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UK. Scotland. 55°48′58″N 4°01′34″W / 55.816°N 4.026°W / 55.816; -4.026. Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre and 37 mi (60 km) west of Edinburgh. Other nearby localities are Motherwell 2 mi (3 km) to the south ...
Sheena Shirley Orr was born on 27 April 1959, at Bellshill Maternity Hospital in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, [4] the youngest of six children of Annie and steel mill labourer Alex Orr. She has two brothers, Robert and Alex, and three sisters, Marilyn, Anessa, and Morag.
Blaeu's Map 1654 showing area around "Belmil" (Bellshill) and Orbestoun (Orbiston) The earliest record of Bellshill's name is handwritten on a map by Timothy Pont dated 1596; the letters are difficult to distinguish. [5] It's possible that it reads Belſsill with the first s being an old-fashioned long s.
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Sheena was the youngest of six children of a steel mill laborer, Alex Orr, and his wife Annie. Her siblings included brothers Robert and Alex and sisters Marilyn, Annessa and Morag. Her earliest known public performance as a singer was at the age of five, when in 1964 she sang "Early One Morning" for her uncle and aunt and various relatives at the ...
Her first single, the disco-tinged soft-synth-pop tune "Modern Girl," was released in the U.K. before the show aired and reached a disappointing #56. At the end of the show, Sheena was still unsure of her future as a singer, but the question was soon resolved when, after the show aired, her second single, "9 To 5," soared up the U.K. charts to #3 i...
Sheena Easton speaks with a very noticeable Scottish accentwhich is absent from her powerful singing voice.
Take My Time (1981) #17 UKSheena Easton (1981) #24 U.S., #9 CanadaYou Could Have Been With Me (1981) #33 UK, #47 U.S.Madness, Money & Music (1982) #44 UK, #85 U.S."Modern Girl" (1980) #8 UK, #18 U.S. Pop, #13 U.S. AC, #19 Canada (1981 release)"Morning Train (9 to 5)" (1980) #3 UK, #1 U.S. Pop and AC, #1 Canada (1981 release)"One Man Woman" (1980) #14 UK"Take My Time" (1981) #44 UKList of number-one hits (United States)List of artists who reached number one on the Hot 100 (U.S.)List of number-one dance hits (United States)List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chartAbout 1810, this new settlement took on the name Bellshill and continued to grow absorbing nearby villages such as Black Moss, Sykehead and Nesnas. After the mid-19th century, large coal and iron deposits were discovered nearby and a number of mines opened, the first being the Thankerton mine.
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Bellshill. Bellshill (pronounced "Bells hill") is a town in North Lanarkshire in Scotland, ten miles (sixteen kilometres) southeast of Glasgow city centre. About 20,000 people live there. Category: Towns in North Lanarkshire.
