Bonnie Tyler: The Gravel Voice Singer Who Beat People’s Hearts

“My mother raised me to believe in myself,” she told the BBC last year.

“Growing up at school I was a very shy kid, I wouldn’t say ‘boobah’ to a goose, and I was very, very shy.

But I got over that, because I love singing.

Bonnie’s passion for the industry was still evident in that interview, and she released a new single called Yes I Can, about finding inner strength and believing in yourself.

According to reports, Bonnie and her husband Robert Sullivan They have 22 houses around the worldAlthough they mainly split their time between Portugal and their home in Mumbles, Swansea.

Although Tyler and Sullivan came from a large musical family, they had no children.

She He previously told BBC Sounds.“I love children very much.

“You know when a lot of people get on planes and avoid kids like the plague, right? Not me. I’m like, ‘Can I sit here?’

“I had a miscarriage when I was 40. I left it too late, you know? I wish I’d started earlier, but my work took over and it was always ‘next year, next year.’

“And the next year didn’t come until I was 39.”

After Tyler’s abortion, she threw herself into work.

“We tried for two more years, but… we’re okay, we’re happy.”

She conquered the music world and fell in love with Europe – but Bonnie Tyler will always be remembered as the Welsh star who didn’t pretend to be a hero, but became a millionaire herself.