Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star known for her chart-topping power ballad 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75. The singer, who earned three Grammy nominations and represented Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, was being treated for an illness in a hospital in Portugal where she passed away unexpectedly.
Bonnie Tyler, the Welsh pop star best known for her chart-topping power ballad 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' has died at 75. The singer, who earned three Grammy nominations and represented Britain at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2013, was being treated for an illness in a hospital in Portugal where she passed away unexpectedly.
Her family said she was hospitalized in May for emergency intestinal surgery and was later placed in an induced coma. Tyler's legacy is largely thanks to 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' which has had over 1 billion streams, boosted by real eclipses in 2017 and 2024. The song spent four weeks at No. 1, the video has surpassed 1 billion views, and when Stereogum reevaluated it in 2020, the music outlet declared it an 'extinction-level event rendered in musical form.
' The song has never really gone away, covered by various artists and featured in several films and TV shows. Tyler was born in public housing in Skewen, Wales, and grew up with a love for music, particularly the Beatles. She would record 'Top of the Pops' on a reel-to-reel two-track recorder and write down the lyrics of songs she loved. Her favorites were songs by Janis Joplin, Nina Simone, Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, and Otis Redding.
She had to have surgery to remove nodules on her throat in 1976, leaving her with her trademark vocal sound. Changing her name to Bonnie Tyler, she was discovered by talent scout Roger Bell and went on to have a successful music career, releasing several albums and singles, including 'Lost in France' and 'It's a Heartache.
' She then signed with Sony and saw Meat Loaf perform 'Bat Out of Hell' on the BBC, which impressed her and led her to work with Meat Loaf songwriter and producer Jim Steinman. Steinman introduced her to his song 'Total Eclipse of the Heart,' which would become the debut single for her fifth studio album, 'Faster Than the Speed of Night.
' The song features E Street Band members Roy Bittan on piano and Max Weinberg on drums, and its video was shot in a former asylum in Surrey. Tyler's legacy continues to inspire new generations of music fans, and her music will live on through her iconic songs and performances
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