Artists > Val Doonican

VAL DOONICAN

This page contains Val Doonican songs, albums and video links. Music profile for Val Doonican with events, tracks, videos, pictures, lyrics and band information.

Val Doonican similar artists

Val Doonican (born Michael Valentine Doonican, 3 February 1927, in Waterford, Irish Free State)<ref>later to become The Republic of Ireland</ref> is an Ireland|Irish singer and performer. From 1964 to 1986 he was a regular fixture on the BBC's television schedule with ''The Val Doonican Show'', which featured his own singing performances and a variety of guest artists.

Early life
Doonican was the youngest of eight children and when a teenager, his father died; it was necessary for him to leave De La Salle College, Waterford and get jobs in factories fabricating steel and making orange boxes.

Singing career
He was from a musical family and started performing in his home town and in a summer season at Courtown Harbour. He was then featured on Irish Radio and appeared in the first ever television broadcast from Waterford. He then joined a band which toured Ireland playing the drum kit|drums. In 1951 he moved to England to join another group, The Four Ramblers, who toured and performed on BBC Radio shows broadcast from factories.

He eventually went solo and had a radio show as well as performing concerts and cabaret. In 1963 he was booked to appear on ''Sunday Night at the London Palladium''. As a result of this performance, he was offered his own show on BBC television, lasting for over twenty years and moving to Saturday as its popularity grew. It feat... read all