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Date Posted: 06:18:15 01/08/08 Tue GMT
Author: Lynn
Subject: Singer Joe Dolan RIP (Indianapolis Star/News)

December 31, 2007
 
Singer Joe Dolan was top star in Ireland's showband era
By Shawn Pogatchnik
Associated Press
December 31, 2007
 

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Joe Dolan, one of Ireland's first pop music stars, who entertained audiences for decades with Vegas-style showmanship, has died from a brain hemorrhage, his family announced. He was 68.

Dolan collapsed at his family home in suburban south Dublin on Christmas night and died Wednesday after falling into a coma at a hospital.

He was the most celebrated -- and fondly caricatured -- survivor of Ireland's bygone "showband" era of the 1960s and 1970s, when homegrown rock 'n' roll acts toured the country playing cover versions of international hits.

His biggest hit in 1969, "Make Me an Island," reached No. 3 in Britain and No. 1 in 14 other countries. Other hits that climbed the European charts included "You're Such a Good-Looking Woman" in 1970, "Lady in Blue" in 1975 and "I Need You" in 1977.

His last Irish No. 1 came in 1997, when he re-recorded "Good-Looking Woman" with a popular fictional TV comedian, a puppet named Dustin the Turkey.

"He was a fantastic showman, had great stage presence, had a distinctive singing voice and never forgot his roots," said Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.

Dolan, with a bushy brow and beaming smile, was known for the power and quality of a voice that fell somewhere between Tom Jones and Tony Bennett. Unlike other showband stars, he found success overseas with original material.

Dolan, a lifelong bachelor, was survived by his brother Ben -- who performed with him in his original 1960s showband, The Drifters -- his other brothers Paddy and Vincent, and his sisters Dympna and Imelda.

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