Artist: Dana
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Discography:
Danamite 001
Year: 2004
Tracks: 2
The victor of the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest, where she delineated her mother country, Ireland, vocalist Dana was natural Rosemary Brown in Islington, London, on August 30, 1951. Her family unit had resettled to the U.K. the old year from their domicile in Derry, Northern Ireland, and they returned there when Dana was fin. The next year, the little little girl won the first base of many talent contests and, soon before her 16th natal day, she was signed to the Decca label's Rex subsidiary. Her debut single, "XVI" (composed by her handler, Tony Johnston), was backed by one of her possess compositions, "Lilliputian Girl Blue." The single was credited to Dana. Further 45s included 1968's "Follow Along Murphy" and "Heidschi Bumbeidschi," and 1969's "Look Around."Popular on the local nightclub circuit, Dana was first invited to symbolize Ireland at Eurovision in 1969. Her entry, "Look Around," ruined second in the national finals, just she was back the following year, playacting "All Kinds of Everything," and this prison term she was winning, both in the nationals and at the finals. "All Kinds of Everything" went on to top charts around the humanity, including the U.K., Australia, South Africa, and Singapore. An album of the same cite was likewise recorded. A follow-up single, "I Will Follow," flopped, but "WHO Put the Lights Out" reached number 14 in the U.K. in early 1971. However, it would be another quaternion years ahead Dana genuinely established herself as a chart regular, as a string of subsequent releases bombed: "Today" and "Isn't It a Pity" (both 1971), "New Days...New Ways" and "Crossword puzzle Puzzle" (1972), and "Do I Still Figure in Your Life" and "Dominicus Monday Tuesday" (1973). In the meanwhile, she made her performing debut in the Ron Moody/Jack Wilde moving-picture show The Flight of the Doves, and became a regular at the summertime seasons hosted by theaters around the U.K. vacation resorts.
Dana resurfaced on the recording scene in 1974, freshly sign to the GTO label. Her debut, "Ar You Still Mad at Me," did zero, but the young year saw her score a Top Ten stumble with "Please Tell Him That I Said Hello." "It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas" made number four that same year, piece 1976 brought a Top 40 cover of Eric Carmen's "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again" and the Top 20 "Fairy tale." This period as well power saw the handout of the albums Have a Nice Day and Love Songs & Fairy Tales. There was then some other tranquilize ahead "Something's Cooking in the Kitchen" returned her to the chart in 1979 -- accompanied by the capably coroneted LP The Girl Is Back. Though her U.K. calling continued periodically, Dana remained a maven in Ireland, spell as well establishing herself as a preeminent light in the then-nascent "Christian rock" front. (Her autobiography, 1985's Dana -- An Autobiography, discusses her religious convictions in great depth.) "Totus Tuus," highborn for Pope John Paul II's catchword, was an Irish chart-topper in the awaken of the Pontiff's 1979 visit to Ireland, and the following yr she scored her low hit LP, Everything Is Beautiful, a accumulation of inspirational songs. This light-emitting diode her to her offset altogether religious album, 1981's Completely Yours (issued on the Christian Word label) and, although she continued making secular recordings also, her yield has since been henpecked by farther spiritual collections.
In 1990 Dana, her hubby, and their 2 children resettled to Birmingham, AL, where they became involved with the Catholic broadcast medium meshwork EWTN. Dana became a regular TV host, piece recording for the Catholic HeartBeat label. The menage remained in the U.S. until 1997, when Dana turned her attention to Irish political science. Standing as an independent, she was third in that year's race for the presidentship, lacing out the mainstream Irish Labour Party. Two age later she won a place in the European parliament, and held it until 2004. Since that clock time, Dana and her hubby, Damien, have launched their possess disk label, DS Music Productions; releases include a tribute to the late deceased Pope John Paul II, Totus Tuus, and a accumulation of children's songs, 2007's Good Morning Jesus: Prayers & Songs for Children of All Ages.
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