Charlie McGettigan | |
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Birth name | Charles Joseph McGettigan |
Born | Ballyshannon, County Donegal, Ireland | 7 December 1950
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Labels | Stockfisch |
Charles Joseph McGettigan (born 7 December 1950, Ballyshannon, County Donegal) is an Irish singer. He lives in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim.[1]
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Charlie McGettigan singing 'Feet Of A Dancer' on The John Murray Show.
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Irish Eurovision Winner Charlie McGettigan!
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1994 Eurovision Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
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Career
Performing with Paul Harrington, he won the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" (words and music by Brendan Graham). Harrington played piano and McGettigan played guitar. He made an appearance as a guest singer at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary concert of Eurovision.
In August 1998, McGettigan's only son, Shane McGettigan, was killed in a construction accident while working in Quincy, Massachusetts.[2][3]
In 2015, McGettigan wrote "Anybody Got a Shoulder?" for Kat Mahon, which was one of the five songs in Eurosong 2015, the national selection to select the Irish entry for Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. The song finished 2nd.[citation needed]
Discography
Albums
- Songs of the Night (And Other Stories) (1986)
- Charlie McGettigan (1990)
- Rock 'N' Roll Kids - The Album (together with Paul Harrington) (1994)
- In Your Old Room (1998)
- Another Side of Charlie McGettigan (c. 2002)
- Stolen Moments (2006)
- The Man from 20 (2010)
- Some Old Someone (Stockfisch, 2019)
References
- ^ McGettigan, Charlie (8 May 2007). "Charlie McGettigan's Blog". Myspace. Archived from the original on 28 August 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
- ^ Hogan, Eugene; Keogh, Elaine (13 August 1998). "Irishmen die in scaffold horror". Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Smith, Jim. "Feds blame contractors in death of Irish laborers". The Irish Echo. Archived from the original on 15 February 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
External links
- Black Daisy
- Brooke
- Nicky Byrne
- Can-linn
- Maria Christian
- Kiev Connolly
- Dana
- Muriel Day
- Dervish
- Ryan Dolan
- Donna and Joe
- Chris Doran
- Cathal Dunne
- Sean Dunphy
- The Duskeys
- Dustin the Turkey
- Angela Farrell
- Eddie Friel
- Paul Harrington
- Mickey Harte
- Red Hurley
- Kim Jackson
- Jedward
- Sandie Jones
- Jump the Gun
- Niamh Kavanagh
- Brian Kennedy
- The Lindsays
- Johnny Logan
- Luv Bug
- Dawn Martin
- Linda Martin
- Maxi
- Pat McGeegan
- Charlie McGettigan
- Sarah McTernan
- The Missing Passengers
- Butch Moore
- The Mullans
- Sinéad Mulvey
- Brendan Murray
- Gary O'Shaughnessy
- Ryan O'Shaughnessy
- Eimear Quinn
- Liam Reilly
- Tina Reynolds
- Marc Roberts
- Dickie Rock
- Lesley Roy
- Sheeba
- Kasey Smith
- Molly Sterling
- The Swarbriggs
- Eamonn Toal
- Wild Youth
- Colm C.T. Wilkinson
- "22"
- "All Kinds of Everything"
- "Born to Sing"
- "Ceol an Ghrá"
- "Chance of a Lifetime"
- "Come Back to Stay"
- "Could It Be That I'm in Love"
- "Cross Your Heart"
- "Do I Dream"
- "Dreamin'"
- "Dying to Try"
- "Et Cetera"
- "Every Song Is a Cry for Love"
- "Happy Man"
- "Heartbeat"
- "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
- "Hold Me Now"
- "Horoscopes"
- "If I Could Choose"
- "If My World Stopped Turning"
- "In Your Eyes"
- "Irelande Douze Pointe"
- "Is Always Over Now?"
- "It's for You"
- "It's Nice to Be in Love Again"
- "Lipstick"
- "Love?"
- "Maps"
- "Millennium of Love"
- "Mysterious Woman"
- "One Day Love"
- "Only Love Survives"
- "Playing with Numbers"
- "The Real Me"
- "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
- "Somewhere in Europe"
"Story of My Life"- "Sunlight"
- "Take Him Home"
- "Terminal 3"
- "That's Rich"
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "They Can't Stop the Spring"
- "Together"
- "The Voice"
- "The Wages of Love"
- "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"
- "Walking the Streets in the Rain"
- "Waterline"
- "We Are One"
- "We've Got the World"
- "What's Another Year"
- "When"
- "When You Need Me"
- "Why Me?"
- "Without Your Love"
- "You Can Count On Me"
- Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete