Introduction
Shelby Flint (born September 17, 1939 in North Hollywood, California) is a singer-songwriter who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966.
Career
Her single "I Will Love You" appeared in the Variety T.I.P.S. (Tune Index of Performance and Sales) Top 100 in 1961. She has been a singer in several movies including Breezy, Snoopy, Come Home ("Do You Remember Me?" (Lila's Theme)) and Disney's The Rescuers. Among the songs she performed for The Rescuers, "Someone's Waiting for You" was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977.
In an April 1995 interview Joni Mitchell recalled that when she began making the rounds of the folk open mic circuit she wanted to sound just like Shelby Flint.
Personal life
She attended public schools in Van Nuys California including Valerio Street Elementary, Robert Fulton Jr High and Birmingham High School where she graduated from in 1957.
Singles discography
| Year | Single (A-side, B-side) |
Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | USAC | |||
| 1958 | "I Will Love You" |
— | — | Non-album tracks |
| 1960 | "Angel on My Shoulder" |
22 | — | Shelby Flint |
| 1961 | "I Will Love You" |
— | — | |
| "Magic Wand" |
— | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1962 | "The Riddle Song" |
— | — | Shelby Flint |
| "Ugly Duckling" |
— | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1963 | "Little Dancing Doll" |
103 | — | |
| 1964 | "Wonderland" |
— | — | |
| "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face" |
— | — | Cast Your Fate to the Wind | |
| 1965 | "Angel on My Shoulder" |
— | — | |
| "Joy in the Morning" |
— | — | Non-album tracks | |
| 1966 | "Bluebird" |
— | — | Cast Your Fate to the Wind |
| "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" |
61 | 11 | ||
| 1973 | "Breezy's Song" |
— | — | "Breezy" soundtrack |