The Coventry singer who wrote 'Will You?' for 'Breaking Glass' and kept writing sharp, direct songs through the 1980s.
For a quick sense of her style, listen to 'Will You?' from the film and then something like 'Animal Farm.' They're both blunt in different ways.
She wrote her own material for the 1978 film 'Breaking Glass' and performed it herself, which wasn't common at the time. The song 'Will You?' from that film became her signature hit, but she kept making albums like 'Sons and Lovers' and 'Cover Plus' with songs that tackled social issues. Her vocal delivery was always direct and emotive, whether on 'Animal Farm' or 'Blackwater Side'.
She came up through England's late 1970s punk scene before landing the 'Breaking Glass' film role. After that breakthrough, she released several albums in the 1980s with musicians like Nigel Ross-Scott and Midge Ure. Later records included 'Smile' in 1987 and 'True Colors' in 1990.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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