# Streetheart (band)

Streetheart is a Canadian rock band, originally 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".

## History

Keyboard player Daryl Gutheil and bassist Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve formed a band called Witness Inc. in Regina, 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. 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. 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), 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, Headpins; American bands included Sammy Hagar, Styx, Kansas, Blue Öyster Cult. They also toured with AC/DC.
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, MB. However, Shields died on the morning of July 21, 2017.

## Discography
### Studio albums

| Title | Album details |
| Meanwhile Back in Paris... | Released: 1978 Label: Atlantic Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Under Heaven Over Hell | Released: 1979 Label: Atlantic Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Quicksand Shoes | Released: 1980 Label: WEA Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Drugstore Dancer | Released: June 15, 1980 Label: Capitol Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Streetheart | Released: 1982 Label: EMI Format: Vinyl, LP, cassette |
| Dancing with Danger | Released: March 31, 1983 Label: Boardwalk Format: Vinyl, LP, cassette |
| Buried Treasure | Released: 1984 Label: Capitol Format: Vinyl, LP, cassette |

### Live albums

| Title | Album details |
| Live After Dark | Released: October 5, 1983 Label: UMusic Format: Vinyl, LP |
| One Night One Take | Released: 2014 Label: N/A Format: CD, streaming |

### Compilation albums

| Title | Album details |
| Action: The Best of Streetheart | Released: June 15, 1981 Label: WEA Format: Vinyl, LP |
| Over 60 Minutes with... Streetheart | Released: 1989 Label: Capitol Format: vinyl, LP, cassette |
| The Essentials | Released: October 4, 2005 Label: Warner Music Format: CD |
| ...Read All About It - The Hits / Anthology | Released: 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 | Year | Peak chart position | Album |
| Title | Year | CAN | Album |
| "Look at Me" | 1978 | — | Meanwhile Back in Paris... |
| "Action" | 1978 | — | Meanwhile Back in Paris... |
| "Here Comes the Night" | 1979 | 60 | Under Heaven Over Hell |
| "Hollywood" | 1979 | | Under Heaven Over Hell |
| "Under My Thumb" | 1979 | 20 | Under Heaven Over Hell |
| "Draggin' You Down" | 1980 | 78 | Quicksand Shoes |
| "Jokes on You" | 1980 | — | Quicksand Shoes |
| "Tin Soldier" | 1981 | — | Drugstore Dancer |
| "Teenage Rage" | 1981 | — | Drugstore Dancer |
| "What Kind of Love is This" | 1982 | 22 | Streetheart |
| "One More Time" | 1982 | | Streetheart |
| "Look in Your Eyes" | 1983 | — | Streetheart |
| "Snow White" | 1983 | — | Streetheart |
| "Comin' True" | 1983 | — | Dancing with Danger |

## Band members

* Kenny Shields - vocalist (founding member, 1977–2017; his death)
* Daryl Gutheil - keyboards (founding member, 1977–present)
* Paul Dean - guitar (founding member, 1977–1979)
* Ken "Spider" Sinnaeve - bass (founding member, 1977–1983, 2019–present)
* Matt Frenette - drums (founding member, 1977–1979)
* John Hannah - guitar (1979–1981)
* Bob (Herb) Ego - drums (1979–1983)
* Marshall B Beer - Keyboards
* Jeff Neill - guitar (1981–1984, 2003–present)
* Billy Carmassi - drums (1983)
* Bruce Crump - drums (1983–1984)
* 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
* Paul McNair - vocalist (2018–present)
* David Langguth - drums (2019)
* Chris Sutherland - drums (2020–present)