Bernard Shaw (born 15 June 1956)[1] is a Canadian-English singer, and since 1986, the lead vocalist of British rock band Uriah Heep.

When the local band Cold Sweat was looking for a second guitarist in 1974, Shaw auditioned, but bass player Bill Kempster advised him to put down the guitar and to buy a mic from their old singer and come back the next week.

In that same year, he was called to join Saskatoon based band Legend, who had lost their lead singer Danny Jeans.

On arriving in London he auditioned and got the job of lead singer with London-based band Paris founded by keyboard player and songwriter Phil Lanzon.

Talk started of a 30-something-year reunion for Grand Prix following Uriah Heep's acclaimed performance at Childline Rocks (1 June 2009); several ex-members spoke for the first time since the unscheduled departure of Shaw, but they decided it was the right move to enlist McAuley as vocalist due to his different vocal style.

When Stratus finally played their last gig at the London Marquee Club in the audience that night was Uriah Heep guitarist Mick Box.

Shaw's first album with Heep was Live in Moscow in Dec.1987 recorded at the now legendary first ever tour of a western rock band in Russia.

In December 1995, Shaw started a hobby band in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, called ‘In Transit’.

Teaming up with former band mates Don Restall, Kevin Williams, Steve Moyer, and guitarist Dale Collins, the band did cover versions of Van Halen, 38 Special, Dan Reed Network, Stage Dolls, Foreigner, Ritchie Sambora, and a few Uriah Heep songs.

In August and September 1997, Shaw was in the Canadian ‘Rock Ridge Studios’ to sing on the album of his friend Kevin Williams, whom he knew from In Transit.

Bernie Shaw, as, in fact, all the current Uriah Heep's members, collaborated in 2001 with Romanian heavy-metal legends Iris, on a track called "Lady in Black" which had great success in Romania during that year.