Streetheart is a Canadian rock band, from Regina, Saskatchewan, and later based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their best known songs include "Here Comes the Night" (Them cover), "What Kind of Love is This", and their cover of the Rolling Stones' "Under My Thumb"."Revamped Streetheart back on the road with Harlequin member as lead singer". Global News, March 29, 2019
History Keyboard player Daryl Gutheil and bassist Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve formed a band called Witness Inc. in Regina,"Elkhorn student signs recording contract". Shoal Lake Crossroads, via Newspaper Archives. June 14, 2013 - Page 4 and later relocated to Winnipeg, where singer Kenny Shields joined the band. After renaming the band Wascana the group finally became Streetheart when guitarist Paul Dean and drummer Matt Frenette joined in 1977.Brett joined in 1986 Streetheart". Encyclopedia of Music in Canada. Retrieved June 21, 2006. A year later the band released Meanwhile Back in Paris..., and then Under Heaven Over Hell in 1979, after which Frenette dropped out to join Dean in Loverboy.Bush, John. "[ Streetheart]". Allmusic. Retrieved June 21, 2006. John Hannah played guitars on Under Heaven Over Hell (1979), Quicksand Shoes (1980), and Drugstore Dancer (1980). In 1980, Streetheart won the Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year".
Streetheart released a single in 1979, a disco-hybrid cover version of "Under My Thumb" by the Rolling Stones.
For the next four years they released a string of albums: Quicksand Shoes (1980), Drugstore Dancer (1980), Action: Best of Streetheart (1981), the self-titled Streetheart (1982),"Streetheart album juvenile". Medicine Hat News, via Newspaper Archives. February 12, 1982 - Page 57 Dancing with Danger (1983), and the double live album Live After Dark (1983). Record sales earned them six gold albums and four platinum albums in Canada. The band broke up in 1983, after which a collection of unreleased songs called Buried Treasure was issued in 1984.
Frehley's Comet recorded their own version of "Dancing with Danger" for their 1988 album, Second Sighting. In 1991, Hardline recorded their own version of the Streetheart song "Hot Cherie" for their 1992 album, Double Eclipse.
At the peak of their career, Streetheart toured with several rock bands. Canadian bands included Chilliwack, Rush, Toronto, Harlequin, Max Webster, Aldo Nova, April Wine, and Headpins; American bands included Sammy Hagar, Styx, Kansas, and Blue Öyster Cult. They also toured with AC/DC."Streetheart lead singer, Saskatchewan native Kenny Shields dead". Regina Post=Leader, July 21, 2017
Streetheart received a Juno Award, two Ampex Golden Reel Awards, and a Chimo Award from Music Express Magazine.
In 2008, the band released a 2 CD retrospective collection titled ...Read All About It - The Hits/Anthology.
In 2017, Kenny Shields underwent emergency surgery for a serious heart ailment, which forced the band to cancel all of its touring plans for 2017. They were to play a final farewell concert on August 29, 2017, at the Winnipeg Classic RockFest in Winnipeg, Manitoba. However, Shields died on the morning of July 21, 2017.
In 2026, Shields' estate sued Gutheil, Sinnaeve and Neill over money owed and the use of the band's name.
Discography
Studio albums TitleAlbum details Meanwhile Back in Paris...Released: 1978 Label: Atlantic Format: Vinyl, LP Under Heaven Over HellReleased: 1979 Label: Atlantic Format: Vinyl, LP Quicksand Shoes Released: 1980 Label: WEA Format: Vinyl, LP Drugstore DancerReleased: June 15, 1980 Label: Capitol Format: Vinyl, LP StreetheartReleased: 1982 Label: EMI Format: Vinyl, LP, cassette Dancing with Danger Released: March 31, 1983 Label: Boardwalk Format: Vinyl, LP, cassette Buried TreasureReleased: 1984 Label: Capitol Format: Vinyl, LP, cassette
Live albums TitleAlbum details Live After DarkReleased: October 5, 1983 Label: UMusic Format: Vinyl, LP One Night One TakeReleased: 2014 Label: N/A Format: CD, streaming
Compilation albums TitleAlbum details Action: The Best of StreetheartReleased: June 15, 1981 Label: WEA Format: Vinyl, LP Over 60 Minutes with... StreetheartReleased: 1989 Label: Capitol Format: vinyl, LP, cassette The EssentialsReleased: October 4, 2005 Label: Warner Music Format: CD ...Read All About It - The Hits / AnthologyReleased: 2008 Label: UMusic/Warner Music Format: CD 40 Vol. I (1977-2017 — 40 Years of Rock and Roll — Vol. I)Released: 2017 Label: UMusic/Warner Music Format: Vinyl, LP, digital download 40 Vol. II (1977-2017 — 40 Years of Rock and Roll — Vol. II)Released: 2017 Label: UMusic/Warner Music Format: Vinyl, LP, digital download Life. Legacy. Music.Released: 2019 Label: UMusic Format: Digital download, streaming
Singles Title YearPeak chart position Album CAN "Look at Me" 1978 — Meanwhile Back in Paris... "Action" — "Here Comes the Night" 1979 60 Under Heaven Over Hell "Hollywood" "Under My Thumb" 20 "Draggin' You Down" 1980 78 Quicksand Shoes "Jokes on You" — "Tin Soldier" 1981 — Drugstore Dancer "Teenage Rage" — "What Kind of Love is This" 1982 22 Streetheart "One More Time" "Look in Your Eyes" 1983 — "Snow White" — "Comin' True" — Dancing with Danger
Band members Current Members Daryl Gutheil - keyboards (1977–present) Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass (1977–1983, 2019–present) Jeff Neill - guitar (1981–1984, 2003–present) Paul McNair - vocalist (2018–present) Past Kenny Shields - vocalist (founding member, 1977–2017; his death) Paul Dean - guitar (founding member, 1977–1979) Matt Frenette - drums (founding member, 1977–1979) John Hannah - guitar (1979–1981: Died 2026) Bob (Herb) Ego - drums (1979–1983) Marshall B Beer - Keyboards Billy Carmassi - drums (1983) Bruce Crump - drums (1983–1984: Died 2015) Lou Petrovich - guitar (1990's) Brent Fitz - drums (1993–1996) Blair DePape - bass (1998–2006) Tim Sutton - drums (2005–2016) Bruce "Jake" Jacobs - bass (2007–2016) Dylan Thomas Hermiston - drums David Langguth - drums (2019) Chris Sutherland - drums (2020–2026: his death)
References
External links Kenny Shields & Streetheart Biography — Biography of band founder and lead singer Kenny Shields (copy archived March 3, 2016) Kenny Shields & Streetheart — Kenny Shields & Streetheart (copy archived March 2017) CanadianBands.com entry Canadian Pop Encyclopedia entry