Shana Petrone (born May 8, 1972, Park Ridge,

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) was raised in

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and is an American singer of

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, and

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. Shana released an

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in 1989 entitled '' I Want You'' on Vision Records, which peaked at No. 165 on the Billboard Top 200. The album yielded two

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s in 1990, " I Want You" ( ''Billboard'' Hot 100 peak No. 40) and " You Can't Get Away" (Hot 100 peak No. 82). After her successes with

, Shana disappeared from the mainstream music scene. She reappeared as a country music singer under her full given name, and released three singles with

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, "Heaven Bound" in 1998 and "This Time" in 1999. "Heaven Bound" was a hit on CMT and reached No. 60 on the

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Hot Country Singles chart. Shana Petrone Billboard singles Allmusic.com Her third single on country radio was "Something Real", also supported by a

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. Despite three singles, Shana's country music album on Epic Nashville was never released. She is still recording country music but is no longer signed to a major record label.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Music videos

References

External links

Shana Petrone
at MySpace

at

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