Shelby Flint

Singer, Musical Artist

1939 –

30

Who is Shelby Flint?

Shelby Flint 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.

Her single "I Will Love You" appeared in the Variety T.I.P.S. Top 100 in 1961. She has been a singer in several movies including, Snoopy, Come Home and 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.

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.

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Born
Sep 17, 1939
North Hollywood
Also known as
  • Flint, Shelby
Spouses
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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  • Shirley Rhodes
    Shirley Rhodes
    I introduced Shelby at an Army facility in New York state while she was there recording her song, I Will Love You" for Cadence Records. She was such a charming girl, very pretty and very talented...She traveled back to CA after the session and I never met up with her again... 
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