Shelby Flint (born September 17, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter who had two top-100

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, " Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and " Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966.

Career

Flint's 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'' ("Breezy's Song"); '' Snoopy Come Home'' ("Do You Remember Me?" (Lila's Theme)); and

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''. 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,

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recalled that when she began making the rounds of the folk open mic circuit, she wanted to sound just like Shelby Flint.

Personal life

Flint was born in

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, United States. She attended public schools in

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, including Valerio Street Elementary, Robert Fulton Junior High School, and Birmingham High School, where she graduated in 1957.

Singles discography

References

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