Evie Sands (born July 18, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and musician. Sands' music career spans more than 50 years. She began her career as a teenager in the mid-1960s. After a rocky start, she eventually found chart success in 1969, before retiring from performing in 1979 to concentrate on writing and production. She experienced a fashionable, UK-led surge in cult popularity beginning in the 1990s and returned to live performance in mid-1998. Sands continues to write and perform.

Early life

Evie Sands was born in

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, New York, into a musical family. Her mother was a singer, and Sands grew up listening to artists like

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and

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. She was inspired by these artists to learn keyboard and guitar and to develop her own ability as a singer and songwriter. She cut her first singles by her mid-teens: "The Roll / My Dog" (ABC 10458/1963), "

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" "I Love You So" / "I Was Moved" (Gold 215/1964).

Music career

1960s

In 1965 Sands signed to the Blue Cat label of

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; she toured with Red Bird star act

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and began a lasting collaboration with the producer-composers

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and

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with the release of the

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Northern Soul single "Take Me For a Little While" (written by

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). Prior to its release, a test pressing of Sands' recording was stolen by a Chicago-based record promoter, who took it to established

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recording artist

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, who was coming off the major pop-soul hit "Selfish One". Ross and her producers loved the song, and recorded, pressed and released the record within 48 hours, beating Sands' version to the street by a week. Backed by the marketing and promotional muscle of Chess, and with Ross' name attached, this version received the lion's share of airplay. The subsequent legal struggle set back Sands' career before it had had a chance to get started. By the time Chess withdrew the Ross single from the marketplace, Sands' version hit number 114 on ''Billboards

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but only really broke through in the few cities—such as Los Angeles—that had stayed "on the fence", waiting to see which version to play. Ross was unaware of the duplicity involved, and left Chess shortly afterwards. Sands' follow-up single, "

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", was lost amid the chaos following "Take Me For a Little While", leaving Brit invaders

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clear to score a hit cover in spring 1966. That same year, Sands debuted on Cameo-Parkway and continued the pattern of songs introduced by her becoming successful for other artists. In 1967, Sands' version of the Chip Taylor-penned "

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" got caught up in the label's business problems. Despite the single being one of the most-requested radio songs wherever played, and the initial 10,000 copies selling out, the label's pending bankruptcy aborted the record's potential success; a few months later, then unknown

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scored a top-ten single with the song. Sands' last single release on Cameo-Parkway was "Billy Sunshine" in January 1968, which reached number 133 on ''Billboards

chart before Cameo's demise. In 1969 Sands finally scored with the A&M single "

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", a Chip Taylor composition previously recorded by both

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in 1966. A No. 1 hit in

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, Sands' "Any Way That You Want Me" also reached the top ten or better in

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;

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, Texas;

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, California; and a number of other cities. The record reached No. 53 on the

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and tied with

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's "

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" for most weeks (17) on that chart in the 1960s with a sub-50 peak. Also in 1969, Sands recorded "Maybe Tomorrow", composed by

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with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, for the film '' John and Mary''. The song was released as a single by A&M Records and was also included on the A&M soundtrack LP.

1970s

Sands' debut album, also named ''Any Way That You Want Me'', was released on A&M in 1970, several months after the single had peaked. Sands made her recorded debut as a songwriter on the album with "It's This I Am" – covered years later by

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, respectively. A Sands album to be produced by

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for Buddah was announced in March 1971 but did not come to fruition. Instead, the 1975 release ''Estate of Mind'' on the

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Haven label ended Sands' five-year absence from recording. Produced by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter, the album marked Sands' continued output as a songwriter, also collaborating with Richard Germinaro and veteran songwriter

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. Two tracks from the album, Lambert and Potter's "You Brought The Woman Out Of Me" and the Sands-Weisman-Germinaro collaboration "I Love Makin' Love To You", both approached major hit status. They wound up peaking at No. 50. Sands would see the latter included on the ''

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'' album by

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. Several other Sands songs from the ''Estate of Mind'' album were also covered by a number of artists, including

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, Dusty Springfield,

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and

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. After a final 1976 single release on Haven, a remake of "

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", Sands next release was on

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. The company issued the album ''Suspended Animation'', produced by Sands and Michael Stewart in spring 1979, though Sands had actually begun working with co-producer Michael Stewart in May 1977. The album's musicians included Toto members

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and

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, and also

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and

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. The vocalists backing Sands included Toto frontman

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and, on the track "Lady of the Night",

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. Despite its personnel, ''Suspended Animation'' didn't make a real chart impact for its single releases. As with her previous album, a few of the songs were covered by other artists, including

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and

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recorded two of Sands' songs for her

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, but they remained unreleased. After the release of this album, Sands retired in 1979 from performing, but continued to work as a songwriter and producer.

Later career

In 1982, Sands co-produced (with

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) the

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album ''Speed Of Light''. The basic band consisted of Adrienne Torf-keyboards, Carrie Barton-bass, Cam Davis-drums and

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-electric and acoustic guitars. Additional musicians and singers included, Sands-electric guitar, acoustic guitar and backing vocals,

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-percussion,

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-electric guitar,

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and

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-backing vocals. The album was recorded and mixed in San Francisco, California at

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. In late 1996, Sands went to see Chip Taylor perform at a club gig and he invited her onstage to perform with him. Despite not having kept actively in touch through the previous years, the experience was so successful that the two re-ignited their collaboration, along with Al Gorgoni, resulting in the critically acclaimed ''Women In Prison'' LP, which was released in 1999 (and again in 2000) on Taylor's Train Wreck records. A more rootsy project than the blue-eyed soul of her late 1960s-1970s output, the album consisted of various Sands-Taylor-Gorgoni originals, including a duet with

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on the track "Cool Blues Story". Several tracks fared well on UK/Euro indie charts. After the reconnection with Taylor, Sands returned to performing in 1998. Sands and Taylor did some shows in the UK and Europe when the album was released, including London, Glasgow, Brussels and several dates in the Netherlands. Sands' earlier albums ''Any Way...'' and ''Estate...'' were reissued in September 2005 and June 2006 respectively, on Creation co-founder Joe Foster's Rev-Ola imprint in the United Kingdom. Sands went on to perform her own solo material as well as performing as the lead guitar player in eclectic Los Angeles based group,

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's Chaos Band. She appeared on that band's 2007 live CD ''Long Promised Road: Songs of Dennis and Carl Wilson'', on which she sang several lead vocals, including the first-ever released recording of Dennis Wilson's "Wouldn't It Be Nice to Live Again." She also did extensive vocal and guitar work on Marsland's 2009 double CD ''Go West'', including lead vocals on one track. A new album, "Queen Of Diamonds / Jack Of Hearts" - Billy Vera & Evie Sands - singing new songs of Chip Taylor, was released September 9, 2014, on Taylor's Train Wreck label. A new 6-song EP, "Shine For Me" was released April 22, 2017, on R-Spot Records. A new full-length record titled ''Get Out of Your Own Way'' has been announced for release in 2020. The first single, "If You Give Up," which features Willie Aron (formerly of

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) and

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(formerly of

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) was released in April 2020.

Personal life

Sands married Richard Germinaro on June 14, 1971, in Los Angeles but they later divorced.

Discography

Albums

* A&M SP-4239 - ''Any Way That You Want Me'' – 1970 * Haven ST-9202 - ''Estate Of Mind'' – 1974 * RCA Victor AFL1-2943 - ''Suspended Animation'' – 1979 * Train Wreck Records TW-009 - ''Women In Prison'' – 1999 * Train Wreck Records TW049 - ''Queen Of Diamonds / Jack Of Hearts'' - Billy Vera & Evie Sands – 2014 * R-Spot Records RSR-1112 - ''Get Out Of Your Own Way'' - 2021

EPs

* R-Spot Records RSR-1111 - ''Shine For Me'' – 2017

Singles

* ABC 10458 - The Roll / My Dog – 1963 * Gold 215 - Danny Boy, I Love You So / I Was Moved – 1964 * Blue Cat BC 118 - Take Me For A Little While / Run Home To Your Mama – 1965 (US #114-Billboard) (#124-Cashbox) * Blue Cat BC 122 - I Can't Let Go / Uptight – 1965 * Cameo 413 - Picture Me Gone / It Makes Me Laugh – 1966 * Cameo 436 - The Love of a Boy / We Know Better – 1966 * Cameo 475 -

/ Dear John – 1967 * Cameo 2002 - Billy Sunshine / It Makes Me Laugh – 1967 (US #133-Billboard) (#115-Cashbox) * A&M 0980 - Until It's Time For You To Go / Shadow Of The Evening – 1968 * A&M 1026 - One Fine Summer Morning / I'll Hold Out My Hand – 1969 * A&M 1090 -

/ I'll Never Be Alone Again – 1969 - (US #53-Billboard) (#45-Cashbox), (CAN #40-RPM Magazine), (AUS #85 Kent Music Report) * A&M 1157 - Maybe Tomorrow / Crazy Annie – 1969 - (US #116-Billboard) * A&M 1175 - But You Know I Love You / Maybe Tomorrow – 1970 - (US #110-Billboard), (#30-Billboard Adult Contemporary), (CAN #89-RPM Magazine, #43-AC) * A&M 1192 - It's This I Am, I Find / Take Me For A Little While – 1970 * Haven 7010 - You Brought The Woman Out Of Me / Early Morning Sunshine – 1974 - (US-#50-Billboard), (#63-Cashbox) * Haven 7013 - I Love Makin' Love To You / One Thing On My Mind – 1974 - (US-#50-Billboard), (#44-Cashbox), (CAN #59-RPM Magazine) * Haven 7020 - Yesterday Can't Hurt Me / (Am I) Crazy Cause I Believe – 1975 - (#36-Billboard Adult Contemporary), (CAN #92-RPM Magazine, #47 RPM AC) * Haven 806 - The Way You Do The Things You Do / Love In The Afternoon – 1976; AUS #100 * RCA 11549 - Keep My Love Light Burnin' / I Can't Wait For You – 1979 * RCA 11653 - You Sho' Look Good To Me / Brain Damage – 1979 * TrainWreck - Angel In Your Eyes - 2000 * R-Spot Records - If You Give Up - 2020

Guest appearances

With

* '' John and Mary (soundtrack)'' (A&M, 1970)

References

External links

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