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Artist of the day

Chris De Burgh

Original name

Christopher John Davison

Date of birth

15.10.1948 (78)

Place of birth

Venado Tuerto, Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Total songs: 3

Likes: 489

Dislikes: 7

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Awards:

• His 17 studio albums broke up a total circulation of 45 million copies
• Song Lady In Red six times received the award of the American Association of Composers and Publishers as one of the 20 most played songs on American radio.
• In 1999 he was awarded the international award "Nordoff - Robbins Music Therapy International Award" for his achievements in music and charity.

De Burgh was born to Colonel Charles Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily de Burgh, an Irish secretary. He took his mother's name, "de Burgh", when he began performing. Due to his father's career interests Chris spent much of his early years in Malta, Nigeria and Zaire. When he was 6 the family moved to Ireland to a XII century castle bought by his grandfather. The castle was redesigned into a hotel and Chris sang for the guests there.

Chris de Burgh signed his first contract with A&M Records as he was 26. His debut album, "Far Beyond These Castle Walls", was a folk-tinged stab at fantasy in the tradition of the Moody Blues, and failed to chart. However, the single «Turning Around» from the album stayed on top of the Brazilian charts 17 weeks. The same scenario took place with all his 70s albums and singles - not having success in the UK and the US, they blew up the charts of European and Latin American countries.

This success came with the single "Lady in Red" in 1986. The single reached No. 1 in the UK, while the album "Into the Light" peaked at No. 2. His later album "Flying Colours" reached No. 1 in the UK in 1988.

In 1997 De Burgh wrote the song "There's a New Star Up in Heaven Tonight", dedicated to Princess Diana. The single was released in a limited edition of 100 copies.

Chris De Burgh is married and has three children - daughter Rosana and two sons Hubie and Michael . Rosana received the title of "Miss World " in 2003. The sons went to his father's footsteps, they play guitar and piano.

About the station

TrueColorsRadio is a non-commercial online radio station playing soul, funk, rock, disco, blues, reggae and more — bringing together favourites from the past and music of today.

Our approach

The station is conceived as a convenient and accessible source of quality music for personal listening and aimed at those for whom music is a large component of life and personal philosophy. There are no commercials, no news and no DJs.
We choose tracks for their melody, rhythm and originality.

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Artists you’ll hear

Notable residents of the station:
Barry White, Elton John, Chris Rea, George Michael, Joe Cocker, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Phil Collins, Tina Turner, Whitney Houston, Sting, Simply Red, Rod Stewart, Sade, Lionel Richie, Bee Gees, Fleetwood Mac, Eagles, Bryan Ferry, Dire Straits, etc.

How it works

Playback of the content is done by random choice from a collection of renewable playlists. The distribution of tracks on air is even. Each composition during playback is accompanied with an information stream including song lyrics, and a relevant photo of the artist or album art. Many compositions include short commentary, describing the history of the composition or the performer.
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