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Download QR code; Print/export ... The Best of Paul & Barry Ryan: Released: 1998 ... Label: BR Music; Netherlands-only release; Singing The Songs of Paul Ryan 1968 ...
Barry Ryan (born Barry Sapherson; 24 October 1948 – 28 September 2021), also known as Barry Davison, was an English pop singer and photographer. [1] [2] He achieved his initial success in the mid 1960s in a duo with his twin brother Paul. After Paul ceased performing to concentrate solely on songwriting, Barry became a solo artist.
The single was released as "Barry Ryan with the Majority". [10] The Majority were a pop band who, for a period, were the backing band for Ryan and who, after renaming to Majority One, had some success in Europe. [11] Ryan also released an Italian-language version of the song, "Eloise (Versione Italiana)", in 1968. [12]
Like with "Eloise", "Love Is Love" was released as "Barry Ryan with the Majority". It continued Ryan's success in continental Europe, becoming a top-ten hit in several countries. However, it was not as successful in the UK, where it only peaked at number 25 on the UK Singles Chart. [1] By August 1969, the record had sold a million copies ...
"The Hunt" was Ryan's first single for Polydor. His previous few singles "Eloise" and "Love Is Love" had been very successful and like them "The Hunt" was written by Barry's brother Paul. However, Barry was "bitterly disappointed... with the relative failure of "The Hunt" in Britain and could only really put it down to the fact that the number ...
Paul Ryan wrote Barry's 1968 hit "Eloise", the 1971 hit "Who Put the Lights Out?" for Dana and another of his songs, "I Will Drink the Wine", was a top-20 hit on the UK Singles Chart for Frank Sinatra. [4] In the 1970s Ryan relocated to the United States, and in 1976 released an album, Scorpio Rising, but later left the music industry. After ...
Capitalising on the success of Barry Ryan's previous two singles "Eloise" and "Love Is Love" which were particularly successful in Europe, MGM released "The Colour of My Love" as a follow-up single from the album Barry Ryan Sings Paul Ryan. It was released in continental Europe, Scandinavia, South Africa and Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) with the B-side ...
Barry Ryan "Eloise" 21 February 1969 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich "The Wreck of the 'Antoinette'" 28 February 1969 Marmalade "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 7 March 1969 The Marbles "Only One Woman" 14 March 1969 The Beatles "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" 21 March 1969 Bee Gees "I Started a Joke" 28 March 1969 3 April 1969 Manfred Mann "Fox on the Run" 10 ...