Hazell Dean

English pop singer Hazell DeanDean performing in 2021Background informationBornHazel Poole (1952-10-27) 27 October 1952 (age 73)Great Baddow, Essex, EnglandGenresDance-pop, hi-NRGOccupationsSinger, songwriterYears active1970–presentLabelsEMI, ProtoWebsitehazelldean.net Musical artist Hazell Dean (née Hazel Diane Poole; born 27 October 1952) is an English dance-pop singer, who achieved her biggest success in the 1980s as a leading hi-NRG artist. She is best known for the top-ten hits in the United Kingdom "Searchin' (I Gotta Find a Man)", "Whatever I Do (Wherever I Go)" and "Who's Leaving Who". She has also worked as a songwriter and producer. Career Dean was born in Great Baddow, Essex. She started her career in the early 1970s and came to prominence in the following decade after many years as a club performer and working on the gay scene with her brand of hi-NRG. She was elected three times the "Best Live Performer" by the "Federation of American Dance Clubs" (US), and twice a "Best British Performer" by "Club Mirror Awards" (UK).[citation needed]. Dean, then billed as Hazel Dean (i.e., with only one 'L' in Hazel), started her career signed to Decca Records releasing six non-ch