Iris Williams

Iris Williams OBE (born in Rhydyfelin on 20 April 1946; died 11 July 2025) was a Welsh singer who reached the peak of her popularity during the 1980s. She is remembered for her major success in Wales with "Pererin Wyf" (1971) a Welsh-language version of "Amazing Grace" and for winning the Welsh talent contest, Cân i Gymru (A Song for Wales) in 1974 with the song 'I gael Cymru'n Gymru Rydd' (For a Free Wales). In 1979, she had a top-20 UK hit with "He Was Beautiful"