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The A Side:
The Glamorous Life 3:41
The B Side:
The Glamorous Life Part II 3:12
The Brief:
OK, it’s been asked for a time or two and I have been promising to do it… Tonight’s post kicks off an 8-part series of Sheila E. singles. We begin with Sheila’s debut and most successful charting single… “The Glamorous Life” spent 2 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Disco singles chart. The song was written by Prince and had originally been slated to be recorded by Apollonia 6.
The Billboard Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Hot 100 | 6/16/84 | 86 | 7 | 26 |
| Hot Black Singles | 6/2/84 | 9 | 23 | |
| Hot Dance/Disco | 6/9/84 | 1 | 21 |
The Source:
Label: Warner Brothers Records
Catalog#: 7-29285
Format: Vinyl, 7″, 45 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1984
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
The Links:
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password is: funwithvinyl
Enjoy and get it on!

















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