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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...
