Oh Sheila
"Oh Sheila" is a 1985 single by Ready for the World . The song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 , the Hot Black Singles and the Hot Dance Club Play charts . Ready for the World is a R&B / funk / dance band from Flint , Michigan consisting of lead vocalist / keyboardist /occasional rhythm guitarist Melvin Riley with Gordon Strozier ( lead guitar ), Gregory Potts ( keyboards ), Willie Triplett ( percussion / keyboards ), John Eaton ( bass guitar ),and Gerald Valentine ( drums ). Their aforementioned self-titled debut was released in 1985 and included perhaps their best-known hit " Oh Sheila ," which went to number one on the R&B , Billboard Hot 100 , and the Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first ever single to hold the number one spot on all three of these charts simultaneously. "Oh Sheila" is according to legend written about Sheila E . 3 years ago, while waiting for the spring 2007 Marc Jacobs show to start, ...