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Known for playing the banjo, mandolin and guitar, [2] he was originally a solo artist before joining with the Furey Brothers in 1978. [3] Touring and performing as The Fureys and Davey Arthur, the group had several number one singles in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, [4] and a top 20 hit in the UK singles chart in 1981.
They eventually simplified their name to The Fureys and Davey Arthur (and just The Fureys when Arthur did not perform with them). [2] The band started out playing traditional Irish folk music, but quickly changed their sound, leaving the folk music behind, and turned to mainstream easy-listening songs and ballads.
Song Artist Ref. 6 January "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord" Boney M: 13 January "Y.M.C.A." Village People: 20 January 27 January 3 February 10 February "Chiquitita" ABBA: 17 February 24 February 3 March "Tragedy" The Bee Gees: 10 March 17 March "I Will Survive" Gloria Gaynor: 24 March 31 March 7 April 14 April "Bright Eyes" Art Garfunkel: 21 ...
"From Clare to Here" is a ballad about Irish emigration written by Ralph McTell. It has also been recorded by The Furey Brothers & Davey Arthur on the 1977 album Emigrant; by Nanci Griffith and Pete Cummins on the 1993 album Other Voices, Other Rooms; as a b-side by Duke Special on the 2006 single Last Night I Nearly Died; and by Ben Glover on his 2016 album The Emigrant.
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The Fureys is an Irish male folk band from Ireland. [1]The Fureys has the albums When You Were Sweet Sixteen (1982) AUS #18, Steal Away (1983) AUS #45 and The First Leaves of Autumn (1986) AUS #85 all chart in Australia.
The song (as "The Green Fields of France") was a huge success for The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur in the 1980s in Ireland and beyond. [7] The melody and words vary somewhat from the Bogle original with some of the Scots phrases replaced (e.g., Did the rifles fire o'er ye? is often replaced by Did they play the death march?
The Fureys with Davey Arthur, who took it to number 14 in the UK in October 1981; Glen Campbell (1985, on It's Just a Matter of Time) Tommy Fleming (2009, on Live at Saint Patrick's Cathedral [DVD]) Barry Manilow (2010, on The Greatest Love Songs of All Time) Jim Whitman (2011, on A Little Bit of Country) [citation needed]