Biography

Sheldon was discovered by Bunny Lewis while performing on-stage and was quickly offered a recording contract with Decca Records, even though he had no previous experience performing as a singer.

Doug Sheldon is an English former pop singer, actor, and novelist.

Doug Sheldon's first single was "Book of Love", which did not chart. The follow-up single was a cover of the song "Runaround Sue", which became a hit record in the UK Singles Chart reaching number 36, although Dion's version soon overshadowed it in popularity. With the song "I Saw Linda Yesterday" he managed to crack the UK Singles Chart for the last time in 1963 at number 36, thus emulating his first hit's position. In 2007, his entire Decca discography was released on CD by Vocalion Records.

After completing military service, he landed a role in the 1961 film The Guns of Navarone, and worked in small theatre productions. He shared a flat in London with three other then-unknown actors, including Michael Caine and Sean Connery.

Sheldon was born into a family of carnival businesspeople, and he worked as a barker while receiving training in acting.