Hazell Dean

Hazell Dean (2011)

Hazell Dean (* 27. October 1952 in Chelmsford , Essex , England as Hazeldean Poole ) is a British singer , songwriter and record producer .

biography

Hazell Dean began her singing career in the 1970s - initially as when she was born as "Hazel Dean" with an "L". Her first single was released in 1975. A year later she entered the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest with the dramatic ballad I Couldn't Live Without You for a Day . She only reached eighth place out of twelve participants. In April 1984 she tried again with a ballad. Stay in My Life only landed on seventh and penultimate place in the British preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest .

In July 1983 - Hazell was now written with a double-L on publications - her single Searchin ' hit the UK charts and initially only reached number 76. After Evergreen / Jealous Love rose to number 64 in the UK charts in February 1984, the Searchin 'returned to the charts in April of that year and finally made it to number 6. In the same year, Dean was named "Best Hi-NRG Artist of the Year" by Record Mirror magazine .

Her single Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) , one of the first titles produced by the hit factory Stock Aitken Waterman , reached number four in the British charts in July 1984 and shortly afterwards number 22 in the German charts . This was followed by smaller chart successes in Great Britain with No Fool (For Love) and They Say It's Gonna Rain (1985), ESP (Extra Sensual Persuasion) and Stand Up (1986) and Always Doesn't Mean Forever (1987).

It wasn't until 1988 that Dean was able to build on the success of Searchin ' and Whatever I Do. A cover version of the Anne Murray -title Who's Leaving Who brought her in March 1988. again a fourth place in the UK charts and became the biggest hit Deans in Germany, where the song reached 15th. Maybe (We Should Call It a Day) made it into the UK Top 20 in June.

Although singles appeared again and again in the following years, there was no longer any major commercial success. Worth mentioning are Turn It into Love , which rose to number 21 in the UK in 1988, and Love Pains , a 1979 cover version of the song by Yvonne Elliman , which climbed to number 48 there in 1989. In the USA, the musician only got a few hits in the dance charts.

Dean later produced and composed songs for Bad Boys Inc. , Miquel Brown ( It's a Sin ), MEN 2 B ( Love Satisfaction ) and Upside Down. There were also appearances as a background singer, B. for Samantha Janus at the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 in Rome.

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		UK
1988	Always EMI Group 3546	UK38 (3 weeks) UK	First published October 10, 1988 Producers: Stock Aitken Waterman , Ian Levine, Fiachra Trench , Trevor Vallis, Ian Curnow, Pete Hammond, Pete Ware

More albums

• 1978: Who Was That Lady I Saw You With
• 1981: The Sound of Bacharach & David
• 1984: Heart First (release: November)
• 1996: The Winner Takes It All (later also Knowing Her, Hazel Sings Abba )
• 2002: The Greatest Hits (remakes and new tracks)
• 2013: In the Name of ... (2 CDs)
• 2015: Nightlife (2 CDs)

Compilations

• 1995: The Best of Hazell Dean: They Say It's Gonna Rain
• 1996: Greatest Hits
• 2008: Don't Stop the Love (release: March 4th)
• 2012: Evergreen: The Very Best Of (2 CDs; release: September 10th)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks	[↑]: treated together with the previous entry; [←]: placed in both charts
		DE	AT	CH	UK	Dance
1983	Searchin '(I Gotta Find a Man) Heart First	DE38 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK6 (22 weeks) UK	Dance8 (15 weeks) Dance	First published: June 20, 1983 Author: Ian Anthony Stephens
1984	Evergreen	-	-	-	UK63 (3 weeks) UK	Dance8 (12 weeks) Dance	First published: February 6, 1984 Authors: Barbra Streisand , Paul Williams Original: Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson , 1976
	Jealous Love	-	-	-[UK: ↑][Dance: ↑]			B-side of Evergreen Author: Hazell Dean
	Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go) Heart First	DE22 (11 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	-	First published: July 16, 1984 Authors: Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
	When I Hear Music	-	-	-	-	Dance54 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: July 30, 1984 US DJ promo, published by Sunnyview
	Back in My Arms (Once Again) Heart First	DE44 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK41 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 22, 1984 Authors: Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
1985	No Fool (For Love) Heart First	-	-	-	UK41 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 18, 1985 Authors: Matt Aitken, Mike Stock
	They Say It's Gonna Rain Always	-	-	-	UK58 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: October 1, 1985 Authors: George Sanders, Kerry Delius Original: Kerry Delius, 1984
1986	ESP (Extra Sensual Persuasion)	-	-	-	UK98 (1 week) UK	-	First published: April 28, 1986 Authors: Deborah Allen , Rafe van Hoy, Steve Diamond
	Stand up	-	-	-	UK79 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 8, 1986 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman , Giancarlo Bigazzi , Umberto Tozzi
1987	Always Doesn't Mean Forever Always	-	-	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	Dance10 (10 weeks) Dance	First published: June 8, 1987 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1988	Who's Leaving Who Always	DE15 (12 weeks) DE	AT17 (10 weeks) AT	CH11 (10 weeks) CH	UK4 (11 weeks) UK	Dance19 (8 weeks) Dance	First published: March 21, 1988 Authors: Jack White , Mark Spiro Original: Anne Murray , 1986
	Maybe (We Should Call It a Day) Always	DE34 (10 weeks) DE	-	CH23 (5 weeks) CH	UK15 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 13, 1988 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
	Turn It into Love Always	-	-	-	UK21 (7 weeks) UK	Dance38 (9 weeks) Dance	First published: September 12, 1988 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1989	Love pains	-	-	-	UK48 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 14, 1989 Authors: Michael Price, Dan Walsh, Steve Barri Original: Yvonne Elliman , 1979
1991	Better Off Without You	-	-	-	UK72 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 11, 1991 Authors: Stock Aitken Waterman
1994	Power & Passion Fantasy	-	-	-	UK94 (1 week) UK	-	First published: August 15, 1994 Dymension feat. Hazell Dean Authors: Andy Whitmore, Hazell Dean
1996	The Winner Takes It All The Winner Takes It All	-	-	-	UK82 (1 week) UK	-	First published: June 10, 1996 Authors: Benny Andersson , Björn Ulvaeus Original: ABBA , 1980
1997	Searchin '97	-	-	-	UK92 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 6, 1997 Remix: Hazell Dean, Pete Ware

More singles

• 1975: Our Day Will Come (release: October 24th)
• 1976: I Couldn't Live Without You for a Day (release: March 5th)
• 1976: Got You Where I Want You (released September 3rd)
• 1977: Look What I've Found at the End of a Rainbow (release: February 11th)
• 1977: No One's Ever Gonna Love You (The Way That I Love You) (released October 21)
• 1978: Who Was That Lady (I Saw You With) (released February 17th)
• 1981: You Got Me Wrong (as Curtis & Dean, with Paul Curtis)
• 1984: Stay in My Life (released April, unreleased)
• 1985: Devil in You
• 1985: Harmony
• 1986: Walk in My Shoes
• 1993: My Idea of ​​Heaven
• 1998: Sisters Are Doin 'It for Themselves (as Marina & Hazell Dean, with Marina Kamen)
• 1999: Living on a Prayer (release: October 18th)
• 2009: Can't Help the Way That I Feel
• 2010: They Say It's Gonna Rain
• 2012: In the Name of Love (release: April 16)
• 2012: Shattered Glass
• 2013: This Is My Life (release: May)
• 2013: We Belong / Can You Feel It - The Remix EP (release: December 20th)
• 2014: I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten (release: August 18th)
• 2015: 24 Hours from Tulsa
• 2015: Nightlife: Energise Club Members Only Edition (Club Edition)
• 2016: Evergreen / Judgment Day (release: July 17th)
• 2016: Happy New Year / The Way Old Friends Thu

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1. ↑ UK NATIONAL FINAL 1976. Retrieved May 18, 2020 . 
2. ↑ UK NATIONAL FINAL 1984. Retrieved May 18, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK
4. ^ Joel Whitburn : Hot Dance / Disco 1974-2003, ISBN 978-0-89820-156-7

Web links

• Hazell Dean at Allmusic (English)
• Hazell Dean at Discogs (English)
• EuroDanceHits.com - Infopage
• Discography at 45cat.com