Shelby Flint


Shelby Flint is an American singer-songwriter who had two top-100 hits, "Angel on My Shoulder" in 1961 and "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" in 1966.

Career

Flint's 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 Breezy ; Snoopy Come Home ; and Disney's 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. She later voiced Laine Loraine in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July in 1979.
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.

Personal life

Flint was born in North Hollywood, California, United States. She attended public schools in Van Nuys, California, including Valerio Street Elementary, Robert Fulton Junior High School, and Birmingham High School, where she graduated in 1957.