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Hazel O'Connor

Hitting the headlines in the early 1980s with the hits Eighth Day and D-Days, Hazel O'Connor underlined her media-friendly status with her shouty vocal style, a striking punky image and a starring role in the angry music movie Breaking Glass. The daughter of an Irish soldier who settled in England after the Second World War, she is said to have run away from home at 16 to go travelling across Europe and Africa and began her singing career in a trio performing for British troops in Berlin. On her return, her shock blonde hair, anti-social attitude and spirit of rebellion won her t...