History Music / ShelbyFlint

* RefrainFromAssuming: No, that song from ''The Rescuers'' is not called "Be Brave, Little One" or any derivation thereof.

* {{Corpsing}}: In her cover of "Winter Wonderland" she flubs a line of the second bridge (perhaps due to some over-exuberant {{scatting}}) and begins to laugh, forcing her to skip several syllables to catch up.

* CutSong: She recorded a song, "I Remember Me", for classic 1976 psychological drama ''Film/Sybil'', which was not only cut from the film, but remained unavailable to the general public until the 2012 release of a compilation of composer Leonard Rosenman's previously unreleased scores.

* YourCheatingHeart: Many, though "I Love a Wanderer" stands out.

Shelby Flint (born September 17, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician with a distinctive, airy, and emotive soprano voice. She is arguably best remembered for her song performances in films such as ''[[MayDecemberRomance Breezy]]'', ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' and ''Disney/TheRescuers'', the latter of which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977. Notably, her serene, heartfelt vocal delivery and born-and-bred folk sensibilities were a huge influence on Music/JoniMitchell, who in turn influenced countless female singers to come. Shelby has recorded music in a variety of styles, from doo wop and folk pop, to disco and jazz.

* YourCheatingHeart: Many, though "I Love a Wanderer" stands out.

* TheCoverChangesTheGender: "I've Grown Accustomed to ''His'' Face".
* CutSong: She recorded a song, "I Remember Me", for classic 1976 psychological drama ''Film/Sybil'', which was not only cut from the film, but remained unavailable to the general public until the 2012 release of a compilation of composer Leonard Rosenman's previously unreleased scores.

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* {{Irony}}: Vince Guaraldi, who composed "Cast Your Fate to Wind" as noted elsewhere, was known as the primary composer for the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' animated features and specials. ''Snoopy, Come Home'' (for which Shelby performed Lila's theme, "Do You Remember Me?") was the only one he did not score during his lifetime, due to series creator Charles M. Schulz opting for a Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon approach to the whole thing. And that's not all; five years later, Shelby would ply her trade in a real Disney film.

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[[caption-width-right:320:The quiet girl.]]

'''Shelby Flint''' (born September 17, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician with a distinctive, airy, and emotive soprano voice. She is arguably best remembered for her song performances in films such as ''[[MayDecemberRomance Breezy]]'', ''WesternAnimation/SnoopyComeHome'' and ''Disney/TheRescuers'', the latter of which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1977. Notably, her serene, heartfelt vocal delivery and born-and-bred folk sensibilities were a huge influence on Music/JoniMitchell, who in turn influenced countless female singers to come. Shelby has recorded music in a variety of styles, from doo wop and folk pop, to disco and jazz.

** ''Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July'' (in which she also voices the character of Laine) features a performance of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree".

* AStormIsComing: "Sinner Man", natch.

* LostForever: A couple of her Valiant singles had their masters wiped or otherwise misplaced, making remastering nigh-impossible. Thusly, on her singles compilation album, needledrops had to suffice.

* NotStayingForBreakfast: "Our Town".

* WarIsHell: "Two Brothers".

** Quite a few, most of them standards. Notably, "Cast Your Fate to the Wind" was the first (and arguably, ''most'') successful vocal version of Music/VinceGuaraldi's instrumental jazz classic. Furthermore, there's "[[Music/TheBeatles Yesterday]]", "[[Main/MyFairLady I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face]]", and "[[Film/WhatsNewPussycat What's New, Pussycat?]]", among a host of others.

* {{Irony}}: Vince Guaraldi, who composed "Cast Your Fate to Wind" as noted elsewhere, was known as the primary composer for the ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' animated features and specials. ''Snoopy, Come Home'' (for which Shelby performed Lila's theme, "Do You Remember Me?") was the only one he did not score during his lifetime, due to series creator Charles M. Schulz opting for a DisneyAnimatedCanon approach to the whole thing. And that's not all; five years later, Shelby would ply her trade in a real Disney film.

** Together with guitarist Tim Weston, with whom she had earlier recorded her first album in a decade, she recorded a cover version of "[[Music/TheBeachBoys The Warmth of the Sun]]" for a Brian Wilson tribute album.

* DoingItForTheArt:
** What she was doing all along; she never expected to achieve any kind of fame, and was, by all accounts, [[CelebrityIsOverrated okay with that]].
** ''Shelby Flint Sings Folk'', a collection of classic folk songs specifically adapted by Shelby herself, was what she had wanted to record all along, having reached a kind of pop/folk compromise on her first album.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: She's done a bunch of songs for TV series and films (such as ''ISpy'', ''Battle for Mount Olympus'', and a 1973 adaptation of ''Literature/TheBorrowers'') that haven't seen official release and/or are out of print.

* NamesTheSame: "Our Town" has nothing to do with Thornton Wilder's [[Theatre/OurTown play of the same name]].

* PlayingAgainstType:
** ''Don't Stop the Music'', full stop.
** "Wonderland" is a brassy number with an atypical vocal delivery; certainly the odd man out in her sixties singles line-up.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: She's done a bunch of songs for TV series and films (such as ''ISpy'', ''Battle for Mount Olympus'', and a 1973 adaptation of ''TheBorrowers'') that haven't seen official release and/or are out of print.

* DeadHorseGenre: The popularity of disco music was already dwindling at a breakneck pace by the time Shelby recorded her late '70s disco/funk album with Ian Jack.

* TheyJustDidntCare: Light example, but 2012 saw a digital re-release of ''The Complete Valiant Singles'' with a haphazardly reordered tracklist, and the egregious title ''The Best of 1958-1962'' ("Cast Your Fate to the Wind", for instance, was released in 1966).