Taylor Dayne

From Discogs:

Taylor Dayne was born March 7, 1962, in Long Island, New York. Joined her first band, the new wave group Felony, after graduating high school. Taylor Dayne exploded from obscurity in 1988 with her No. 1 single "Tell it to my Heart" and the album of the same name. She hit the top spot on the dance charts again in 2000, with the single "Planet Love".

From Lastfm:

Taylor Dayne (real name Leslie Wunderman), (born on March 7, 1962 in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York), is a successful American pop vocalist and dance artist.

According to the Taylor Dayne Songfacts Interview, Taylor grew up in Long Island, and her parents were very involved in independent theatre: the Manhattan Theatre Group, the Pap Theatre, La Mome. By 4 or 5 she was singing along with the radio. Her dad gave Taylor her first radio, she turned it on and there was Stevie Wonder playing. As Taylor grew older, she started going into a little bit more of a rock direction as the top 40 was going in a different path for a period of time - it was more of the supergroups, Jethro Tull, Yes etc. She had her first solo by first grade, and by her fourth grade she was singing Jacques Brel.

Dayne came to prominence in the late 1980s and remained at the top of the charts through the 1990s. She released a new album "Satisfied" in February 2008. "Beautiful" the first single hit number 1 in the American dance charts and 23 on the A/C chart.

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From Wikipedia:

Taylor Dayne (born Leslie Wunderman; March 7, 1962) is an American pop vocalist, songwriter, dance artist, and actress. Dayne's first seven singles hit the U.S. top ten and she has topped the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart three times. Overall, she has 17 individual Top Ten's on Billboard Charts, including the Billboard Dance #1 "Beautiful" in May 2008.