Mysterious people val doonican biography

Michael Valentine 'Val' Doonican [ 1 ] 3 February — 1 July was an Irish singer of traditional pop , easy listening and novelty songs , who was noted for his warm and relaxed vocal style. The Val Doonican Show , his eponymous variety programme, featured his singing and a selection of guests, and it had a long and successful run on BBC Television from to He was from a musical family and played in his school band from the age of six.

When his father died in , the teenage Doonican had to leave De La Salle College Waterford to get factory jobs fabricating steel and making orange and grapefruit boxes. Doonican appeared in a summer season at Courtown Harbour, County Wexford. He was soon featured on Irish radio, sometimes with Clarke, and appeared in Waterford's first-ever television broadcast.

Doonican moved to England in and joined the Four Ramblers who, in addition to touring the variety stages, were featured on the BBC radio serial the Riders of the Range. The serial ended in September , and the Ramblers continued to tour the variety theatres, being billed as Ireland's Ambassadors of Song.

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They also began performing at United States Air Force bases. He was auditioned for radio as a solo act and appeared on the radio show Variety Bandbox. In the late s, Doonican became one of the artists managed by Eve Taylor , the self-described "Queen Bee" of show business, who remained his manager until her death. After seeing him in cabaret in London in , impresario Val Parnell booked him to appear on Sunday Night at the Palladium on 31 May