Don’t dismiss Bonnie Tyler as just the lungs and hair behind 1983’s tearstreaked break-up ballad Total Eclipse Of The Heart. Born on June 8, 1951, her childhood in the Welsh mining village of Skewen was soundtracked by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Janis Joplin, and she's kept her ears open during a career that’s taken in collaborations with Rick Wakeman, Francis Rossi and Rod Stewart. But as she reminds us, her myriad influences all began with her beloved mother.
