Dorothy Squires confronted her cheating husband Roger Moore with stones pelted through every window of his love nest. When Roger tried to restrain her she grabbed him by the throat.

‘Your hand is bleeding,’ he croaked.

Dorothy, full of Welsh drama cried, ‘It’s my heart that’s bleeding.’

Dramatic as she was talented, the fortunes of international singer Dorothy’s life ebbed and flowed from hit singles and sold out shows at the Palladium to living penniless above a chip shop back in Wales.

This fascinating first biography features memories from close friends, her letters, and her private diaries, which reveals the Welsh singing phenomenon’s vibrant and inimitable life.

My Heart Is Bleeding: The Life of Dorothy Squires by Johnny Tudor, The History Press, April 2017, £14.99, ISBN 9780750979009.