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Chris De Burgh

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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.

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Chris de Burgh, de son vrai nom Christopher John Davison, est un chanteur et musicien britannico-irlandais né le 15 octobre 1948 à Venado Tuerto en Argentine.

Il a enregistré seize albums en studio et plusieurs live, fait plus de 2 500 concerts à travers le monde et vendu plus de quarante millions d’albums mais demeure peu connu aux États-Unis.

De Burgh réside en Irlande dans le comté de Wicklow au sud de Dublin avec sa femme Diane et ses enfants: Rosanna Davison — Miss Monde 2003 —, Michael et Hubie.

Né en Argentine à Venado Tuerto le 15 octobre 1948 sous le nom de Christopher J. Davison, d’un père diplomate, Charles Davison, et d’une mère secrétaire, Emily Maeve de Burgh, dont il prendra le nom de jeune fille comme pseudonyme, il grandit dans plusieurs pays dont Malte et le Nigéria. Alors que Chris de Burgh est âgé de douze ans, ses parents font l’acquisition d’un château du XIIe siècle en Irlande et le transforment en hôtel. Là, il peut apprendre la guitare et jouer ses premières compositions en public dès ses premières années d'université. Il donne des centaines de concerts auprès d'invités de l'hôtel et commence à envisager une carrière de musicien.

Dans un même temps il étudie au Trinity College Dublin et obtient une licence en français et en anglais. Progressivement il réalise qu'il lui faut trouver un travail et commence à chanter pour gagner sa vie. Ses toutes premières scènes incluent un fast-food et un salon de coiffure, avant qu'il puisse chanter dans une petite salle avec un groupe. Il se rend à Londres pour tenter de décrocher un contrat. Après deux années d'échecs, il signe son premier contrat avec la maison de disques A&M Records en 1974 et fait la première partie du groupe Supertramp lors de leur célèbre tournée Crime of the Century.

La route du succès est difficile durant les années 1970, mais à force de patience et d’endurance, il réussit à atteindre la notoriété. Toutefois, en 1975, lorsque sort son deuxième album Spanish Train and Other Stories avec les chansons A Spaceman Came Travelling, Spanish Train et Patricia the Stripper, il commence à connaitre le succès et ses tournées sont de plus en plus lucratives.

Chris de Burgh ne rencontre pas un énorme succès aux États-Unis et en Angleterre: seules les chansons Don’t Pay The Ferryman, High on Emotion, The Lady In Red et Missing You arrivent en bonne position dans les hit-parades.

La plupart de ses albums connaissent un important succès en Europe, au Canada et en Amérique du Sud. Au Brésil le titre Flying reste en première position pendant dix-sept semaines. Il devient très populaire en Scandinavie et en Afrique du Sud.

Les années 1980 lui sont très favorables. Eastern Wind connaît un grand succès en Norvège. En 1982, l'album The Getaway, qui contient Don’t Pay The Ferryman, se classe assez bien en Angleterre et aux États-Unis. En 1984, l'album Man On The Line figure dans le Top 30 en Angleterre, aux États-Unis et dans une vingtaine d’autres pays. Il contient une chanson qui fait elle aussi le tour du monde: High on Emotion. ...

Source: Article "Chris de Burgh" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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