Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear started as a fashion model in the mid-1960s, working for Paco Rabanne and Ossie Clark, before meeting Salvador Dalí and becoming his closest friend and muse for almost 20 years. She surfaced in public consciousness as the cover model for Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure in 1973, then pivoted hard into music. Signed to Ariola Records, she became a million-album-selling disco star from the mid-1970s to early 1980s, charting across continental Europe and Scandinavia with hits like "Blood and Honey," "Queen of Chinatown," and "Follow Me"—her album Sweet Revenge was the commercial peak in…