Shaun Murphy, born Sheryl Murphy and also known as Stoney is an American singer best known for her work with Bob Seger, Eric Clapton and Little Feat.
Shaun Murphy was born in Omaha, Nebraska, lived with her family as a child in Omaha and then in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prior to moving to Detroit, Michigan in high school.
She is best described as a blue-eyed soul singer, and arguably, the best of the female genre in that category, living today. She te...
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Shaun Murphy, born Sheryl Murphy and also known as Stoney is an American singer best known for her work with Bob Seger, Eric Clapton and Little Feat.
Shaun Murphy was born in Omaha, Nebraska, lived with her family as a child in Omaha and then in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, prior to moving to Detroit, Michigan in high school.
She is best described as a blue-eyed soul singer, and arguably, the best of the female genre in that category, living today. She teamed with several other "girl bands" while in Detroit, prior to being noticed by an employee of Motown Records in a local theatre production along with recording artist Meat Loaf. The two were signed by Rare Earth Records, a division of Motown Records as Stoney & Meatloaf. The pairing was short-lived, and became defunct, as a decision of Motown management. Only Murphy was retained under contract after the breakup of the duo.
After a period of inactivity with the new division of Motown, she grew impatient and left, and headed back to Detroit to...
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