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The Irish Rovers is a group of Irish musicians that formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963 [1] and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover".
Will Millar (born 1940) is a Northern Irish-Canadian singer best known as a co-founding member of The Irish Rovers. [1] Until his departure in 1995, he was the group's front man. He plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and tin whistle .
George Millar (born 14 April 1947) [1] is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist and co-founder and leader of the Irish folk group The Irish Rovers, which formed in Toronto, Canada in 1963 [2] and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover".
"The Unicorn" was made very popular by the Irish Rovers in 1968. It remains one of the best-known songs in the Irish Rovers' long career. It sold 8 million copies worldwide and in their native Ireland, the song peaked at #5 on the Irish Singles Chart. [3] [4] In addition, the song was nominated for Best Folk Performance at the 1969 Grammy ...
James Francis Ferguson (February 26, 1940 – October 8, 1997) was a founding member of the Irish-Canadian folk group The Irish Rovers. He was the only member who did not play an instrument. He sang in a rich baritone voice, in contrast to Will Millar's tenor, and was also the comedian of the group.
The Rovers is a 1980 album by the music group The Irish Rovers. It was their first album after they rebranded themselves as The Rovers , dropping "Irish" from the group name. The lively single, "Wasn't That a Party", peaked at #37 in Billboard , #40 in Record World , and #37 in Cash Box .
DUBLIN (AP) — Sixteen-year-old Michael Noonan didn't have much time to celebrate his historic goal for Shamrock Rovers. The Irish teenager had school in the morning. Noonan’s second-half goal ...
The Irish folk singer Danny Doyle covered the song in 1968 and it remained at No. 1 in the Irish charts for ten weeks. The same year, The Irish Rovers recording of the song climbed the Billboard charts in the US where it remained for eight weeks, and #34 in Canada.