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Sheet music cover. " When Irish Eyes Are Smiling " is a lighthearted song in tribute to Ireland. Its lyrics were written by Chauncey Olcott and George Graff, Jr., set to music composed by Ernest Ball, for Olcott's production of The Isle O' Dreams, and Olcott sang the song in the show. It was first published in 1912, at a time when songs in ...
Tom Springfield. "Island of Dreams" is a song, written by Tom Springfield, and released by The Springfields in 1962. The song spent 26 weeks on the UK 's Record Retailer chart, peaking at No. 5, [1] while reaching No. 2 in Ireland, [2] No. 2 in Israel, [3] and No. 7 on New Zealand 's "Lever Hit Parade". [4] The song was a regional hit in the ...
Dick Farrelly. Richard Farrelly (17 February 1916 – 11 August 1990) was an Irish songwriter, policeman and poet, composer of "The Isle of Innisfree ", the song for which he is best remembered. His parents were publicans and when Farrelly was twenty-three he left Kells, County Meath for Dublin to join the Irish Police Force.
The "Isle of Innisfree" is a song composed by Dick Farrelly (Irish songwriter, policeman and poet, born Richard Farrelly), who wrote both the music and lyrics. Farrelly got the inspiration for "Isle of Innisfree", the song for which he is best remembered, while on a bus journey from his native Kells, County Meath to Dublin.
May 3, 2006 –. April 11, 2015, September 21, 2020. No. of episodes. 102. Theme Time Radio Hour (TTRH) was a weekly one-hour satellite radio show hosted by Bob Dylan that originally aired from May 2006 to April 2009. Each episode had a freeform mix of music, centered on a theme (such as "Weather", "Money" or "Flowers") rather than genre.
History. "Beautiful Isle of Somewhere" was originally a poem entitled "Beautiful Isle" [1] by Jessie Brown Pounds. The words were written in the winter of 1896, during a period of miserable weather. Persuaded or possibly forced to stay home, Pounds wrote the lyrics within an hour's time. [2]
Annie Moore (immigrant) Anna "Annie" Moore (April 24, 1874 – December 6, 1924) was an Irish émigré who was the first immigrant to the United States to pass through federal immigrant inspection at the Ellis Island station in New York Harbor. Bronze statues of Moore, created by Irish sculptor Jeanne Rynhart, are located at Cobh in Ireland and ...
Roger Powell. Reg King. Peter Watson. Ian Whiteman. Martin Stone. Website. actionmightybaby.co.uk. The Action were an English band of the 1960s, formed as the Boys in August 1963, in Kentish Town, North West London. [1] They were part of the mod subculture, [2] and played soul music -influenced pop music.