Born in Romford, England, Sheer spent her early years in Billericay, Essex in the U.K. where she attended The Billericay School. She was discovered at the beginning of the 1960s through a talent competition, but still took time to graduate from a bank apprenticeship in spite of her early success. She sang for several pop groups, such as The Family Dogg, before she devoted herself from 1970 onwards to her solo career, focusing mainly on Germany. Her single, "Goodbye Mama", became a Top 5 hit on the German chart and a Number 2 on the Swiss chart in 1973. After that, she released numerous records, almost every one going on to become a hit in its own right. Sheer became a guest on several different television music-shows, including several appearances on ZDF Hitparade, one of Germany's most popular music programs.
In 1974, she represented Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest, with "Bye Bye, I Love You" and finished in fourth place. Four years later, in 1978, she sang for Germany and finished sixth. In 1985, Sheer sang together with Annemieke Verdoorn (Margo), Franck Olivier, Chris Roberts, Diane Solomon and Malcolm Roberts, once more representing Luxembourg. However, their song "Children, Kinder, Enfants" finished in thirteenth place. She took part in the contest two other times, in which she did not progress beyond the German preliminaries or finals: in 1976 with "Einmal Wasser, einmal Wein" ("Once Water, Once Wine") and in a 2002 duet with Bernhard Brink, singing "Es ist niemals zu spät" ("It Is Never Too Late").
Besides her solo performances, Sheer also sang a number of duets with her ex-husband Gavin du Porter, and her colleague, Bernhard Brink. Over thirty years after her first hit, Sheer is still a well-known member of the pop music establishment in Germany, continuing to appear on music shows and release new albums and singles.
Awards
Sheer has received several gold records for her work, and has twice received the German music award[1] the Golden Tuning Fork, both in 1981 and 1993.
Discography
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Hit songs
1970 "Hey Pleasure Man"
1970 "Big Yellow Taxi"
1971 "Another Place Another Time"
1971 "Many Rivers"
1971 "Oh Holiday"
1972 "Keine liebt dich so wie ich"
1972 "Oh Love my Love"
1972 "Sonntag"
1972 "Ein glückliches Mädchen"
1972 "Wie ein Meer, das keine Ufer kennt"
1972 "Mitternacht"
1972 "Ich kann dich nie vergessen"
1972 "Eine weiß, was Liebe ist"
1972 "Mein bester Freund"
1972 "wer wird dich lieben"
1972 "Das alte Lied vom Glück"
1973 "Ein Mädchen und ein Mann"
1973 "Wenn jeder Tag ein Sonntag wär"
1973 "Kesse Küsse"
1973 "Wenn die Sonne scheint denkt keiner an den Regen"
1973 "Hinter jedem Fenster brennt ein Licht"
1973 "Ich bin so happy"
1973 "Ein Mädchenherz geht auf Reisen"
1973 "Goodbye Mama"
1973 "Ein kleines Haus"
1973 "Warum"
1973 "Und wenn die Sonne wieder scheint"
1974 "Bye Bye I Love You" Deutsche Version
1974 "Bye Bye I Love You" Englische Version
1974 "Many Rivers"
1974 "Sunday"
1974 "When you walked away"
1974 "Oh Lord"
1974 "I'm a Lady"
1974 "Is it me"
1974 "Newton Apple Tree"
1974 "Roseberry Avenue"
1974 "Hey Pleasure Man"
1974 "Nur noch einen Tanz"
1974 "Ade, ade"
1974 "Maskenball"
1974 "In mir klingt Musik"
1974 "Ein Sommer zu Haus"
1974 "Liebe ist die sonne des Lebens"
1974 "Hast du heute Abend etwas vor"
1974 "Deine Liebe ist mein Leben"
1974 "Wann wirst du für immer bei mir sein"
1974 "Thank You"
1975 "Ach lass mich noch einmal in Deine Augen seh'n"
1975 "Hinter dem weißen Berg"
1976 "Addio amore mio"
1976 "Der Sommer kam zu mir"
1976 "Einmal Wasser, einmal Wein"
1976 "Du bist das, was ich will"
1976 "Bye, Bye I Love You"
1976 "Thank you"
1977 "Du musst nicht weinen, Maria"
1977 "Mach die Augen zu"
1978 "Hey, Junge, sag das noch einmal"
1978 "Feuer"
1978 "Hey Junge, sag das noch einmal"
1979 "Hey, Mr. Musicman"
1979 "Sentimental Song"
1979 "Das Lied der schönen Helena"
1979 "Duwi-duwi-dum"
1979 "Ich habe angst, das zu erleben"
1979 "Alexander"
1979 "Amazing Grace"
1979 "Eine von vielen"
1979 "Spanish Gibsy"
1979 "Komm wieder"
1979 "Hey Mr. Musicman"
1979 "Wo soll denn die Liebe bleiben?"
1980 "Xanadu"
1980 "Spiel das nochmal"
1981 "Geh wenn du willst"
1981 "Liebe auf Eis" (with Gilbert Bècaud)
1981 "L'amour est Mort" (with Gilbert Bècaud)
1981 "Nur ein Clown versteckt die Tränen"
1982 "Erst wenn die Sonne nicht mehr scheint"
1983 "Ich hab Gefühle"
1984 "State of Emergency"
1985 "Children, Kinder, Enfants"
1985 "Hab ich dich heut Nacht verloren"
1986 "Wenn du eine Frau wärst und ich wär ein Mann"
