Kiki Dee has admitted her successful singing career might have cost her a personal life, because she devoted so much time to it.

The 1970s star, who had a No 1 hit with Sir Elton John with Don’t Go Breaking My Heart, was the first British artist to be signed by Tamla Motown.

Now 77, she has never married or had children and said she often wondered why family life had never happened for her. She said: “My identity was tied up with singing. I knew it was my winning formula and I knew that I…