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All-female band shaped in 1979 by producer/drummer Bernadette Cooper, guitarist Cheryl Cooley and keyboard participant Lynn Malsby. The initial lead vocalists had been Lorena Porter Shelby and Joyce “Fenderella” Irby, who afterwards left for the solo profession. In 1990, the group became a trio, with Shelby, guitarist Cheryl Cooley, and …

Before she became a solo artist in 1984, drummer Sheila E. used Azteca, the Latin jazz-fusion music group led by her dad, percussionist Pete Escovedo; she also performed on two of his single albums documented for Fantasy Information. Prince uncovered Sheila E. about 1983 and acquired her sing on “Erotic …