Desiree Heslop was born to a young, brash, vocal entertainer and a local beauty queen in a tempestuous loving relationship. To the delight of her friends and family, Desiree very soon became the center of attention with her gift for mimicking the famous artists that were on either radio or T.V. Desiree had started the foundation of what was to be her future career.

Then came the component that changed the course of her life, her elder brother Donovan, while visiting his mother, sister, and younger brother was totally enchanted and amazed at the quality of his baby sister's voice. He was unable to understand why she was not a major star. The germ of an idea was born.

Whilst Desiree had with her eyes firmly on a law degree, the tenacious Dovovan got her a recording session with a punk band to sing backing vocals. A tour with The African group, Osibisa came next, swiftly followed by a tour with Precious Wilson and increased session work in the UK

It was during one of these sessions with an associate producer of Pete Waterman that Desiree came to the attention of Mike Stock, who later booked Desiree for a session with D.C. LEE. A meeting with Pete followed which lead to Donovan being given 5 backing tracks on a cassette for consideration. The song "Say I'm your No One" was one of the tracks.

Donovan and Pete loved it and were convinced it was a hit. Donovan took the song to Colin Barlow at CBS who arranged a meeting with Muff Winwood head of CBS. With £450 from Muff Winwood to write some songs and the permission of Pete to use "Say I'm your No One", a showcase was set. Wine and hors d'oeuvres were provided, guests were invited including Pete, Matt and Mike.

Desiree took to the stage - visually the statement was HOT and the performance was incendiary. After the performance Muff and Donovan shook hands, they had a deal, and Muff indicated that Donovan should call him the next day to "tie up the details". The phone call to Muff the next day had Muff saying that his head of international "didn't think it would work". Donovan was in shock there were no details to be "tied up". He then answered a call from Pete Waterman to meet at the Sanctuary. That meeting lead to the independent release of "Say I'm Your Number One" (1985) and a follow-up single. The new independent label was to be known as "Supreme Records".

The song was released on 26/6/85 and reached top ten within six weeks. Say I'm Your Number One has sold over 1 million copies worldwide. The eponymous album went gold and yielded four top ten singles one of which was part of a movie soundtrack.

Princess was in demand - four appearances on "Top of the Pops", six appearances on the various morning TV shows, augmented by radio and TV appearances worldwide. Live appearances in front of hundreds of thousands, at Artist Against Apartheid, Live Aid, Aids benefit and Help A London Child (UK).

1987 Princess signs to Polydor worldwide and sets off to LA to record her new album. Ballard and Magness writers and producers for Michael Jackson, Richard Burgess writer and producer for 5 Star, Fox and Drinkwater writers and producers for Chico DeBarge and Trevor Lawrence Stevie Wonders writer and sax player were all drafted to lend that US feel to the album. It was the first time that different producers were used to complete an album.

It was during this period Princess was asked to do work on behalf of UNICEF, for which she was given an award of distinction: Children on the Frontline (Zimbabwe), Youth Olympics and the Nyong Dong Festival (Korea) and hosting the video of the event in Zimbabwe.

But tragedy struck the young star, Princess' younger brother was shot in Washington DC and within two years her mother passed from lung cancer in NY, having never smoked a day in her life. While in N.Y. Princess met many of her musical favorites, now her peer group. Isaac Hayes interviewed her on his radio show at Kiss FM, Stevie Wonder came to her recording session, she recorded with Roy Ayers, Angela Winbush said she's baaad, and Chaka Khan was an absolute treat. She performed at the same concert as Lil Kim, Donel Jones, Shaggy, Buju and Beres at The Guinness Soul/ Reggae Festivals(New York). Princess traveled to Africa to take part in Panafest (Ghana). That bill also had Stevie Wonder, Culture and Sound Of Blackness.

2003 Princess returned to the UK after some twelve years abroad and to rave reviews where ever she has performed - the fan club is still going strong.