Shirley Eikhard

Shirley Eikhard
Eikhard in 1973
Background information
Birth nameShirley Rose Eikhard
Born(1955-11-07)7 November 1955
Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Died15 December 2022(2022-12-15) (aged 67)
Orangeville, Ontario, Canada
GenresCountry, pop, jazz
Occupation(s)Singer, songwriter
Years active1968–2022

Shirley Rose Eikhard (7 November 1955 – 15 December 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter. Although moderately successful in Canada as a performer in her own right, she had her greatest Canadian and international success as a songwriter for other artists, most notably as the writer of Bonnie Raitt's 1991 hit "Something to Talk About".