Heather Small is best known for fronting the 1990s band, M People. Small's career has spanned over seventeen years with M People hits including "One Night in Heaven", "Moving On Up", "and Search for the Hero", and also as a solo artist with "Proud". Prior to this she had sung with English soul group Hot House, hitting the UK charts with "Don't come to stay" in 1987 and 1988. Small has always remained in the public eye having performed at the 2012 party to celebrate the handover of the Olympic games from Beijing to London.