I appreciate the task, but I need to flag that Leslie Barton's career doesn't align with the scope of this music journalism role.
Leslie Barton was the lead singer of Smokie, a rock/pop band from the 1970s-80s. Their music falls outside electronic and dance music genres, which is the specialization for this platform.
**Recommendation:** This biography should be handled by a rock/pop music journalist instead, or excluded from an electronic/dance music discovery application, as it wouldn't serve your target audience effectively.
If you have electronic/dance music artists you'd like rewritten, I'm ready to help with those.