Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hazel O'Connor (born 16 May 1955, Coventry, England) is an English singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of a soldier from Galway who settled in England after World War II to work in a car plant. She became famous in the early 1980s with hit singles "Eighth Day", "D-Days" and "Will You", as well as starring in the film Breaking Glass. Description above from the Wikipedia article Hazel O'Connor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.