Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Tyleris a Welsh singer. She is known for her distinctive husky voice, resulting from an operation to remove vocal nodules in the mid-1970s. Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles "Lost in France" and "More Than a Lover". Her 1978 single "It's a Heartache" reached number four on the UK Singles Chart, and number three on the US Billboard Hot 100...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth8 June 1951
CitySkewen, Wales
When I was young, I used to wear a lot of wigs, and I was running on stage at a gig and tripped over and it fell off. It was in the 1970s, and Swansea were doing really well in the league, and most of the team were there. I almost died, but I picked it up, put it back on my head and carried on.
The international travelling gets harder as I get older, but when I'm performing on stage, it makes it all worth while.
Holding a menu at arm's length, peering at anything that required reading, made me feel so old.
It's really fantastic because families can come to my shows and they all like it. It's really weird.
My mother was the only one who encouraged and inspired me for singing. She was singing all the time in the house, playing records also.
We all have a great time. And then I go to bed, get up and do it all over again. I like my life.
When I tour with the new album, I still do the classics, and I love the atmosphere it creates with the whole audience singing along.
I collect traditional Aubusson tapestries that you can hang on a wall. The last lot I bought were from an antiques fair in London.
I lost dozens of pairs of expensive glasses because I'd put them down and then not be able to find them again.
I love eyeshadow, blushers, and eyelashes with lots of black liquid eyeliner.
I love watching movies with happy endings or anything with Steve Martin or stuff like that.
I remember when the Atkins diet arrived; I lost 16 lb in the first month, but when I stopped, it all went back on again.
I started singing when I was 18 and landed my first record deal with RCA when I was 26 after a lot of grafting singing in pubs and clubs.
I'm always buying nice watches for my husband - Bentley Breitlings.