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  Encyclopedia: Johnny Logan (singer)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnny is very popular in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, across the continent he is known as "Mister Eurovision".
When in the presence of Johnny, her old flame whom she has hired as a musician for her bar, her flirtations at one moment in the action are later confused by emotionless exchanges with Johnny on the subject of love and their past relationship.
Johnny, at first a hired hand, becomes her partner and helper, but it is she who faces her conflicts alone, and ultimately must destroy her enemy or be killed herself.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Johnny-Logan-(singer)   (939 words)

  
 Johnny Childs
Johnny Childs is a man with a plan as they say.
Johnny Childs was born in 1972 in Brooklyn, New York, third oldest of ten children of an orthodox Rabbi.
Johnny moved to Los Angeles in 1993 at age 21 or so to concentrate on pursuing a musical career.
www.jonhayes.net /johnny_childs.htm   (772 words)

  
 RTÉ Television
Logan won the contest by along with Louis and his entourage travelled to The Hague for The Eurovision Song Contest.
On the 19th of April 1980 Johnny Logan won the 25th Eurovision Song Contest in front of 500 million TV viewers.
CBS (now Sony) had spent £87,000 on Logan's album, however the failure of his second single prompted them to cut their losses and he was quickly dropped.
www.rte.ie /tv/buried_alive/week10.html   (3547 words)

  
 Johnny Logan - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnny Logan was born in Frankston near Melbourne, Australia May 13, 1954.
Johnny Logan has no doubt that his choice of profession goes all the way back to these tours where he and his father were killing time by singing together in the dressing-rooms of the great concert halls.
Johnny Logan, known and respected for his great talent as a singer and songwriter; has released numerous albums during the years, performed for many heads of state counting The Pope John Paul II, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, won several awards and appeared on top Television shows throughout Europe, Asia and Australia.
www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,459822,00.html   (462 words)

  
 The 80s - (1980 - 1989)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Johnny Logan was born as Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard in the Australian Frankston on 13 May 1954.
In the same year Johnny Logan appeared in the Royal Variety Performance for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip at the London Palladium.
Corinne Hermès was born in Lagny, in the Parisian region.
www.eurovision.tv /english/1842.htm   (4460 words)

  
 Irish Connections - A Magazine For The Irish Worldwide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
For 19 consecutive seasons he appeared at the popular British seaside resort of Blackpool; in 1958, however, at the peak of his fame Locke left England in the wake of tax problems, not returning for close to a decade and settling into self-imposed exile in County Kildare.
It was the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest that catapulted Johnny into the international spotlight for the first time.
Johnny then made history in 1987, by winning the Eurovision Song Contest for an unprecedented second time.
www.irishconnectionsmag.com /archives/v3i3/l.htm   (599 words)

  
 peermusic - The Independent Major
The 21-year old talented Dutch singer Eva Jane, one of the discoveries of Crip Theeuwes & Basil Kühne of the Tilburg-based production company Studio Ochtendhond (“Morning Dog”) which is linked to Peermusic, seem to understand on her 12-track debut album entitled “Queen of Bees”.
As sweet as she is edgy, shy but gutsy, fresh and experienced, this bilingual songbird is poised to make her unique mark on the musical world.
As someone who says he can prove scientifically to anyone anywhere that Irish music is not about purity, he also says that we cannot dismiss the notion of centrality and the importance of continuity of traditional music.
www.peermusic.com /artistwriter/genresub.cfm?genre_id=44   (521 words)

  
 Johnny Logan to act in Flemish soap | Eurovision Song Contest 2006 at esctoday.com
Johnny Logan, winner of the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 and 1987 will make a remarkable guest appearance in the Flemish soap Familie, broadcast on VTM.
According to our colleagues of showbizzsite.be, Johnny Logan Logan didn't hesitate one second when he was asked to play a guest role in the Flemish soap Familie and found it a real challenge being an actor for one day.
After 2 victories (1980, 1987)as a singer and a third as a composer(1992) it is very nice to see Mr.Eurovision again.
www.esctoday.com /news/read/3764   (765 words)

  
 Bee Gees website Gibb Service International, Covers and Rarities
During one of his gigs Jerry G met three times winnig Eurovision Legend Johnny Logan, who was so impressed by Jerry's voice and performance, that he gave him a song to record.
Johnny's parents migrated to Western Australia when he was three and he grew up on the family farm at Kalamunda, in the Perth Hills, east of the city.
Johnny Young will always be best remembered as the gentle, ever-smiling host of "Young Talent Time", but back in the Sixties he was a bona fide pop idol and TV star.
www.brothersgibb.org /covers.html   (4419 words)

  
 BBC News | Entertainment | Children in Need doing it Frank's way
The BBC's Children in Need charity appeal will unite singers across the UK for a unique tribute to Frank Sinatra on 20 November.
Singer Johnny Logan and The Archers' Joe and Eddie Grundy are joining the event which will include contributions from hundreds of amateur and professional musicians around the country.
Mr Ball will be accompanied by a massed choir in a Belfast studio and a crowd of singers in Derry.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/entertainment/214867.stm   (251 words)

  
 Comic Book Galaxy - Celebrating Five Years of Pushing Comix Forward
Logan's favourite moves include The Shawshank Redemption, Casablanca, Rio Bravo and St.
Logan lives somewhere around the second or third notch of the Bible Belt, better known as Columbus, Georgia.
He has also worked as a professional musician and still plays shows with two groups, one backing-up singer Shelly Phelps, and the other a reunited effort with his band from high school, Brother Tentacle.
www.comicbookgalaxy.com /staff.html   (3730 words)

  
 Eurovision Songcontest Record Book- Winning, Participating, Hosting   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
IRELAND's Johnny Logan is the only artist to have won the ESC twice.
From these four Johnny Logan though also won the contest once as a singer.
Fud Leclerc is the only singer to have performed four times as a soloist, under the same name, for the same country and in the same language, the contests being 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1962 accounting for four of the first five entries, selected by the Walloon broadcaster (INR at the time, now RTBF).
k.domaindlx.com /eurovision/common.html   (1991 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
And in 1984 she was hairbreadth from victory with a song written by Johnny Logan, the same man who is behind this year's entry.
Logan is alone in having won the ESC twice 1980 and 1987.
His victories have brought Johnny popularity all over Europe, Eastern Europe, as well as in the USA where he recently cut discs with The Jordanaires - Elvis Presley's old backing group.
www.songcontest.nl /SongText?ID=6460   (311 words)

  
 ian gallagher
Eileen Reid was born in The Liberties in Dublin in 1943 and is best known for singing with The Cadets Showband, which she joined in 1961, although she sang in bands from the age of 15.
Johnny Logan in the National Song Contest with a song called The Saddest Show on Earth.
Tommy is still a professional singer, but these days he works the more mellow cabaret and corporate scene.
www.iangallagher.com /today.htm   (1802 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The year’s winning singer was Australian-born Johnny Logan.
Logan, who only became an Irish citizen after he sung for Ireland at Eurovision, would return and win the contest again in 1987.
His 1980 victory furnished him a number one hit in the UK and numerous television appearances across Europe.
www.eurovision.tv /english/history_1980_the_hague.htm   (157 words)

  
 Irish Post: Dash to save Emma’s sight   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
To ensure the desperately-needed money was raised Paul called upon his friend and Irish Eurovision three-times winner Johnny Logan to help out.
Johnny staged a special concert to help boost the bank balance — but it still didn’t meet the overall target so Paul organised another major fundraiser on the island and flew in British comedian Dave Buck, hypnotist Terry Foster and American singer Lee Shamrock.
Johnny Logan said: “Emma is a beautiful girl.
www.irishpost.co.uk /news/story.asp?j=392   (525 words)

  
 Eva Jane @ peermusic - The Independent Major
With the release of her album ‘Queen of Bees' the young singer is about to show the world what she is capable of.
Driven by a need to sing from an early age, Eva Jane finally decided to follow her heart and turned professional at the age of 16.
Since then she's been very much in demand; as a backing singer she has provided support for the likes of Boney M, Johnny Logan and the Gibson Brothers.
www.peermusic.com /artistpage/Eva_Jane.html   (474 words)

  
 Bill Whelan's Riverdance: Dirty Linen #63
Anúna are featured throughout, but sean-nós singer Áine Uí Cheallaigh stole the show with the sublime "Lift the Wings." (Uí Cheallaigh relinquished the singing of this song to Anúna later that year, and returned to her career as a school teacher.)
He almost made a dent as a composer at this time, oddly enough in a way which would be echoed many years later on a much grander scale.
Johnny Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland in 1980 with "What's Another Year?," produced by Whelan, and during the intermission of the ensuing 1981 contest in Ireland, "Timedance" was performed by Planxty supplemented by Nollaig Casey on fiddle and Whelan on keyboards.
www.dirtynelson.com /linen/feature/63whelan.html   (3422 words)

  
 Eurovision Songcontest Record Book- Songs and Artists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The youngest lead singer in ESC was Nathalie Pâques, living in Belgium, though singing J'ai volé la vie for France in 1989, when she was only 11 years old.
This wasn't the first time though for the Netherlands to be represented by a singer who shared a first name with a co-competitor: in 1988 Gerard Joling had to compete against Gérard Lenorman, and in 1999 Marlayne took part for the Netherlands while Marlain Angelidou sang for Cyprus.
Worth noting also is that the Spanish, Greek and Cypriot lead singers from 1995, Anabel Conde, Elina Konstantinopoulou and Alexandros Panagi (who also participated in 1991 as a backing, and 2000 as half of the duo Voice) were all of thembacking singers in 2005.
k.domaindlx.com /eurovision/entries.html   (3146 words)

  
 Johnny Guitar (1954)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
So no close-up of her was ever shot while on location.
Goofs: Continuity: In the beginning of the film, when Johnny Guitar passes by the miners riding, his shadow is projected to his left side.
When Johnny Guitar opened in Brazil probably in 1955, it was released through a big chain of movie theaters and I remember it being quite successful at the box office, no doubt also helped by the song that was a huge hit.
us.imdb.com /Title?0047136   (480 words)

  
 Eurovision anyone? - Boxer Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Sakis Rouvas is the best pop singer in Greece, if he doesn't do well then nobody will ever do for the Greeks.
Yesterday i watched only the first 14 songs and i like the song "on again-off again" too.I think the singers was from Malta,i'm not sure.Of course Sakis was the best....he was so handsome....as we expected.
I can barely remember ABBA winning in 1974 (I was 4 at the time) and remember being a big fan of Johnny Logan (Irish) who won in 1980 and again in 1992.
www.boxerworld.com /forums/showthread.php?t=54961   (690 words)

  
 Ray Walker - The Jordanaires - Backup Singer for Elvis Presley
The practically unheard of singer was just launching his career as an entertainer.
Neal Matthews developed it in 1955 for speed in their background work, and, at present, it is used worldwide in the music field.
Millie Kirkham was backup singer for Elvis on many recording and live in concert over a period of 15 year from the mid 1950's to early 70's.
www.elvispresleynews.com /RayWalker.html   (1193 words)

  
 Shane MacGowan: Shane's sister & parents get into act   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The former Pogue's sister, however, is set to change that perception when in April she releases an album of her own, with a guest vocal appearance by none other than MacGowan's mother and father, both of whom are in their late 60's.
Siobhan MacGowan - Shane's younger sis - is said to have worked as a singer of some sort for a number of years.
Contributing to an album of Eurovision song contest cover versions, MacGowan tried his hand at Logan's "What's Another Year", a huge hit for the heartlands hearthrob a generation ago.
www.shanemacgowan.com /articles/ivoice98b.shtml   (359 words)

  
 Tommy Fleming, Sand and Water   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
While Tommy Fleming has not achieved the kind of household popularity and familiarity in Ireland as singers like Mary Black or Dolores Keane, he comes from the same highly reputable stable - veterans of that longstanding traditional group, De Danann.
The wonderful "Follow On" becomes frighteningly reminiscent of Johnny Logan on a Eurovision night.
However, it is a pity that a singer with such obvious talent settles for such bland arrangements; that someone who is potentially a great folk singer is happy to let himself veer towards the unchallenging middle ground.
www.greenmanreview.com /cd/cd_sand_and_water.html   (343 words)

  
 Artist Details   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tim Marlowe is an actor, model, and singer.
He's also worked with names like Roxette, Prince, Massive Attack, Hanne Boel, Johnny Logan, Living Colour, Sissel and an endless list of established Scandinavian artists.
Backing Vocals: Lena Anderssen is a very popular singer on the Faroe Islands.
www.makeastar.com /asps/artist_details.asp?submissionid=1854   (235 words)

  
 La ESCena - 2000 review (Catherine Baker)
Romania was worse, and the nonsense lyrics weren't helped by the lead singer of Taxi imitating an Irish accent and sitting motionless on a bar stool.
Nwither was I overly impressed by Stefan's command 'Watch this!' at which the backing singers took off their jackets and thrust out their chests, making the second striptease of the night.
Lead singer Reynard looked as high in the sky as the star he was singing about.
www.geocities.com /Hollywood/1548/eurosong/r2000cb.htm   (1997 words)

  
 30 questions for all stuck at home on a winter's day - OrlandoSentinel.com: Features
Born Mark Andrews, this "Thong" singer got his start with impromptu performances at The Fudgery in Harborplace.
This is a freebie -- and, for those of you who might have forgotten it, a repeat of a question from the 1994 Winter Quiz.
They were, in the order O'Dell put them down, Johnny Logan, Willie Mays, Lee Walls, Stan Musial, Hank Aaron, Ernie Banks, Frank Thomas, Bill Mazeroski and Del Crandall.) Bonus: Name the Hall-of-Famers in that group.
www.orlandosentinel.com /features/lifestyle/bal-md.rodricks17feb17,0,7489863.column   (569 words)

  
 Eurovision Song Contest. Interesting facts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The most successful individual executor on Eurovision Song Contest was Johnny Logan from Ireland.
He won on Eurovision Song Contest twice as the singer and once - as the author of won songs.
Experience of these three years shows, that the Latvian singers succeed, if they appear to the conclusion of a concert.
www.eurosong.ru /euro/factsE.htm   (411 words)

  
 Top 100 Songs of 1987   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Signed by Island Records in 1980 after the label's exec, Bill Stewart, saw U2 perform in a small Dublin venue, the band had become one of the biggest live draws in rock by the mid-Eighties.
Several previous remakes of the song made it to the Hot 100, done by Vanilla Fudge (1968), Wilson Pickett (1969), and Jackie DeShannon (1970); but it was British pop singer Kim Wilde who took it back to the top of the chart.
Atlantic Starr was signed by AandM Records in 1978, but the nine-member group split into two factions in 1983, and AandM dropped them, freezing their royalties.
eightiesclub.tripod.com /id224.htm   (2122 words)

  
 Nimmy's World: My Eurovision tradition - Yes my very own comments.
This singer is definitely a cast member from The OC dressed in gold foil.
Ohh he’s not a professional singer but a teacher for Autistic children.
I do think those broidery Anglais outfits being worn by the backing singers are a bit dodgy.
spaces.msn.com /members/nimmyworld/Blog/cns!1p4PC0-VCZdu6crOY_DdPGqQ!1129.entry   (1513 words)

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