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'{{No footnotes|date=June 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Shaun Murphy | image = SHAUNWIKI2.jpg | caption = Shaun Murphy | caption = November 5, 2011 | landscape = yes | background = solo_singer | origin = | years_active = 1969–present | birth_name = Cheryl Murphy | alias = Stoney | Born = [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[United States]] | death_date = | origin = | instrument = | genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[blue-eyed soul]], [[Blues]] | occupation = [[Singer]] | label = [[Motown]] | Associated_Acts = [[Little Feat]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Eric Clapton]] | website = }} \\ ==Intro== '''Shaun Murphy''', ( born Cheryl Murphy in The State of [[Nebraska]], [[USA]] ), is an American R&B singer songwriter, best known for her powerhouse singing style. Her recording career started in 1971 with [[Motown Records]] and continues to this day. ==Biography Highlights== Murphy moved to Detroit, Michigan as a [[teenager]], singing in venues such as Detroit's historic [[Grande Ballroom]] and was noticed by an employee of Motown in a touring theater production along with Texas native [[Meat Loaf]]. The two were signed by [[Rare Earth Records]], a division of [[Motown Records]] as [[Stoney & Meatloaf (band)|Stoney and Meatloaf]] in 1971. 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. 'Stoney' also recorded with the group 'Broadway' for a short period and worked with Skip 'Knape' Van Winkle of [[Teegarden & Van Winkle]] that also featured a pre-RCA Victor recording artist [[Daniel Joseph Schafer|Dan Schafer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timashley.tripod.com/schafer_pic.html|title=Dan Schafer Artist performances |publisher=www.DanSchafer.com|accessdate=2012-2-5}}</ref> on guitar and vocals. After a period of inactivity with the new division of Motown in Los Angeles, she made a decision to leave Motown, due to [[corporate]] changes within the company, and contacted [[Punch Andrews]] for possible opportunities back in her [[high school]] [[home]] [[town]] of [[Detroit]]. Murphy then relocated back to Detroit, to work with [[Bob Seger]], in 1973, with The Borneo Band. Murphy had worked with Seger previously in his very early years prior to his later notoriety. Murphy has worked with Seger on most all studio session work since 1973, and has toured with Seger since 1978. She returned again to live in Los Angeles in 1985 to work with [[Eric Clapton]] on his ''[[Behind the Sun (Eric Clapton album)|Behind the Sun]]'' album. Murphy was then offered a position by Clapton as a member of his band to do the entire tour after hearing her vocal style. The Behind The Sun tour was featured at the first [[Live Aid]] concert in 1985. Murphy's career in vocals has been both as band lead singer and session singer throughout her many years in the music industry. She has sung, toured, and recorded with such acts as [[The Moody Blues]], [[Bob Seger]], [[Herbie Hancock]], [[Phil Collins]], [[Glenn Frey]], [[Joe Walsh]], [[Maria Muldaur]], [[Bruce Hornsby]], [[Michael Bolton]], [[J.J. Cale]], [[Coco Montoya]], [[Alice Cooper]] and [[Little Feat]], in addition to [[Broadway theater]], in national road companies in two popular rock [[musicals]], "Hair" and "Sgt. Pepper's". In 2009, Shaun Murphy decided to go on her own as a solo artist. In September 2009 she released the album ''Livin' The Blues''. A second album, ''The Trouble With Lovin''', followed in 2010. Late in 2011, Murphy released a DVD and live album both titled "Shaun Murphy Live at Callahan's", recorded at Callahan's Music Hall, Auburn Hills, Michigan, just outside of Detroit. She continues to work with Bob Seger, as she did in 2011/2012, for Seger's "final tour". ==Other entries== *[[The Shaun Murphy Band]] '' - [[Livin' The Blues (album)|''Livin' The Blues']] (2009)'' ==External links== {{Portal|Biography}} * [http://www.digitalinterviews.com/digitalinterviews/views/murphy.shtml Interview with Shaun Murphy / Digital Interviews] * {{Official website|http://www.shaunmurphyband.com}} {{Persondata |NAME= Murphy, Shaun |ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Murpy, Cheryl; Stoney |SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[Singer]] |DATE OF BIRTH= |PLACE OF BIRTH=[[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[United States]] |DATE OF DEATH= |PLACE OF DEATH= }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Murphy, Shaun (Singer)}} [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American blues singers]] [[Category:American rock singers]] [[Category:American session musicians]] [[Category:People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa]] [[Category:Musicians from Omaha, Nebraska]] [[Category:Musicians from Detroit, Michigan]] [[Category:American soul musicians]] [[Category:Motown artists]] [[Category:Little Feat members]] [[de:Shaun Murphy (Sängerin)]]'