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Chris de Burgh (innate October 15th, 1948) is a musician & ballad maker.

Born Christopher John Davison around Buenos Aires, Argentina to British parents, his father's career moved a personal to many pages about the world like Malta, Nigeria, and Zaire. At a age of Twelve, a personal returned front yard to sleep in Tomhaggard in County Wexford, Ireland, where his father bought a 12th century Bargy Castle and converted it to a hotel.

The graduate of Trinity College, Dublin, as a performer, he adopted his mother's maiden title when his stage name. A first state Burgh personal may trace their roots to King Richard the Lionheart. De Burgh is best known for his individual "The Lady In Red" from either a album Into a Weak. For that album, freed inside 1986, he involved a song Rosanna he experienced written to celebrate a 1984 birth of his girl. Rosanna Davison won the Miss World title in 2003. He too has deuce sons known as Hubie & Michael & the married woman known as Diane.

His more leading light songs include "Spanish Train", "A Spaceman Came Travelling," "Don't Pay The Ferryman," "Missing You," "Borderline," "Say Goodbye To It All" & "The Snows of New York". In the month 2001 he travelled to Germany & recorded "Seperate Tables" within the freshly duet version using Vicky Leandros. His songs develop appeared within films when diverse when Arthur II , American Psycho and Dodgeball and he has sold more than 45 million albums internationally.

Discography

Chris de Burgh was signed to A&M Records for many years, but he now has his own label, Ferryman Productions.

  • Far Beyond These Castle Bulwarks, 1974
  • Spanish Train & More Stories, 1975
  • At the Prevent of a Hone Day, 1977
  • Crusader, 1979
  • Eastern Wind, 1980
  • Right Moves, 1981
  • A Getaway, 1982
  • Human on the Line, 1984
  • Into A Weak, 1986
  • Flight Colours, 1988
  • Spark to A Flaming - The super right of CHRIS DE BURGH, 1989
  • High in Emotion - Survive from either Dublin, 1990
  • Power of Ten, 1992
  • This Way Higher, 1994
  • Beautiful Dreams, 1995
  • Sleep in South Africa, 1997
  • A Love-song, 1997
  • Quietly Revolution, 1999
  • Timing Is All about, 2002
  • A Road To Freedom, 2004
  • Sleep in Dortmund, 2005
  • A Ultimate Collection, 2005

  • The Official Chris de Burgh Site
    Contains everything there is to know about Chris de Burgh.

    Chris de Burgh Fan Site
    Fan site including a biography, albums, tour dates, downloads, chords, lyrics and concert reviews.

    Chris de Burgh - The Man Of Music
    Fan site in both English and Danish with biography, pictures, latest news, downloads, links and lyrics.

    Meeting Chris de Burgh backstage in Bonn
    Photos and diary of a backstage meeting before a concert in Bonn in 1998.

    The Unofficial Chris de Burgh Site
    Reference site including complete album discography, along with sound clips, lyrics and photographs.

    Chris de Burgh Fan Tribute CD 2001 - All For One
    Songs recorded by Internet fans worldwide.

    Chris de Burgh - Benefit for Volendam
    The Volendam Concert DVD and Video - an emotional concert Chris performed for the victims of the New Year's Eve disaster of 1st Jan 2001 in Volendam. More information and details on ordering.

    Chris de Burgh Fan Tribute CD 2000 - To The Other Side Of The Microphone
    Songs recorded by Internet fans worldwide.

    Official Chris de Burgh Bulletin Board
    The official bulletin board run by M3W, discussions about the artist and his music.

    Chris de Burgh Fan Tribute CD 2002 - A Way Across The Universe
    Songs recorded by Internet fans worldwide.


    Arts: Music: Styles: By Decade: 1980s
    Regional: Europe: United Kingdom: Arts and Entertainment: Music





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