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"Robin (The Hooded Man)" is the first single released by Irish group Clannad in April from their 1984 album Legend. This song was the theme tune to the ITV drama Robin of Sherwood and heralded Clannad's effectiveness in soundtrack .
A re-recorded version of "Robin (The Hooded Man)" was released in 1986 as "the Robin of Sherwood EP", featuring Jason Connery on the sleeve. For this re-release, the B-sides include "Now Is Here", "Herne" and "Caisleán Óir" (as it appears on the album Macalla).
"Robin (The Hooded Man)" is a hit song from Irish group Clannad. The original version of the song appears on the Legend album. The version that appears on this EP was re-recorded for the third series of the HTV series Robin of Sherwood. This new version of the song has yet to appear on any other release.
Robin of Sherwood is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood.Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network.
The theme tune of the series was released as a single entitled "Robin (The Hooded Man)" that went to No.19 in Ireland and No.42 in the UK. Clannad won a BAFTA for Best Original Television Music, the first Irish band to win it, in 1985. [28]
Among those 15 additional songs on the second part of “Tortured Poets” is a track called “Robin,” a piano ballad in which Swift draws imagery of animals and alludes to adolescence.
Clannad achieved a breakthrough in their career in 1983 with the song "Theme from Harry's Game", which peaked at number five in the United Kingdom and won an Ivor Novello award. Clannad won a BAFTA for their 1984 Legend , the soundtrack for the Robin of Sherwood series.
Bobby Day was the stage name of the artist who made “Rockin’ Robin” a No. 2 national hit in 1958. Day was born in Fort Worth on July 1, 1928. Little is known of his life before he went to I ...