Joe Dolan Lady Of The Night

Irish entertainer and vocalist

Joe Dolan
Dolan on TopPop, 1975
Born	Joseph Francis Robert Dolan (1939-10-16)xvi Oct 1939 Mullingar, Republic of ireland
Died	26 December 2007(2007-12-26) (aged 68) Dublin, Ireland
Other names	The Roaring Hyena
Occupation	Ring lead singer, solo vocalist
Years agile	1958–2007
Musical career
Genres	Pop, rock, country
Musical artist
Website	www.joedolan.com

Joseph Francis Robert Dolan (xvi Oct 1939 – 26 December 2007) was an Irish entertainer, recording artist, and popular singer. Chiefly known in Ireland for his association with showbands and for his innovative style and high pitched singing vocalisation, he had a wide entreatment with many international fans. His energetic and charismatic stage performances influenced his long standing advertising slogan: "In that location's no show similar the Joe show".^{[1] [2]}

The only Irish singer to accomplish number one in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Dolan was a persistent presence in the music charts in Republic of ireland and overseas.^[3]

Early life and family [edit]

Dolan was born at the County Hospital, at present known as the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar, County Westmeath on xvi October 1939,^[4] the youngest of nine children in a Roman Cosmic family. He was orphaned at a young historic period – his father, a cycle store proprietor, died when Joe was ten; his mother when he was nineteen. He sang in school, and his female parent had encouraged him to take up the pianoforte. He made his commencement stage advent at a talent prove held in a marquee on the Fair Green in his native Mullingar.^[5]

Vocalism [edit]

Dolan's voice was loftier with a comprehensive range without the use of falsetto and he made comprehensive utilize of a technique known as melisma.^[half-dozen] Vocal ranges such equally this were not common in the 1960s and 1970s but were later made pop by artists such as Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder and Whitney Houston, among others.^[6]

Career [edit]

The Drifters [edit]

In 1958, likewise as securing his starting time (and last) "real" task equally a compositor in the local Westmeath Examiner newspaper, Dolan got his first guitar. After learning some skills on the instrument, he and his saxophone-playing brother Ben started to play in local bands. They soon formed a band of their own – The Drifters. Non long after, the ring was renamed Joe Dolan and the Drifters and finally Joe Dolan and His Drifters to avoid legal action from the American band of the same proper name.^[seven]

The Irish musical mural in the 1960s was dominated by the showbands. The first single "The Respond to Everything", (previously released as a B side by Del Shannon) was released in September 1964, reaching number four in the Irish charts. Dolan and his band were managed by Seamus Casey. In the summer of 1968, withal, some of the ring left, with Dolan and Casey citing "musical differences" as the reason, although in the official biography by Ronan Casey (Seamus Casey's son) further elaboration includes references to unhappiness about financial problems.^[8]

Tours [edit]

Dolan's first United states of america tour was in 1965 and followed an offer, which he refused, to play in Las Vegas. Instead, he decided to play a whistle-stop tour of Irish-American venues in places such as Chicago, New York and Boston. An added benefit to this string of engagements was the opportunity to hear American music which hadn't yet been played in the UK and Republic of ireland. The first song gleaned in this fashion was the Jim Reeves song, (That's When I see the Blue in Your) Pretty Dark-brown Eyes ^[9] which Dolan released on the Pye label in 1966.

A 2d U.s.a. tour in 1967 led an offer to appear in Las Vegas, but he turned information technology down.^[10] Eventually in 1980 he accustomed $10,000 a week plus board and lodgings to perform for six weeks over September and Oct at the Continental Lounge of the Silverbird Casino on the Strip in Las Vegas.^[11] Eventually playing 64 shows and selling out nigh of them, he and his band returned to Ireland to exist immediately rebooked for Vegas in January 1981.^[12] Although he turned downward subsequent offers to return to Vegas, other venues approached him with increased offers, thinking he was just hunting around for the best deal, but Dolan refused them all. Several other attempts were made through the years to entice him back but he never returned – except on holiday.^[13]

In 1978, he became the kickoff Irish gaelic artist and ane of the first Western acts to tour communist Russian federation.^[14]

Dolan toured the segregation era in South Africa and was on a United nations blacklist for defying the artists' ban.^[15]

Recordings [edit]

Later on reforming the ring Dolan recorded a song chosen "Make Me an Island", written past the songwriting duo Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood,^[14] for Pye Records in conjunction with Shaftesbury Publishing. The track was a striking in England and led to Dolan'southward commencement appearance on the BBC's Top of the Pops and helped to make him the biggest Irish star in the world at that fourth dimension,^[sixteen] somewhen becoming a number ane hit in 14 countries, equally well as reaching Number 3 in the Uk, becoming Joe Dolan's only British Peak ten striking, and one of only iv hitting singles Dolan ever had in the Britain (all of these hits performed amend in the Irish Charts).^[17]

In Ireland, the vocal peaked at number ii in August 1969, the same week it was Number 3 in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland. It has been claimed that Dolan was the first Irish star to appear on Top of the Pops,^[eighteen] although this supposes that neither The Bachelors nor Val Doonican appeared on the show between 1964 and 1969 (which seems at least doubtful given that both had several big hits in both the Great britain and Republic of ireland in the mid-'sixties). After the recording of Make Me An Island, Dolan was approached and signed by the MAM Bureau whose major star was Tom Jones.^[19]

Follow-upwardly singles "Teresa" and "You're Such a Good Looking Woman" also made an impact. Other single releases such equally "It Makes No Difference" and "You lot and the Looking Drinking glass" were non big hits at abode in Ireland or in the UK, just they were international successes. A collaboration with writers Roberto Danova and Peter Yellowstone in the mid-1970s produced more singles which fabricated little impact on the British domestic market merely did well internationally. "Sweet Little Stone 'northward' Roller" (1974) was the showtime of a number of reasonable successes for this team only wasn't a major hit in the UK until afterwards recorded past Showaddywaddy, who had a Top xx hit with the song in 1979.^{[ citation needed ]}

His next single, "Lady in Blue" was his biggest always striking, winning five gilded records and selling one million copies.^[14] It charted in parts of continental Europe, Africa and S America but non in Ireland or the Great britain. Further hits including "Crazy Adult female", "Sister Mary", "Midnight Lover", "Hush Hush Maria" and "I Need Yous" followed. Cogitating songs such equally "If I Could Put My Life on Newspaper" were a collaborative try to bear witness a more maturing creative person, whilst definitive versions of songs such as "Danny Male child" maintained a touch of Irish gaelic on disc and in concert. In any given calendar month Dolan could be touring the Middle East i week, Australia the side by side, and then Southward Africa then back to Europe and Republic of ireland. Further international successes and tours followed, with hits such as "More and More" and "It's You, It'southward You lot, It's You".^{[ citation needed ]}

With his ain tape label, studio and material Dolan became one of the biggest selling independent artists of the 1990s with albums such as 'Endless Magic' keeping him near the top of the charts. At the terminate of the decade he refined his vocalism for the 21st century when he hooked up with EMI for a series of albums (such equally Joe's 90s, 21st Century Joe and Home Grown) which saw him tackle more contemporary music from acts as various every bit Oasis, Pulp, Blur, U2, Bruce Springsteen, The Coral, R.E.M., Mundy and his former pal Robbie Williams. At the Oxegen Festival 2009, Blur'south Damon Albarn dedicated the song "The Universal" to Dolan.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Personal life [edit]

Dolan never married and dealt with speculation about his sexuality throughout his life. He spent much of his life dismissing persistent rumours that he was gay, likely spread due to jealousy of the amount of female attention he was receiving. The official biography suggests that he had a quiet offstage presence and preferred to keep romances out of the public center simply cites a long relationship with Isabella Fogarty whom he met in 1977, started dating in the 1980s and subsequently lived with.^[20] She was with him when he became ill on 25 December 2007.^[21]

In September 1970, Dolan and his band were performing at the Wookie Hollow Club in Liverpool. Dolan and a member of his road coiffure stayed in the venue for drinks and to chat to their fans. Some people at a nearby tabular array were attempting to keen the (past now closed) bar into providing them with champagne. Dolan joked that they should come back in a few hours for a "champagne breakfast". The men took exception to this and became calumniating. Dolan and his companion tried to get out only were prevented from doing and so. During the following fracas Dolan was headbutted, (breaking his nose) kicked, punched and slammed into lavatory fittings and a wall in a sustained attack which was only halted when the sound of police force sirens could be heard.^[18] Information technology took six weeks for the singer to recover well enough to return to work. The lodge was sued but went into liquidation. The police attempted to identify the perpetrators and held identity parades which Dolan attended but no-one was always prosecuted.^[22]

In October 1976, Dolan and a group of friends were flying with Aer Lingus to Corfu for a golfing trip.^[23] On several occasions during the flight Dolan was moving around talking to other passengers who knew him. 1 of the party remembers they were "quite merry".^[24] The vocalizer was asked several times past motel staff to return to his seat and, finally, after being threatened with being "restrained" he did so. Upon landing, he attempted to leave the airdrome without his luggage and passport simply was prevented from doing and so past security staff, ane of whom drew his pistol and pointed it at Dolan.^[24]

The bout operator subsequently received a fax from Aer Lingus refusing to fly the star back to Dublin. Newspaper headlines in Ireland proclaimed the star'south airline ban for life although, as it transpired, the ban only lasted for close to ii years, somewhen being lifted subsequently the airline negotiated with the star following his continued references to it on phase and in the media.^[25]

Illness and expiry [edit]

Dolan's health began to decline after he underwent a hip replacement in 2005, which put him off the road for 12 months and led to the discovery of Type 2 Diabetes which appeared to account for the low energy levels he had been experiencing.^[26] Post-obit a discussion with Keith Duffy of the boyband Boyzone, the hip os which was replaced was signed and auctioned for €650, the gain beingness given to Irish Autism Action. Dolan returned to his schedule in 2006, but he began to written report farther signs of low energy.^[27] Doctors diagnosed a low blood platelet count and Dolan began a series of blood transfusions, afterwards each, he felt ameliorate for a period, but would begin to experience weaker later on a period. At this same time, Dolan was also suffering from unexplained nosebleeds.^[28] In Autumn 2007, on advice from his doctors, Dolan cancelled his Vicar Street concerts due to "exhaustion".^[29]

On 16 December 2007, the front page of the Sunday Independent reported that Dolan was suffering from a "bad virus" and had been forced to abolish his entire Christmas tour.^[30] Dolan's website received messages from well wishers in the wake of the article, which was reproduced in several newspapers the following twenty-four hours. Despite the blood transfusions and other medical interventions, Dolan became weaker and he was finally discharged from the Mater Individual Hospital in Dublin on 23 Dec 2007 in a wheelchair.^[28]

Dolan spent Christmas Day 2007 at his home in Foxrock in southeast Dublin with some friends. Later that evening, his illness suddenly worsened, and he was rushed by ambulance to the Mater Hospital. En route to the hospital, Dolan suffered a massive intracerebral haemorrhage, at which he became unconscious, and was connected to life back up equipment upon his arrival. At approximately 14:xxx hours on St Stephen's Twenty-four hour period, surrounded by family unit and friends, the machines were switched off^[28] and Dolan died inside twenty minutes, never regaining consciousness. He was pronounced expressionless at fifteen:03 hours.^[31] He was 68 years onetime.

His funeral mass was held at the Cathedral of Christ the Rex, Mullingar, on 29 December 2007. Attendees of Dolan's funeral included vocaliser Ronnie Drew from The Dubliners, comedian Frank Carson, snooker player Dennis Taylor and former Taoiseach Albert Reynolds.

Grave of Joe Dolan at Walshestown Cemetery, Mullingar

Dolan is interred in Walshestown Cemetery, Walshestown North, County Westmeath.^[32]

Legacy [edit]

A 540 metres (ane,770 ft) bridge was named later on him in the Clonmore Industrial Manor in his hometown of Mullingar, information technology opened officially on 6 September 2010.^[33] It is the second longest span in the Republic of Ireland.^[34] There is a statue of Dolan in Mullingar's Market Foursquare.^[35]

Statue of Joe Dolan in Mullingar

Dolan'southward hip os is the simply body function to ever exist sold on eBay.^[36] The singer had initially sold his bone at a clemency auction before his death and it was later sold on eBay.^{[ citation needed ]}

Discography [edit]

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Studio albums [edit]

• The Answer to Everything (1968) (credited to Joe Dolan and the Drifters Showband)
• Make Me an Isle (1969)
• You lot're Such a Good Lookin' Woman (1970)
• Lady in Blueish (1975)
• Sis Mary (1976)
• Midnight Lover (1978)
• Turn Out the Low-cal (1979)
• More than and More (1982)
• Hither and Now (1983)
• Always on My Mind (1985)
• This is My Life (1987)
• Ever Loved You (1990)
• Tin can't Requite Enough (1994)
• Countless Magic (1997)
• Joe's xc's (1998)
• 21st Century Joe (1999)
• Habitation Grown (2003)
• Double 'O' Joe (2004)
• Let In that location Be Dear (2007)

Compilation albums [edit]

• Joe Dolan'southward Greatest Hits (1968)
• Gilt Hour of Joe Dolan - Vol. 1 (1974)
• Golden Hour of Joe Dolan - Vol. 2 (1975)
• I Need Y'all (And Other Keen Hits) (1979)
• Joe Dolan At His All-time (1980)
• The Story of Joe Dolan (1993)
• The Singles+ (1998)
• No Meliorate Man - His Greatest Hits (2001)
• Yours Faithfully (2003)
• Make Me An Island - The Pye Anthology (2004)
• Legends of Irish Music (2007)
• The Platinum Collection (2008)
• Joe Dolan, Orchestrated (2016)^[39]
• Joe Dolan, Orchestrated Book 2 (2017)

Singles [edit]

Others

• 1966: "I'll Sit on Your Doorstep"
• 1970: "The Boola Boola"
• 1971: "Sometimes a Man Just Has to Weep"
• 1971: "You and the Looking Glass"
• 1972: "Here We Go Over again"
• 1974: "16 Brothers"
• 1975: "Crazy Woman"
• 1978: "Unchained Melody"
• 1978: "Don't E'er Modify Your Mind"
• 1994: "Somebody to Call My Girl"
• 1996: "I'll Give All My Beloved to You"
• 1997: "Countless Magic"
• 1998: "Disco 2000"
• 1998: "Place Your Hands"
• 1999: "Everybody Hurts"
• 1999: "Brilliant Disguise"
• 2001: "Better Homo"
• 2002: "Dreaming of You"
• 2003: "Yours Faithfully"
• 2004: "Little Green Bag"
• 2007: Joe Dolan Tribute EP (four tracks)
• 2008: "Oh Holy Night"

References [edit]

1. ^ Still no show like a Joe prove Archived twenty October 2017 at the Wayback Motorcar, citylocal.ie; accessed x November 2016.
2. ^ "Drifters Showband Story". Irish-showbands.com. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
3. ^ "Former Melodies ...: Joe Dolan & The Drifters Showband – The Answer To Everything (1964)". Allmusic-wingsofdream.blogspot.co.uk. 20 February 2012. Retrieved four January 2013.
4. ^ Casey, 2008, p. ane
5. ^ Casey, 2008, pp. 32-33
6. ^ ^{a b} Casey,2008, p192
7. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 241
8. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 119
9. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 92
10. ^ Casey, 2008, p 107
11. ^ Casey, 2008, pp. 235-36
12. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 244
13. ^ Casey, 2008, pp. 2, 49
14. ^ ^{a b c} "History of Joe Dolan – Mullingar and Irelands greatest Singing Administrator". Shopcreator.com. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved four January 2013.
15. ^ "Joe Dolan was on a United nations blacklist over a performance in South Africa". Thejournal.ie . Retrieved half-dozen March 2017.
16. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 131
17. ^ Casey, 2008, pp. 141-42
18. ^ ^{a b} "Joe Dolan's Biography – Exclusive Extracts". Sundayworld.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2012. Retrieved iv January 2013.
19. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 133
20. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 259
21. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 331
22. ^ Casey, 2008, pp166-vii
23. ^ Casey, 2008, p 202
24. ^ ^{a b} Casey, 2008, p. 203
25. ^ Casey, 2008, pp. 203-05
26. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 305
27. ^ Casey, 2008, p. 312
28. ^ ^{a b c} Ready, Haim, burn down... "The final sorry days of Ireland'southward great showband crooner". Independent.ie. Retrieved 4 Jan 2013. {{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
29. ^ breakingnews.ie (26 Dec 2007). "Singer Joe Dolan dies in Dublin later on brief illness". Retrieved 26 December 2007.
30. ^ Daniel McConnell (xvi Dec 2007). "No Joe Show every bit Mystery Virus Strikes". Retrieved xvi December 2007.
31. ^ Casey, 2008, pp. 330-31
32. ^ "Stars bid their final bye to Joe Dolan", The Observer, 30 December 2007.
33. ^ Joe Dolan Bridge opens in Mullingar, RTÉ News; retrieved 6 September 2010.
34. ^ "Joe Dolan Span". joedolan.com . Retrieved 29 October 2016.
35. ^ "Westmeath County Council – Public Fine art". Westmeathcoco.ie. 7 Dec 2008. Archived from the original on iii March 2016. Retrieved iii July 2014.
36. ^ "A woman bought Joe Dolan's hip on eBay for €650". TheJournal.ie.
37. ^ "Pye Records". Irishrock.org. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
38. ^ Jaclyn Ward (1 October 1962). "The Irish gaelic Charts – All there is to know". Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
39. ^ "There'southward a new Joe Dolan anthology coming your fashion shortly". 17 October 2016.

Bibliography [edit]

Casey, Ronan, Joe Dolan, The Official Biography, Penguin Ireland 2008, ISBN 9781844881963

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Joe Dolan at IMDb

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Dolan

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