as the first female solo percussionist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Sheila Cecelia Escovedo, most popularly known by her stage name, Sheila E., came from humble beginnings.
She was born into a musical family in Oakland, California, and was the first child born to her French Creole mother, Juanita Gardere, and her father, Pete Escovedo, the legendary Mexican-American jazz percussionist.
The music icon grew up listening to Latin music regularly in her household as her father, Mr. Escovedo, loved Latin jazz, a love which was then passed down to his children. “When I was growing up, my dad met Tito Puente at 18 years old.
And so Tito used to come to our house, when they would play San Francisco in the Bay Area, where I was born and raised in Oakland.
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