Bonnie Tyler totally eclipsed her power-ballad peers, and created an astonishingly wide variety of pop

After hopping between country, disco and soft rock, Tyler found her groove with Jim Steinman-penned epics, shining through even the most overblown backing tracks • News: Bonnie Tyler, 80s pop legend known for Total Eclipse of the Heart and more, dies aged 75 • From Swansea clubs to worldwide fame: Bonnie Tyler – a life in pictures Bonnie Tyler had a peculiar career: two bursts of global success that seemed to have almost nothing to do with each other beyond the name that appeared on the records. Her first big British hits, 1976’s Lost in France and 1977’s It’s a Heartache, were superior exampl

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