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The High Kings is an Irish folk group formed in Dublin in 2008. The band consists of Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Darren Holden, and Paul O'Brien. [1] As of 2023, the group had released five studio albums, four live albums, two live DVDs, and one greatest hits album.
The High Kings album Friends for Life was released in 2013, and the opening track was a Holden original called "Oh Maggie", which became the most-played and downloaded song from the album in Ireland, the UK and particularly Germany. [citation needed] The album reached number 5 in the Irish Top 40, Number 3 on Billboard ' s World Albums chart.
Brian Dunphy (born 17 June 1974, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish folk singer and son of the showband singer Sean Dunphy, [1] who represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1967. As a performer and member of the Irish folk band The High Kings , Brian Dunphy has toured the United States, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
The group's first, self-titled album reached number two on the Billboard World Music chart. [6] In 2013, The High Kings signed with Sony Music. As part of The High Kings, Clancy has performed before the presidents of the United States and the Republic of Ireland and has appeared on numerous television programs. [7]
I'll Be There (Bobby Darin song) I'm Gonna Do All I Can (to Do Right by My Man) I'm So Tired; I've Just Seen a Face; If I Can Dream; If I Fell; Il mio domani; In Another Land; In Dreams (Roy Orbison song) In My Life; In the Ghetto; Indescribably Blue; It Hurts Me; It's Gonna Take a Miracle; It's Now or Never (song) It's Raining (Irma Thomas song)
The late 1980s were a difficult period for The Kings as they lost their drummer and their record label. As it was, the group was on the verge of a major revival as the single "This Beat Goes On" and "Switchin' To Glide" became a huge radio hit in Chicago once again, getting major play on all of the main rock stations: Classic rock WCKG, Alternative rock WXRT, and Mainstream Rock WLUP, as well ...
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"Finnegan's Wake" (Roud 1009) is an Irish-American comic folk ballad, first published in New York in 1864. [1] [2] [3] Various 19th-century variety theatre performers, including Dan Bryant of Bryant's Minstrels, claimed authorship but a definitive account of the song's origin has not been established.