Canadian songwriter Shirley Eikhard who penned ‘Something to Talk About’ dies at 67

Eikhard got her first taste of success in her early teens when Anne Murray recorded her 1971 track ‘It Takes Time.’ She was 67

Canadian singer-songwriter Shirley Eikhard, whose flirty track “Something to Talk About” gave Bonnie Raitt her biggest hit and a Grammy Award win, has died after a battle with cancer.

Eikhard, born in Sackville, N.B., got her first taste of success in her early teens when Anne Murray recorded her 1971 track “It Takes Time,” making it a Canadian chart hit. Eikhard released several albums in the years that followed, but Raitt’s “Something to Talk About” offered an unexpected twist.

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