Sandie Shaw

Desert Island Discs: Archive 2005-2011 by BBC

Dec 26, 201035:57Society & Culture

Kirsty Young's castaway is the singer Sandie Shaw. With her melodic, velvety voice, bare feet and Sassoon bob she was the epitome of everything that was swinging about the '60s. She was just 17 when she first topped the...

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