Val Doonican

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Val Doonican (born Michael Valentine Doonican, 3 February 1927, in Waterford, The Irish Free State) (later, The Republic of Ireland) is an Irish singer and performer.

Early life

When Doonican was a teenager his father died and it was necessary for him to leave school and get jobs in factories fabricating steel and making orange boxes.

Singing career

He was from a musical family and started performing in his home town and in a summer season at Courtown Harbour. He was then featured on Irish Radio and appeared in the first ever television broadcast from Waterford. He then joined a band which toured Ireland playing the drums. In 1951 he moved to England to join another group, The Four Ramblers who toured and performed on BBC Radio shows broadcast from factories.

From 1964 to 1986, he was a regular fixture on the BBC's television schedule with The Val Doonican Show which featured his own singing performances and a variety of other acts.

He eventually went solo and had a radio show as well as performing concerts and cabaret. In 1963 he was booked to appear on Sunday Night at the London Palladium. As a result of this performance, he was offered his own show on BBC television, lasting for over twenty years and moving to Saturday as its popularity grew. It featured his relaxed crooner style performance sitting in a rocking chair, as well as a number of comic Irish songs, notably "Paddy McGinty's Goat", "Delaney's Donkey", and "Rafferty's Motor Car", on which he accompanied himself on acoustic guitar. He often wore a cardigan which became a trade mark, and was sometimes compared to American singer Perry Como though Doonican has claimed his main influence was Bing Crosby. As a variety show, there were a number of other acts featured and performers such as Dave Allen had early exposure on the show.

The Palladium performance also kick-started his recording career. Between 1964 and 1973 he was rarely out of the UK Singles Chart, his greatest successes including the singles "Walk Tall", "The Special Years", "What Would I Be", "If The Whole World Stopped Loving", and "Morning"; and the albums 13 Lucky Shades of Val Doonican, and Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently. He also sang the theme song to the film, Ring of Bright Water.

Current activities

Doonican still performs with success today, but now enjoys spending a lot of free time in Spain (where he has a second home) and he is a keen golfer.

Daughter

Doonican's daughter wrote two books entitled Wired to the Moon and Fear of Custard under the name Sarah Kavanagh. Both stories are related to the performance entertainment world.

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Pierino Ronald Como (May 18 1912 – May 12 2001) was an American crooner. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with it in 1943.
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A variety show on television is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and comedy skits, and normally introduced by a compère or host.

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David Tynan O'Mahoney (July 6, 1936–March 10, 2005), better known as Dave Allen, was an Irish comedian, popular in the United Kingdom and Australia in the 1960s and 1970s.
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