Chris De Burgh

Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh, is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist. He started out as an art rock performer, but subsequently started writing more pop-oriented material. He has had several top 40 hits in the UK and two in the US, but he is more popular in other countries, particularly Norway and Brazil. His 1986 love song "The Lady in Red" reached number one in several countries. De Burgh has sold over 45 million albums worldwide. De Burgh was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina, to Colonel Charles John Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily (née de Burgh). His maternal grandfather was Sir Eric de Burgh, a British Army officer who had been Chief of the General Staff in India during the Second World War. He took his mother's maiden name, "de Burgh", as a stage name when he began performing, while his legal surname remains "Davison". His father had substantial farming interests, and Chris spent much of his early years in Malta, Nigeria and Belgian Congo, as he, his mother and brother accompanied Colonel Davison on his diplomatic and engineering work. The Davisons finally settled in Bargy Castle, County Wexford, Ireland, which was somewhat dilapidated at the time. It was a twelfth-century castle which Eric de Burgh bought in the 1960s. He converted it into a hotel, and young Chris sang for the guests there. De Burgh attended Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England, where he was in the year below Nick Drake; de Burgh asked to join a jazz band Drake had formed with four schoolmates, the Perfumed Gardeners, but was rejected as his taste was "too poppy". De Burgh went on to graduate from Trinity College Dublin, with a Master of Arts degree in French, English and History. Chris de Burgh signed his first contract with A&M Records in 1974, and supported Supertramp on their Crime of the Century tour, building himself a small fan base. His début album, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, was a folk-tinged stab at fantasy in the tradition of the Moody Blues. It failed to chart upon its release in late 1974. A few months later, he released a single called "Turning Round" from the album, released outside the UK and Ireland as "Flying". It failed to make an impression in the UK, but it stayed on top of the Brazilian charts for 17 weeks. This became a familiar pattern for the singer/songwriter, as every one of his 1970s albums failed to chart in the UK or US while they racked up big sales in continental European and South American countries. In 1975 his second album, Spanish Train and Other Stories, was released. Whilst (again) not a huge commercial success, the album and tour expanded the fan base, with de Burgh starting to attract a cult following. Along with the epic title track, other fan favourite tracks from the album included "Patricia The Stripper" and "A Spaceman Came Travelling" (the latter released the following year as a single). ... Source: Article "Chris de Burgh" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Venado Tuerto, Argentina, 1948-10-15

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1990	Chris de Burgh – Live From Dublin		0
2	1998	How to Cheat in the Leaving Certificate	Petrol Pumper	65
3	2007	Best of Night of the Proms Vol. 2	Self	0
4	2010	Chris de Burgh And Band Footsteps - Live In Concert	Self - Vocal, guitar ...	0
5	2014	Pur & Friends: Live auf Schalke 2014	Self	0
6	2014	ДИСКОТЕКА 80-х	Self	45
7	2015	Santiano in Irland – eine musikalische Reise über die grüne Insel	Self	80

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	Bambi-Verleihung	Self	90
2	1964	Top of the Pops	Self	66
3	1971	Disco	Self	0
4	1974	3 nach 9	Self	65
5	1977	Please Turn the Page	Self	60
6	1978	Rockpop in Concert	Self	0
7	1979	NDR Talk Show	Self	65
8	1980	Verstehen Sie Spaß?	Self	38
9	1980	Show-Express	Self	0
10	1981	Wetten, dass..?	Self	53
11	1982	Champs-Elysées	Self	63
12	1982	Na sowas!	Self	10
13	1985	Melodien für Millionen	Self	0
14	1986	ZDF-Fernsehgarten	Self	15
15	1987	Le monde est à vous	Self	0
16	1987	Daytime Live	Self	35
17	1988	Flitterabend	Self - Singer	0
18	1991	DAS!	Self	42
19	1991	Pebble Mill	Self	31
20	1992	Morgenmagazin	Self	35
21	1993	Weihnachten bei uns	Self	0
22	1994	Brisant	Self	55
23	1995	Musik für Sie	self	0
24	1995	José Carreras Gala	Self	0
25	1996	Sat.1-Frühstücksfernsehen	Self	0
26	1998	Millionär gesucht! - Die SKL Show	Self	0
27	1999	Show Palast	Self	0
28	1999	Where Are They Now?	Self	75
29	1999	Volle Kanne	Self	44
30	2000	Abendschau	Self	60
31	2000	Starnacht am Wörthersee	Self	0
32	2002	Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway	Self	61
33	2003	Die ultimative Chartshow	Self	50
34	2003	The Terry and Gaby Show	Self	50
35	2003	ZIBB	Self	0
36	2004	Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel	Self	40
37	2004	Hell's Kitchen	Self	63
38	2005	Herzlichen Glückwunsch - Die Michael Schanze Jubiläumsgala	Self	0
39	2006	The One Show	Self	47
40	2007	Happy Day	Self	0
41	2007	The Alan Titchmarsh Show	Self	37
42	2009	Chris Moyles' Quiz Night	Self	53
43	2012	Inka Bause Live	Self	0
44	2012	Heiligabend mit Carmen Nebel	Self	0
45	2014	Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“	Self	0
46	2024	LOL: Last One Laughing Ireland	Self	60

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