New Romantics would pump up the BPM and make dance music the thing of the moment. Playing to that gay scene with her particular brand of Hi-NRG dance music, unlike her Song for Europe experience this was to prove more fruitful and Hazell was to find that this success would bloom in the eighties, as collars loosened and the whole music scene became brighter and more accepting in this new decade of perceived wealth and prosperity. “ Searchin’ (I Gotta Find A Man)” not unsurprisingly became somewhat big on the gay scene, a legacy that follows her today. So it’s pretty clear this was going to be a slow burner!Ĭhanging tack, it wasn’t until she decided to release her first dance single in 1983, now as Hazell Dean, that she found her true calling. Hazel Dean Poole, from the Chelmsford boro’ in Essex, started her career in the seventies signed to Decca Records, releasing singles-of-the pop/soul genre, participating in A Song for Europe in 1976, coming in at a lowly 8th placing, out of 12! Releasing The Sound Of Bacharach and David in 1981, released only promotionally to radio stations, this title was self-explanatory, but released only promotionally? Apparently for them “ to use the songs to pad out their programming“, so they could avoid paying royalties. But even that memory is becoming more acceptable with age, as its wearing edges are becoming more like a part of the wallpaper. Like every decade, there were highs and lows, in the Seventies perhaps one of those highs might have been David Bowie and the many reinventions that this artist tried and as for the lows, well maybe that single that comes around like a revolving door at Christmas time. Sometimes it’s better to remember events as your memory paints a picture, not to relive those memories in today’s skin.

Heart of an artist deluxe edition