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Barry Ryan (born Barry Sapherson, 24 October 1948, in Leeds, Yorkshire) is an English pop singer.

The son of pop singer Marion Ryan and Fred Sapherson, Barry and his twin brother Paul began to perform at the age of 15. In 1965 they signed a contract with Decca and brought out singles such as “Don’t Bring Me Your Heartaches” (1965), “Have Pity on the Boy” (1966), and “Missy Missy” (1966).

When it turned out that Barry’s brother, allegedly on the verge of a nervous breakdown, was unable to cope any longer with all the stress connected with the show business, the two brothers decided on a new division of labour: Paul would write songs which Barry would then interpret as a solo artist. Their greatest success as a composer-singer duo, now for MGM Records, was “Eloise” (1968), melodramatic and heavily orchestrated. Later singles included “Love Is Love” (1968), “The Hunt” (1969), “Magical Spiel” (1970), and “Kitsch” (1970).

Ryan was also very popular in Germany. Promoted by BRAVO, the German youth magazine, Ryan also recorded a number of songs in German, for example “Die Zeit macht nur vor dem Teufel halt” (Time only stops at the devil).

Barry Ryan’s career as a singer was over in the early 1970s. There were rumours that Ryan had had an accident in the recording studio, had suffered serious burn wounds in the face and would no longer be able to appear in public. However, he made a comeback in the late 1990s when a two CD set with his and his brother’s old songs was published.
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  • ChariotsOfFire

    cette chanson n'a pas une ride! ;-)

    4 Oct 2009 Reply

  • Hyperhans

    Eloise is one's better songs I ever heard

    13 Oct 2008 Reply

  • drjools

    Barry Ryan sang Elouise in German,but i cant find a copy/download anywhere. can anybody help?

    1 Oct 2008 Reply

  • LadyGaga33

    Ein geiler Song

    21 Sep 2008 Reply

  • Shy-Guy

    I just came here for Eloise.

    4 Aug 2008 Reply

  • SunshineValenti

    I noticed my video Love Is On The Way is no longer available - could you correct this. Please note that I have other videos on YouTube which you are welcome to include. Kind Regards, SunshineValenti

    31 May 2008 Reply

  • lapicki51

    Eloise is one of the best songs of 20th century.

    11 Mar 2008 Reply

  • Tr1xx

    eh? At least the version by The Damned is almost as good as Barry's

    1 Jul 2007 Reply

  • kevincrumbs

    I don't know... I prefer Claude François' version of Eloise.

    18 Apr 2007 Reply

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