Bonnie Tyler

Bonnie Tyler (born June 8, 1951) is a Welsh pop/blue-eyed soul vocalist who has been active since the late 1970s. In 1977, she released her debut album The World Starts Tonight, which featured the U.K.-charting ballad “Lost in France.” The following year, “It’s a Heartache” from her sophomore effort Natural Force broke her in the states, where the album was re-titled after the hit. Two more albums took her into the next decade on RCA Victor.

In 1983, Tyler teamed with Meat Loaf partner Jim Steinman on the operatic-pop opus “Total Eclipse of the Heart.” The song became a global hit and a year-end top single on both sides of the Atlantic. The pairing also generated “Holding Out for a Hero” for the 1984 musical drama Footloose.

Discography:

• The World Starts Tonight (1977)
• Natural Force (aka It’s a Heartache, 1978)
• Diamond Cut (1979)
• Goodbye to the Island (1981)
• Faster Than the Speed of Night (1983)
• Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986)
• Notes From America (1988)