Chris de Burgh

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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), his father’s career moved the family to numerous places around the globe such as Malta, Nigeria, and Zaire. At the age of twelve, the family returned home to live in Tomhaggard in County Wexford, Ireland, where his father bought the twelfth century Bargy Castle and converted it into a hotel.

A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, as a performer, he adopted his mother’s maiden name as his stage name. Performing songs crossed between Driving Rock and Middle of the Road catchy pop, De Burgh is most famous for his single “Lady in Red” from the album Into the Light. For that album, released in 1986, he included the song “For Rosanna” he had written to celebrate the 1984 birth of his daughter. Rosanna Davison won the Miss World title in 2003. He also has two sons named Hubie and Michael by his wife Diane.

His songs have appeared in films as diverse as Arthur 2 , American Psycho and Dodgeball and his records have sold more than forty million units internationally. On tour he is known to the crew as stumpy due to his lack of inches.

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1	The Lady In Red	1,420
2	A Spaceman Came Travelling	916
3	Lady In Red	415
4	High On Emotion	330
5	Don't Pay The Ferryman	310
6	Missing You full track	286
7	Borderline	200
8	Spanish Train full track	158
9	Sailing Away	152
10	Say Goodbye To It All	123
11	When I Think Of You full track	94
12	Fatal Hesitation full track	72
13	Here Is Your Paradise full track	71
14	Ship To Shore full track	70
15	Moonlight And Vodka	66

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GHELIX wrote:
11 days ago

A Spaceman Came Travelling - brilliant

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lijemo wrote:
13 days ago

Love "Don't pay the ferryman", hate "Lady in Red", never really bothered to check out most of his other stuff, since it seems like it's largely cheesy ballads along the lines of "lady in red'. But hey, Ferryman is a great song.

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pixelemoi wrote:
27 days ago

`_´ Il y en a marre que certains qui ne connaissent pas Chris de Burgh viennent quand même sur sa page pour faire n'importe quoi!! .. Pfff

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Merlerser wrote:
28 days ago

Lonely Sky breaks my heart every time. Long live De Burgh.

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vjsupersaint wrote:
November 2009

Come join us at Unsigned Christmas. A group designed for raising awareness of new artists taking Christmas & all music into a new decade. The Unsigned Christmas album has the top tunes to be heard this Christmas. http://www.last.fm/group/Unsigned+Christmas

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fapizzano wrote:
November 2009

Very great singer.

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ABM1708 wrote:
November 2009

I saw Chris for the 3rd time last night, performing in Cape Town. He is 61 and stayed on stage for 3 solid hours! Man he is a talent & we love him here in South Africa!

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Goriykeka wrote:
November 2009

eterna!!!

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Me_vs_Hero wrote:
October 2009

niiiiceee

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cocolv wrote:
October 2009

a poet can sing so well; a singer can write poem so well; God give him 2 great skills to guiding human being, and he does so well.

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EUAMOELE wrote:
October 2009

i love him

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Persiana1976 wrote:
October 2009

Chris de Burgh is a great singer, song writer and a fantastic human being too.

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Rimb7aud wrote:
October 2009

Espionage is a serious business

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renatolpb9 wrote:
October 2009

'Borderline' is awesome, great voice and piano!

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Poisonsoul wrote:
September 2009

Его музыка, его тексты, его голос погружают в мир мечты, где есть настоящее добро. Супер мужик!

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Froggl wrote:
August 2009

we forget never your hand and your words by your event in Karlsruhe Black Forest Hall by your Hotel on 13 November Thanks for your Thank you

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pixelemoi wrote:
August 2009

Un enchantement !

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mehdiexx wrote:
July 2009

best dream

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Hklti36Fljf wrote:
July 2009

the best

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wangle-mcdangle wrote:
July 2009

I like Chris De Burgh. Easy target for criticism though.

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