Conversation so far:
When was Schuur discovered?
Schuur was noticed by country music singer/actor Jimmy Wakely, who met her in an Elks Club in 1971 when she was eighteen
Was Diane Schuur hired by Ed Shaughnessy?
He hired her to be the vocalist in his orchestra
What did Diane Schuur do after working for Ed Shaughnessy?
For the next three years, Shuur performed in clubs and sharpened her skills
Did Diane Schuur ever win any awards?
she received her first Grammy Award, winning best female jazz vocal performance for 1986
Did Diane Schuur ever record an album?
As of 2015, Schuur had released 23 albums.
What record label released Diane Schuur's album?
Schuur recorded her first album, Pilot of my Destiny in 1981 in Seattle on the independent label, Great American Records.

Question: Was her album successful?
Self-contained rewrite: Was Diane Schuur's album Pilot of my Destiny successful?