Bonnie Tyler
N.Morg...@cs.ucl.ac.uk
Bonnie Tyler has had several hits in the UK.
1976: "Lost In France", Top 10 (about #8 I think it peaked at). This has an
intro very similar to "Then He Kissed Me" by one of Phil Spector's groups,
so it always used to annoy me on "beat the intro" competitions. After that,
the song is completely different.
1977: "More Than A Lover". Never thought much of this song. Reached about UK
#28.
1977: "It's A Heartache". A total classic. Reached UK #4 (and NM #2) over
the Christmas period 1977-78. I think this may have been a hit in the USA
too.
1979: "The World Is Full Of Married Men". Never liked this one either.
Peaked at about UK #34.
1983: "Total Eclipse Of The Heart". This epic was UK, US and NM #1. Written
by Jim Steinman (writer of most of Meat Loaf's stuff).
1983: "Faster Than The Speed Of Night". Also written by Jim Steinman. Title
track from the album, which was a UK #1, but the single failed to make the
top 40 (but was an NM #7 hit) as did:
1983: "Have You Ever Seen The Rain". Also on the album, but this was a cover
of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Not an NM hit either.
1984: "A Rockin' Good Way". Duet with Shakin' Stevens, cover of Brook Benton
and Dinah Washington song and peaked at UK #5. (Also made NM chart but can't
remember the position).
1985: "Holding Out For A Hero". A late release from 1984 soundtrack of
"Footloose". Written by Jim Steinman this made UK #2 and NM #2, but only US
#33 or so.
Another single, a duet with Todd Rundgren entitled "Loving You's A Dirty Job
(But Somebody's Gotta Do It)", written by Jim Steinman, failed to reach the
chart. I think it was released in 1986 but I'm not sure.
Since then, nothing but a compliation album "Heaven And Hell" containing
songs by Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf, supposedly a Jim Steinman compilation,
but of course Jim would say he only ever wrote for Meat Loaf.
Note: Bonnie Tyler is NOT the female vocal on "I'd Do Anything For Love..",
that being Mrs Loud. Also Bonnie is NOT singing on Pandora's Box's original
of "Good Girls Go To Heaven", the vocals on that being by Holly Sherwood.
Don't know what happened to her since then, but apparently she owns a club
in Swansea, and my ex-girlfriend and I thought we spotted her in Bridgend,
South Wales in 1990.
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Neil Morgenstern
Reto Koradi
> Don't know what happened to her since then, but apparently she owns a club
> in Swansea, and my ex-girlfriend and I thought we spotted her in Bridgend,
> South Wales in 1990.
She played live in Zurich, I think it was 2 weeks ago. There was an
interview in a newspaper. Don't remember any details, but it seems
like she's doing fine, she said that she doesn't mind playing
small audiences. Looks like she can handle her (lack of) success.
Reto
Mikko Suhonen
: Reto
After "Secret dreams and forbidden fire" (including Holding out for a hero)
she has done three albums. The first one, "Notes from America" (in Europe it
was titled "Hide your heart") was produced by Desmond Childs. It included
many songs that were later hits by other artists, songs like Hide your heart
(remade by Kiss), Don't turn around (remade by f.eg. Ace of Base), The Best
(remade by Tina Turner) and Save up all your tears (remade by Cher).
The album didn't do very well in the charts in spite of good production and
good songs. After "Notes from America"-album she has done three albums for
German Hansa- record company, first of which was called "Bitterblue" and it
was a success in the central Europe and in Scandinavia. "Bitterblue" got to
followup -albums, which were not succeses though.
Mikko Suhonen
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