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Bonnie Tyler
Tyler live at La Cigale in 2005
Tyler live at La Cigale in 2005
Background information
Birth nameGaynor Hopkins
Also known asSherene Davis
Born (1951-06-08) 8 June 1951 (age 73)
Skewen, Neath, Wales, UK
GenresRock, Country rock, Wagnerian rock, Progressive rock, Soft rock, Rock and roll, pop
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1975–present
LabelsRCA, Chrysalis, CBS, Columbia, Hansa, Atlantic, East West, CMC Records, Sony, Stick Music, ZYX Music
WebsiteOfficial Site

Bonnie Tyler (born Gaynor Hopkins[1] on 8 June 1951) is a British singer. Her first hit single, "Lost in France", reached the UK Top 10 in 1976 and she was nominated for Best British Female Newcomer at the 1977 Brit Awards.[2] Soon after, Tyler underwent an operation to remove nodules from her vocal cords which left her with a distinctively husky voice. However, this did not affect her career and her 1977 single "It's a Heartache" became a hit in both Europe and North America.[3][4]

In the 1980s, Tyler worked with rock music songwriter Jim Steinman, and she gained further international success with her number one hit "Total Eclipse of the Heart" in 1983. Steinman also wrote Tyler's last major British success, "Holding Out for a Hero", which was featured on the Footloose film soundtrack in 1984. Tyler was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 1984, and was twice nominated for the Brit Award for Best British Female Artist in 1984 and 1986.[2][5]

In the 2000s, Tyler has continued to have success in Continental Europe, and her 2003 single, "Si demain... (Turn Around)" (a duet with French singer Kareen Antonn), reached the top of the French charts for 10 weeks.[6]

Tyler's upcoming album "Rocks & Honey" is due to be released by ZYX Music on Friday, March 8th, 2013.[7] She is currently touring as a guest on the "Rock Meets Classic 2013 Tour" in Germany.[8]

It was announced by the BBC that Tyler will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmo, Sweden, on May 18, 2013.[9]

Early life

Tyler was born in Skewen, Neath, Wales to a family that included three sisters and two brothers. Her father, Glin Hopkins, worked in a coal mine and her mother, Elsie Hopkins (an opera lover), shared her love for music with her children, and was known to have been part of the local church choir. Tyler grew up listening to Motown music and female artists like Janis Joplin and Tina Turner.[10] She concluded her education in the sixties, leaving school with no qualifications and began working in the local grocery shop, then as a supermarket cashier.[11]

In 1970, aged 19, she entered a talent contest, singing the Mary Hopkin hit "Those Were the Days", and finished in second place, winning £1. She then was chosen to sing in a band with front man Bobby Wayne, known as Bobby Wayne & The Dixies. Two years later, she formed her own band called Imagination (not related to the 1980s British dance band of the same name) and performed with them in pubs and clubs all over southern Wales. It was then that she decided to adopt the stage name of "Sherene Davis",[12] taking the names from her niece's forename and favourite aunt's surname.[13] Despite the two name changes, her family and friends still know her as Gaynor.[14]

On 4 July 1973, she married Robert Sullivan, a real estate agent, Swansea night club manager and Olympic judoka.[15] In 1975, she was discovered by Roger Bell who arranged a recording contract for her with RCA Records. Before signing, she was asked to choose a different stage name and settled on Bonnie Tyler.[16]

Career

1976–81: The country albums

In 1976, Tyler was spotted in "The Townsman Club" in Swansea by the songwriting and producing team of Ronnie Scott and Steve Wolfe, who became her managers, songwriters and producers.[17]

File:The world starts tonight lp front.jpg
"The World Starts Tonight, Tyler's debut album, released in 1977.

Tyler first began by recording a track entitled "My! My! Honeycomb", which did not receive any chart success, but did gain local airplay in Swansea.[18] The track was later released on the 2002 compilation, "Total Eclipse Anthology" and on a re-release of "The World Starts Tonight" in 2009, along with the rare track, "Baby I Remember You".[19]

Following the Top 10 success of her 1976 song "Lost in France", Tyler released her first album in 1977 entitled The World Starts Tonight. A further single from the album, "More Than a Lover", made the UK Top 30,[20] and the follow-up single, "Heaven", reached the Top 30 in Germany.[21]

In 1977, Tyler was diagnosed with nodules on her vocal cords that were so severe that she needed to undergo surgery to remove them. After the surgery, she was ordered not to speak for six weeks to aid the healing process, but she accidentally screamed out in frustration one day, causing her voice to take on a raspy quality. At first she believed that her singing career was ruined,[22] but to her surprise her next single, "It's a Heartache," made her an international star. The song reached No. 4 in the UK, No. 3 in the US, No. 2 in Germany, and topped the charts in several countries (including France and Australia).[23] Tyler's second album, Natural Force, was also retitled It's a Heartache for the U.S. market and certified Gold there. Tyler performed in the Long Miles Country Music Festival prior to the release of Natural Force alongside musicians such as Johnny Cash and Kris Kristofferson. In 1978, Tyler was given a Bravo Otto award in Germany for her success in Europe. Though further global success was elusive during this era, Tyler did have some regional hits: "Here Am I" made the German Top 20 in spring of 1978; "My Guns Are Loaded" peaked at number 3 in France, 10 in Canada in 1979; and her version of "Married Men" (the theme to the film The World Is Full of Married Men) became a minor UK Top 40 hit in the summer of 1979. Tyler released the albums Diamond Cut in 1979 and Goodbye to the Island in 1981. The track "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" was the Grand Prix winner of the 1979 Yamaha World Song Festival held in Tokyo.[24]

1982–86: The Jim Steinman collaboration and "Hide Your Heart"

Tyler released four albums for RCA Records from 1977 to 1981, but she became increasingly dissatisfied with Scott and Wolfe's management as they were trying to market her as a pop-country music artist.[17] When her contract with RCA expired, she signed with David Aspden Management and sought help from songwriter Jim Steinman, most familiar to audiences as Meat Loaf's primary collaborator, to give her music the rock style she wanted. She signed with Columbia Records in 1982.

Her next album, Faster Than the Speed of Night, was released in the spring 1983 – in Europe – and included the power-ballad "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which was written by Steinman. The song was a worldwide hit, reaching No. 1 in the UK, Ireland, France, Australia, and, later, in the United States where it remained at the summit for four consecutive weeks. Her comeback on the US chart was at a time when almost one third of the Billboard Hot 100 was filled by songs from UK based acts – a situation not seen since the 1960s British Invasion and Beatlemania.[25] Faster Than the Speed of Night entered the UK Albums Chart at number 1, and also became a Top Five best-seller in the US and Australia. Also in 1983, Tyler was approached to sing the title song of the James Bond film, Never Say Never Again, however she disliked the song and turned down the offer[26] (the song was performed by American singer Lani Hall instead). In 1984, Tyler performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" at the Grammy Awards, where she had been nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song also for Best Rock Female Vocalist for the track "Here She Comes",[27] a song that was included on the soundtrack for the 1984 restoration of the film Metropolis. She also released the singles "A Rockin' Good Way", a duet with fellow Welsh artist Shakin' Stevens, which made No. 5 in the UK, and "Holding Out for a Hero", for the Footloose soundtrack, which made the U.S. Top 40 and later peaked at number 2 in UK in the summer of 1985. "Holding Out for a Hero" (written by Steinman and Dean Pitchford) was also used as the main theme for the 1984 US television series Cover Up, though the version heard on the TV series was not Tyler's original but performed by E.G. Daily.[28]

The following albums, Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire (1986) and Hide Your Heart (1988), achieved success in France, Switzerland, Scandinavia, South Africa, Australia, but were not successful in the UK or US. One of the single releases, "If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)", became another Top 10 hit in France in 1986 and was certified Silver. In 1987, Tyler recorded a bilingual track with the Brazilian singer Fábio Junior entitled "Sem Limites Pra Sonhar" or "Reaching for the Infinite Heart" in English.[29] In the same year, she sang the title song for Mike Oldfield's album Islands. Tyler also sang backing vocals with Cher for the song "Perfection" on Cher's self-titled 1987 album, and "Emotional Fire" on Cher's 1989 album Heart of Stone.

As part of the UK "Hide Your Heart Tour" in 1988, Tyler performed at the Reading Festival, accompanying performers such as Meat Loaf and Jefferson Starship. Tyler was victim to violent abuse from an aggressive crowd hurling bottles at her on stage after the organiser's failed attempt to introduce pop music to the annual event. Tyler continued and completed her set despite ruckus.[30] She even managed to get the audience to join in with "It's A Heartache" at the end of her set performance.[31]

1990–2003: European success with Hansa Records and subsequent releases

In 1990, Mike Batt released the soundtrack for the animated TV show The Dreamstone, which included a duet between Batt and Tyler entitled "Into The Sunset". In the same year, Tyler also recorded "Breakout", the theme song for German sports film Fire, Ice and Dynamite.[32]

Throughout the 1990s, Tyler's success was limited to continental Europe. In the early 1990s, she switched to the German label Hansa and found a new producer in Dieter Bohlen. Her first album for the label was Bitterblue, released in late 1991, which saw her leaving the rock genre of the 1980s and establishing a more soft-pop sound. The album went quadruple-platinum in Norway, platinum in Austria, and gold in Germany, Switzerland and Sweden. Tyler followed this up with the album Angel Heart in 1992, and was nominated for a Bravo Otto award in Germany. Tyler was also nominated at the 1993 Echo Awards for best pop/rock singer. Finally, Tyler released Silhouette in Red in 1993. In light of her success in Germany, Tyler won Best International Female Vocalist at the RSH Gold Award, the Goldene Europa Award and the ECHO Award in 1994.

In April 1992, Tyler participated in a Greek ensemble CD with Sofia Arvaniti. The track was released on Arvaniti's Parafora album on the EMI label, which was composed by Greek musician Michalis Rakintzis. TYe bilingual Greek/English track was named "The Desert Is in Your Heart" ("Petheno Stin Erimia" in Greek). An instrumental version of the song was also released on Arvaniti's album.[33] The album reached Gold.[citation needed]

In 1993, the first volume of a compilation, The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler was released, with selections from the 1970s to 1991. In 1994, Columbia Records released Heaven & Hell, a Bonnie Tyler and Meat Loaf compilation album with tracks from both artists. The compilation became a Gold record in the UK.[citation needed]

After her three albums with producer Dieter Bohlen, Tyler wanted to have a more international sound on her next record. She switched labels to Warner Music in 1995 and recorded Free Spirit, an album on which she worked again with Jim Steinman as well as other prolific producers such as David Foster and Humberto Gatica. However, the album was only a minor success in continental Europe, though the single "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" (previously a hit for Air Supply in 1983) narrowly missed the UK Top 40. The single featured Tyler's mother's operatic vocals on the intro to the song. The album was re-released in 1996, now including the track "Limelight" which was used as the official song of the German Olympic Team.[34] Tyler continued to record, releasing the folk influenced All in One Voice in 1999, though this was even less successful. Also in 1999, Tyler was part of an ensemble vocal unit for Rick Wakeman's Return to the Centre of the Earth CD.[35] Tyler also recorded the track "Tyre Tracks And Broken Hearts" on the Jim Steinman and Andrew Lloyd Webber composed album Whistle Down The Wind. She also recorded the theme music for a drama TV show called "Jack of Hearts".[36][37]

2003–05: Cover album, French version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Wings"

In 2003, Tyler was approached by her manager, David Aspen, to record an album that would consist of cover versions of Tyler's choice. David Aspden became the producer of the album. Tyler picked out 13 of her favourite songs, some of which are by U2, Richard Marx, Phil Collins and The Beatles. The tracks were recorded by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, but Tyler requested for her band to feature on the tracks also.

Bonnie Tyler with Matt Prior in a concert in "Familiengarten Eberswalde" (27 May 2006).

Also in 2003, French vocalist Kareen Antonn sent Tyler a demo recording of Antonn singing a French arrangement of "Total Eclipse of the Heart", entitled "Si demain... (Turn Around)", requesting to duet with her. Tyler accepted and the track was released in December 2003. It went to number 1 in France, holding the top position for ten weeks, as well as Belgium and Poland, selling a total of two million copies. The follow-up, "Si tout s'arrête (It's A Heartache)", another French language remake with Antonn, also made the French Top 20. Both tracks were included on Tyler's 2004 album, Simply Believe. Also on this album, Tyler worked with Stuart Emerson, who wrote several songs on Tyler's Free Spirit album in 1995, and who had also worked with Jim Steinman and Meat Loaf in the 1980s. Emerson wrote and produced six tracks on this album, two of which were re-recordings from her 1995 album.

By 2005, Tyler had been working on her sixteenth studio album, Wings. The sixteen-track album included 12 new tracks, two French re-recordings and two re-recordings of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "It's a Heartache". Tyler co-wrote most of the tracks, and was given two new tracks from Stuart Emerson, one of which was recorded as a duet between Tyler and her friend Lorraine Crosby. Tyler's two singles from the album were "Louise" and "Celebrate", though neither or these, nor the album itself, garnered any chart success. In 2006, the album was re-released in the UK with 14 tracks, and retitled as Celebrate, though again was commercially unsuccessful. For Tyler's birthday in 2005, Tyler performed several tracks from her new album at La Cigale in Paris and Zaragoza in Spain. Extracts from the concerts were released on CD (Bonnie Tyler Live) and DVD (Bonnie on Tour) in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

Kareen Antonn with Bonnie Tyler live at La Cigale in Paris, 8 June 2005

2006–present: Recent work and "Rocks & Honey"

In September 2006, Tyler made her first appearance on U.S. television in years, as she sang a duet of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with actress Lucy Lawless on the American show Celebrity Duets.

In 2007, a new Greatest Hits collection, From the Heart: Greatest Hits, was released. The compilation reached No. 2 in the Irish album charts[38] and No. 31 in the UK. Also in 2007, Tyler featured on a charity album called "Over the Rainbow". The event was filmed and shown on the British TV series Challenge Anneka, in which presenter Anneka Rice was set the challenge of putting together a thirteen-track compilation album made up of songs from musicals in five days and organise a promotional concert for the release of the CD. The proceeds went to the Chase Trust disabled children's charity. Tyler selected "I Don’t Know How to Love Him" from one of her favourite musicals, Jesus Christ Superstar.[39] In March 2007, Tyler appeared in an episode of the British TV gameshow, Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

In 2009, it was announced by Mal Pope that he had recruited Tyler to perform the title track to his self-written musical, Cappuccino Girls, which would tour in Wales in the following months. She performed the title song on the closing night in the theatre to celebrate its conclusion.[40] Tyler made a guest appearance in Hollyoaks Later (the late night edition of the British Channel 4 teen soap Hollyoaks) in which she sang her hit "Holding Out For a Hero" with one of the characters. She also recorded a new version of "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with the Welsh male voice choir Only Men Aloud! for their second album Band of Brothers which was released in October 2009.

Sony Music re-released Tyler's first two albums, The World Starts Tonight and Natural Force in 2009 with the addition of two B-Sides that were not featured on the albums in the original release in the 1970s.[41][42] On 1 November 2009, Tyler joined artists such as Escala, Joss Stone and Bananarama in a charity concert in support of breast cancer research. It was held at the Royal Albert Hall as a fundraiser for Pinktober.[43]

In 2010, Tyler appeared in a television advertisement for MasterCard singing a parody of "Total Eclipse of the Heart".[44] Tyler performed in Australia for the first time in her career in the end of October, first as a supporting guest for Robin Gibb[45] and then performing her own shows in Australia and New Zealand. Then in November, Albert Hammond released an album called Legend, which featured some of his most successful compositions, with many re-recorded as duets.[46] Hammond and Tyler recorded a version of Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now".

In 2011, Tyler made a guest appearance in the music video "Newport State of Mind", a parody of the Jay-Z and Alicia Keys song "Empire State of Mind" for the BBC's Comic Relief charity. Also in 2011, Tyler dueted with the singer Laura Zen on "Amour Éternel", a new French/English version of The Bangles' 1989 hit "Eternal Flame". It was released to French radio stations on 29 August 2011.[47] It was then released as an MP3 download in France on 26 September 2011, and also included on Tyler's triple-disc Best of 3 CD album on 3 October 2011. Also in 2011, Tyler won an award at the BMI London Awards for "It's A Heartache" gaining over 3 million airplays on US television and radio since it was first recorded in 1977.[48] Tyler also appeared on the Ukraine version of X Factor as one of the three British guests, alongside Kylie Minogue and Cher Lloyd, performing "It's A Heartache", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out for a Hero". In December 2011, a portrait of Tyler by Rolf Harris, owned by Cathy Sims, was appraised for £50,000 on BBC's Antiques Roadshow.[49]

Bonnie Tyler judging a band competition at a club in the Algarve, Portugal, in July 2012.

On 13 February 2012, news of the release of Tyler's new album was released on her website.[50] It claimed that Tyler has been working in Nashville to record a new country/rock album which will be available as a CD and online for digital download for an expected release later in 2012. David Huff has been named the producer and songwriters for the tracks include Desmond Child and Frank J. Myers as well as a duet with country musician Vince Gill. On 16 April, an update on Tyler's website confirmed the duet (named "What You Need From Me"), and commented that Tyler had arrived in Los Angeles two days prior to the update to assist with mixing the recorded tracks.[51] Tyler announced the title of the new album, "Rocks & Honey", during an interview in Norway in July.[52] Tyler announced that she had finished recording the album in December 2012 during an interview on an Australian TV show.[53]

In March 2012, an un-released track written and recorded in the mid 1990s was uploaded on SoundCloud, entitled "Never Gonna Take No for an Answer". The song was written by Ed Poole and Martin Brown.[54]

In April 2012, the record label Rdeg re-released Goodbye to the Island, Angel Heart and Bitterblue digitally.[55][56]

In December 2012, Tyler was a guest alongside Eddie and the Hot Rods on three of Status Quo's "Quofestive" Christmas UK tour in Cardiff, Birmingham and the O2 Arena in London. [57] On 31 December 2012, Tyler performed live in Germany at a New Year's Eve concert which was broadcast on German TV. Tyler announced that the album was due to be released in February 2013 before performing a track from the new album entitled "All I Ever Wanted".[58] ZYX Music announced that the album is due for release on March 8th.[59]

Between February 18th and March 17th 2013, Tyler will be a guest on the "Rock Meets Classic Tour"[60][61]

On March 7, 2013, The BBC announced via their official You Tube channel and also on the BBC website that Tyler would represent The United Kindgdom at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, Sweden. She will sing a power ballad entitled Believe In Me.[62]

Discography

Main article: Bonnie Tyler discography

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1979 The World Is Full of Married Men Herself Performed title theme in opening credits
1998 Der König von St. Pauli Herself Title translates to "The King of St. Pauli". Arreared in Part 1 (performed He's The King) and in Part 5 (performed You Are A Woman)
Television
Year Film Role Notes
1983 Bob Hope Special Herself Guest Performer, Performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
1984 Grammy Awards Herself Performer – "Total Eclipse of the Heart"
Nöjesmaskinen Herself Title translates to "The Pleasure Machine"
Ladybirds Herself
1993 The Mal Pope Show Herself Christmas special
1998 Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration Herself Guest performer, "Tyre Tracks And Broken Hearts"
2000 Smash! Rock Anthems Herself Documentary
2005 Zacisze gwiazd Herself Documentary, Polish TV; Title translates to "Retreat of the Stars"
2006 James Bond's Greatest Hits Herself Documentary
Celebrity Duets Herself Performed "Total Eclipse of the Heart" with Lucy Lawless
2007 Never Mind The Buzzcocks Herself
Challenge Anneka Herself Performed "I Don't Know How To Love Him"
2009 Hollyoaks Later Herself Performed "Holding Out for a Hero" in a dream sequence
Loose Women Herself
Live from Studio Five Herself
2011 The X Factor (Ukraine) Herself Guest performer
2012 Big Brother's Bit on the Side Herself Performed "Holding Out for a Hero"
X Factor (Romania) Herself Guest performer
Willkommen 2013 Herself ZDF (German TV show) live broadcast. Performed "Holding Out for a Hero", "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "All I Ever Wanted"
Concerts
Year of Event Title Year of Release Venue
1993 Live in Germany 1993 2011 Frankfurt, Germany
2005 Bonnie on Tour 2007 La Cigale, Paris and Zaragosa, Spain

Tours

Participation in other artists' tours

Band

Tyler's live band currently consists of:

  • Keith Atack – guitar
  • Matt Prior – guitar
  • Ed Poole – bass guitar
  • John Young – keyboard
  • Grahame Rolfe – drums

Personal life

File:BONNIE 4.jpg
Bonnie Tyler at her home in the Algarve, Portugal.

After global success in the 1980s, Tyler and her husband Robert Sullivan decided to try to have a baby when she was aged 39. Tyler miscarried and did not conceive again.[64]

Throughout her career, Tyler and her husband have owned a villa in Mumbles in Wales.[65] They also own a home in the Algarve (in Albufeira, south Portugal), after Tyler recorded one of her albums there in the late 1970s and where the couple spent the better part of the year.[66] In 2005, Tyler was filmed for a short Polish entertainment TV show called Zacisze gwiazd, which explores the houses of actors and musicians.[67]

Some of Tyler's siblings have also been recognised to have a career in music. Her brother, Paul Hopkins, is lead singer of local Swansea band, Sunshine Cab Co.[68][69] He co-wrote most of Tyler's 1980s B-sides, including "Time" and "Gonna Get Better" as well as composing some tracks for her albums, such as "The Reason Why" from All in One Voice. Tyler's sister, Avis Hopkins, featured on Mal Pope's musical soundtrack of Cappuccino Girls, singing the track, "Today's My Birthday".[70] Avis Hopkins changed her name in the 1980s to Amanda Scott and released the track, "Lies" in 1988.[71][72]

Through her husband, Tyler is related to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones and attended her wedding to Michael Douglas, performing "Total Eclipse of the Heart".[73]

Awards, nominations and accolades

Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Bonnie Tyler

See also

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