Bonnie Tyler : Heart Strings ...Plus

 Gaynor Sullivan  

(June 8th 1951 –  July 8th 2026), 

known professionally as 

Bonnie Tyler,

 was a Welsh singer 

and songwriter. 

Known for her 

distinctive husky voice, 

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 1977

 single 

"It's a Heartache" 

reached number four 

on the

UK Singles Chart 

and number three 

on the US

Billboard Hot 100.

In the 1980s, 

Tyler ventured into 

rock music with 

songwriter and producer

Jim Steinman. 

He wrote

 Tyler's biggest hit, 

"Total Eclipse of the Heart", 

which sold over 

13 million copies worldwide 

and was released as

 the lead single from

 her 1983

 UK chart-topping album

Faster Than the Speed of Night. 

Steinman also wrote 

Tyler's other major 1980s hit 

"Holding Out for a Hero". 

Her other successful singles

 during this period included

 "Here She Comes"

 from the 1984

 soundtrack to 

Metropolis and

 "If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)",

 written by

Desmond Child

and produced by Steinman.

 She had success in

 mainland Europe

 during the 1990s with

Dieter Bohlen, 

who wrote and produced her hit

 "Bitterblue". 

In 2003, 

Tyler re-recorded

 "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

 with singer

Kareen Antonn; 

their bilingual duet, 

titled

 "Si demain... (Turn Around)", 

topped the French charts.

Tyler released

Rocks and Honey

in 2013,

 featuring the single

 "Believe in Me",

 which she performed while

representing the United Kingdom

at the

Eurovision Song Contest

 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. 

After reuniting with

 the producer David Mackay, 

she released

Between the Earth and the Stars 

(2019) 

and 

The Best Is Yet to Come

(2021).

Tyler's work earned

 her three

Grammy Award

nominations 

and three

Brit Award

nominations

 (including twice for British Female Solo Artist),

 among other accolades. 

In 2022,

 she was awarded an MBE

in the Queen's Birthday Honours

for services to music. 

Her singles

 "Total Eclipse of the Heart"

 and

 "It's a Heartache"

 have estimated sales of over

 6 million units each, 

and are among the

best-selling singles of all time.

 Health and death 

On May 6th 2026, 

Tyler underwent emergency surgery

 in Faro, Portugal, 

where she lived,

 to treat a perforated intestine, 

and was placed in an

induced coma in 

the intensive care unit. 

When doctors attempted to 

bring her out of the coma, 

she suffered a cardiac arrest 

and was resuscitated. 

On 12 May,

 her spokesman said

 she remained seriously ill 

but stable, 

and that her doctors were optimistic 

about her making a full recovery. 

On June 15th,

 Tyler woke up from her

 medically induced coma, 

although she remained 

"very unwell"

.She died on  July 8th, 

aged 75, 

from the illness for which

 she had been

 receiving treatment

Styx : The Grand Illusion

ON BOARD, I'M THE CAPTAIN

SO CLIMB ABOARD

WE'LL SEARCH FOR TOMORROW

ON EVERY SHORE

AND I'LL TRY,

OH LORD, I'LL TRY

TO CARRY ON

Bob Marley and The Wailers : The Boarding House, San Francisco 07/07/75

 

MINGLE WITH THE

GOOD PEOPLE THAT WE MEET, YEAH

GOOD FRIENDS WE HAVE HAD, OH,

GOOD FRIENDS 

WE'VE LOST ALONG THE WAY, YEAH

IN THIS GREAT FUTURE

YOU CAN'T FORGET YOUR PAST

SO DRY YOUR TEARS 

I SAY, YEAH

NO WOMAN NO CRY

Alice Cooper : Detroit, Roostertail 07/06/71 (Parricidal Slumbers)

I NEED EVERYTHING

THE WORLD OWES ME

I TELL THAT TO MYSELF

AND I AGREE

The Allman Brothers Band : The 1971 Fillmore East Recordings (Box Set)

I DROWN MYSELF IN SORROW
AS I LOOK AT WHAT YOU'VE DONE
BUT NOTHIN' SEEMS TO CHANGE
THE BAD TIMES STAY THE SAME
AND I CAN'T RUN

The Rolling Stones : Stones In The Park 1969

THE ROLLING STONES

"STONES IN THE PARK"

HYDE PARK

LONDON 

07/05/69

Jim Morrison & The Doors : An American Prayer

 James Douglas Morrison

(December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) 

was an American

singer-songwriter 

and poet who was

 the lead vocalist 

and primary lyricist 

of the rock band

 The Doors. 

Due to his charismatic persona, 

poetic lyrics,

 distinctive voice, 

and unpredictable performances, 

along with the dramatic 

circumstances surrounding

 his life and early death, 

Morrison is regarded by

 music critics and fans

 as one of the most

 influential and 

controversial frontmen

 in rock history. 

Since his death, 

his fame has endured

 as one of popular 

culture's top rebellious

 and oft-displayed icons, 

representing the generation gap 

and youth counterculture.

Together with keyboardist 

Ray Manzarek, 

Morrison founded

 the Doors in 1965 

in Venice, California. 

The group spent two years

 in obscurity until 

shooting to prominence

 with its number-one hit single 

in the United States

 "Light My Fire", 

which was taken from

 the band's self-titled 

debut album. 

Morrison recorded a

 total of six studio albums 

with the Doors,

 all of which

 sold well and many

 of which received 

critical acclaim. 

He frequently gave 

spoken word poetry passages 

while the band was

 playing live shows. 

Manzarek said Morrison

 "embodied hippie counterculture rebellion". 

The Doors became known for 

their provocative

 live performances, 

including Morrison's

 arrest on stage 

in New Haven in 1967 

and the controversial 

Miami concert in 1969, 

incidents that intensified

 his notoriety and led to

 legal battles that 

further cemented the band's reputation

 as symbols of 1960s 

countercultural defiance.

Morrison developed an

 alcohol dependency, 

which at times affected

 his performances on stage. 

In 1971, 

Morrison died unexpectedly

 in a Paris apartment

 at the age of 27, 

amid several conflicting

 witness reports.

 Since no autopsy was performed,

 the cause of 

Morrison's death 

remains disputed. 

Although the Doors

 recorded two more albums 

after Morrison died,

 his death greatly 

affected the band's success, 

and they split up

 two years later.

 In 1993, 

Morrison was posthumously

 inducted into the 

Rock and Roll 

Hall of Fame 

along with the other 

Doors members.

 Rolling Stone, 

NME, 

and Classic Rock

have ranked him 

among the greatest

 rock singers of all time.

Brian Jones : Bones And Jones

 Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones 

( February 28th 1942 – July 3rd 1969) 

was an English musician 

and one of the founders of 

The Rolling Stones. 

Initially a slide guitarist, 

he went on to play 

electric guitar, 

sing backing vocals

 and play a wide variety

 of instruments

 on Rolling Stones recordings 

and in concerts.

After he founded 

the Rolling Stones

 as a British blues outfit

 in 1962 

and gave the band 

its name, 

Jones's fellow band members

Keith Richards

and 

Mick Jagger 

began to take over

 the band's 

musical direction, 

especially after they became a

 successful songwriting team.

When Jones developed

 alcohol and drug problems,

 his performance in 

the studio became

 increasingly unreliable, 

leading to a diminished role 

within the band he had founded.

 In June 1969,

 the Rolling Stones 

dismissed Jones; 

guitarist 

Mick Taylor

took his place in the group.

 Less than a month later,

 Jones died by

 drowning at

 the age of 27

in the swimming pool 

at his home at

Cotchford Farm, East Sussex. 

His death was referenced

 in songs by many

 other pop bands, 

and 

Pete Townshend 

and

Jim Morrison 

wrote poems about it. 

In 1989, 

he was inducted into

 the Rock and Roll

 Hall of Fame 

as a member of 

the Rolling Stones.

The Allman Brothers : Live at the Atlanta International Pop Festival: July 3 & 5, 1970

WAKE UP MAMA,

TURN YOUR LAMP DOWN LOW

Eric Clapton : 461 Ocean Boulevard (Deluxe Remastered Edition) *

I SHOT THE SHERIFF

BUT I DIDN'T SHOOT

THE DEPUTY

The Rolling Stones : Rewind (1971-1984) (Deluxe Edition) *

I DARE NOT TOUCH HER

MY HAND JUST FROZE

Uriah Heep : The Lansdowne Tapes (From Spice To Uriah - The Transition)

NOBODY KNOWS

BY THE LOOK OF

YOUR CLOTHES

YOU'RE A SCHOOLGIRL