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Although offered a career in opera, O'Dowda was drawn to popular music and, in the early 1950s, he moved to England in order to advance his prospects. [3] There, he formed The Four Ramblers musical group with Val Doonican. [4] Subsequently, he enjoyed solo success on BBC Radio, guesting on programmes such as Just A Song At Twilight and Music ...
Daniel Harte and Bill Hughes formed the idea of a trio of Irish tenors during the Cannes film festival. [when?] Harte and Hughes wanted to produce a television special and first approached Ireland's Finbar Wright (one of Ireland's leading romantic tenors) in 1998 to join the group, but Wright's recording contract with Sony BMG prohibited such a venture.
Cloverton is an American contemporary Christian music and worship band from Manhattan, Kansas, United States.The band started out as Lance Stafford on lead vocals and keys with his twin brother Layne Stafford on background vocals and bass guitar, alongside, drummer Kirby LeMoine and lead guitarist Matt Brown.
Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss recorded the song for Ma's 2008 holiday album, Songs of Joy & Peace. Anthony Kearns (The Irish Tenors) performs it annually and has featured on TV across the USA at Christmas. Michael McDonald covered it on his 2009 album This Christmas as a duet with his wife Amy Holland, using only the first three of the traditional ...
Kearns sang "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears," by songwriter Brendan Graham which he and The Irish Tenors recorded in 2001 on Ellis Island. The song became a huge hit for Kearns and his Irish Tenor colleagues. Kearns sang before an audience of 1,200 including former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who hosted the event as chairman. The event paid ...
The Oxford English Dictionary defines hallelujah as “a song or shout of praise to God,” but biblical scholars will tell you it’s actually a smash-up of two Hebrew words: “hallel” meaning ...
(1999) The Irish Tenors – Live in Dublin (1999) The Irish Tenors – Home for Christmas (2000) The Irish Tenors – Live in Belfast (2001) The Irish Tenors – Ellis Island (2001) I Want to Know What Love Is – Rebecca Storm (2002) The Very Best of The Irish Tenors (2002) My Life Belongs to You – Ronan Tynan (2002) A Time to Remember ...
To mark 40 years since the first version of the song, masterminded in 1984 by Bob Geldof, an all-star version will be mixed to include the voices and performances from the original along with the ...