Background
Shandi was born to a Huguenot family as Shandra Sinnamon in Miami, Florida.
Shandi was born to a Huguenot family as Shandra Sinnamon in Miami, Florida.
While recovering, she studied music and drama at a community college.
After dropping out of high school, she left home for Big Sur, California. Her ambition was to become a singer and songwriter. After a bicycle accident in Los Angeles, she went back to Florida for recuperation.
While she was singing in a local restaurant, a disc jockey noticed her talent and introduced her to Elektra/Asylum Records.
In 1976, she released her first album, Shandi Sinnamon, on Asylum Records. Around the same time in Los Angeles, California, Mike Chapman discovered her and the two began a steamy affair.
This affair helped to get her career off to a good start. In 1980, they released her second album Shandi from his Dreamland Records.
Chapman himself produced that album under the alias of Commander Chapman.
She has since written and performed songs for films and television dramas, including "Tough Love" for the film The Karate Kid, "Living on the Edge" & "Double Trouble" for the film Making the Grade, "Fight to Survive" for the film Bloodsport, "Gotcha", title song for the film Gotcha!, "Eyes of Fire" for The Little Drummer Girl, "Wild Roses" for Echo Park and "Boy of My Dreams" for Tower of Terror, among many others television compositions include: "Leave Yesterday Behind" for the television drama Leave Yesterday Behind, "Slow Dance" for the movie Can You Feel Maine Dancing and sang the theme song Charles in Charge for the 1984-1990 television series. In 1985, her song "Making lieutenant" (composed by Richie Zito) became a local hit in Japan.
She also sang the song "Only a Memory Away" as Sailor Mercury in the English adaptation of the Japanese series Sailor Moon (1995).
(See also Sailor Moon soundtracks (United States of America))
She has worked as a background singer with Todd Rundgren, Bernadette Peters, Hoyt Axton and Johnny Hallyday. She now lives in Eugene, Oregon.
1984: He"s A Dream - Grammy for Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media.
