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Chris de Burgh (born October 15th, 1948) is an Irish musician and songwriter.
Born Christopher John Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina (he is the son of a British diplomat and an Irish secretary). Few artists can lay claim to international success spanning three decades but, beginning with his very first release, Chris de Burgh has achieved precisely that.
The foundations for a remarkable and durable career were laid back in 1975 with the release of Chris’s debut album, ‘Far Beyond These Castle Walls’, featuring a single, ‘Flying’, which spent 17 weeks at No. 1 in Brazil.
Subsequent records, almost in turn, continued to steadily draw in audiences around the world; Scandinavia was early to embrace the vivid story-telling that is Chris’s unique talent, South Africa quickly tuned in to his power as a live performer, North America even demanded its own specially compiled ‘greatest hits’ collection, ‘Best Moves’. In the United States, meanwhile, relentless touring with his management stablemates Supertramp was beginning to establish Chris as a gritty, charismatic stage presence.
Indeed, by 1980, Chris’s global profile had already mushroomed to the point where that year’s album, ‘Eastern Wind’, became one of the biggest-selling albums of all time in Norway. A year later, its follow-up, ‘Man On The Line’, was a Top 30 album in the UK, the US and 20 other countries, while producing the single ‘High On Emotion’, which went to No. 1 in ten European countries.
Born Christopher John Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina (he is the son of a British diplomat and an Irish secretary). Few artists can lay claim to international success spanning three decades but, beginning with his very first release, Chris de Burgh has achieved precisely that.
The foundations for a remarkable and durable career were laid back in 1975 with the release of Chris’s debut album, ‘Far Beyond These Castle Walls’, featuring a single, ‘Flying’, which spent 17 weeks at No. 1 in Brazil.
Subsequent records, almost in turn, continued to steadily draw in audiences around the world; Scandinavia was early to embrace the vivid story-telling that is Chris’s unique talent, South Africa quickly tuned in to his power as a live performer, North America even demanded its own specially compiled ‘greatest hits’ collection, ‘Best Moves’. In the United States, meanwhile, relentless touring with his management stablemates Supertramp was beginning to establish Chris as a gritty, charismatic stage presence.
Indeed, by 1980, Chris’s global profile had already mushroomed to the point where that year’s album, ‘Eastern Wind’, became one of the biggest-selling albums of all time in Norway. A year later, its follow-up, ‘Man On The Line’, was a Top 30 album in the UK, the US and 20 other countries, while producing the single ‘High On Emotion’, which went to No. 1 in ten European countries.
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Lubricio wrote:
Wednesday April 24, 2013, Royal Albert Hall, London UK - I got tickets! :))))
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Shane-McKenna wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOklvRcbwRU
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fabioestefano wrote:
Flying, forever ♥
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OzmaWhyborn wrote:
★ HIGH ON EMOTION !!♥♥ ★ He's got amazing voice
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deadgrave wrote:
♥ A Spaceman Came Travelling ♥
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The_Man_Is_Back wrote:
His version of All Along the Watchtower is incredibly great! Worth to check out whole Footsteps 2!
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MorNamo-Annatar wrote:
Happy Birthday, Chris!
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Poisonsoul wrote:
"Where your love is, put your heart, guard these moments well, Where your dreams are, put your hopes, you know they will not fail you, When the sun rises in the morning, you will wake up and find her yawning, When the wind blows strong and cold, she'll be with you until you grow old, Where your love is, put your heart, oh what would you do if your dreams came true?"
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grobla64000 wrote:
Super nastrój......
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DecomposingTree wrote:
the fuck is this crackers deal
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MaidenTek wrote:
Lady in red..she's dancing with me..
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monokhrome_nite wrote:
EVIL
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Lubricio wrote:
Fantastic artist! I would love to see him someday :)
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DTHMaadn wrote:
Spanish Train <3
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southern-trees wrote:
"The Revolution/Light a fire/Liberty" is a masterpiece, still after all these years...
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Anshi93 wrote:
Spanish Train <333333333333 damn genius!
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orangetm wrote:
Love is my decision <3
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UnhappyTicket wrote:
человек одной песни
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AmrHassanMorsy wrote:
The Storyman <3 !
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kir_62 wrote:
Moonlight and vodka *_* Спасибо мужичку за песенку, без него кое-кого не было-бы
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Chris de Burgh and Band - live in concert 2013
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