Career
She started her career in the mid 1970s and came to prominence in the 1980s after many years as a club performer and working on the gay scene with her brand of Hi-NRG. Dean was elected three times as the "Best Live Performer" by the "Federation of American Dance Clubs" (US), and twice as a "Best British Performer" by "Club Mirror Awards" (UK).
She participated twice in the A Song for Europe contest. In 1976 she took eighth place (out of twelve) with the ballad, "I Couldn't Live Without You for a Day", written by contest veteran Paul Curtis. 1984 saw Dean finish in seventh place of eight, with another dramatic ballad, "Stay In My Life", which she wrote herself. She also provided backing vocals for Samantha Janus in 1991's Eurovision Song Contest.
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