• Ireland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1965 with the song "I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain", composed by Joe Harrigan and George Prendergast...
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    internationally with the choir participating in performances in Spain, France and the UK. It was while singing with Anúna in St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin at...
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  • Dickie Rock (category All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English)
    with the era of showbands in Ireland, Rock came to prominence as a member of The Miami Showband in the 1960s, subsequently becoming a solo artist in 1973...
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    represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1965, in Naples, singing Walking the Streets in the Rain. The song reached number one on the Irish Singles...
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    Linda Martin (category All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English)
    musical career when she joined the band Chips in Omagh in 1969. They quickly became one of the top bands in Ireland on the live circuit, and released hit...
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    Udo Jürgens (category Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
    while he was walking in the nature with his dog. With Austria's success at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, the first since Jürgens' success in 1966, Jürgens...
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  • Pat McGuigan (category All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English)
    his single with the Big Four reached number 7 in the Irish charts in 1963. Five years later he was again in the national spotlight in 1968, when he competed...
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    Eurovision Song Contest 1965 (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    The Eurovision Song Contest 1965 was the tenth edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Naples, Italy, following the country's...
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  • in Dublin. 20 March – Ireland made its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest. Butch Moore sang Walking the Streets in the Rain and came sixth at the final...
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  • Doomsday Blue (category LGBTQ-related controversies in music)
    it finished in sixth place at the final with 278 points. It marked the first time since 2018 that Ireland had qualified for the final. The song was met...
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    She performed the Portuguese entries at the 1965 and 1969 editions of the Eurovision Song Contest. Simone de Oliveira was born and raised in Lisbon. Her...
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  • Ireland Eurovision Song Contest entries discography (category Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest)
    Singles Chart. Chart positions sourced from 'Irish Charts Archive' Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest Hayes, Jim (May 7, 2024). "Retro chart: 15 of Ireland's...
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    Colm Wilkinson (category All Wikipedia articles written in Hiberno-English)
    originating the lead role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables (in the West End and Broadway) and for creating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera (1985)...
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  • Walking the Streets of Moscow (I Walk Around Moscow, Russian: Я шагаю по Москве) is a 1964 Soviet film directed by Georgiy Daneliya and produced by Mosfilm...
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    Vice Vukov (category Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament)
    politician. Vukov was born in Šibenik. In 1959, he achieved instant fame by winning the Opatija Music Festival in his singing debut, with the song "Mirno teku rijeke"...
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    Jane Morgan (category American expatriates in France)
    traditional pop. Morgan initially found success in France and the UK before achieving recognition in the US, receiving six gold records. She was a frequent...
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  • Farm. 20 March – Ireland enters the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time with I'm Walking the Streets in the Rain performed by Butch Moore. 7 April...
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    points in the competition. In 1970, Klimenko released the album Stenka Rasin across Europe. The album, containing Russian songs, went gold in the Finnish...
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    Association. London Living Streets is a charity "dedicated to making London one of the world's best cities for walking and enjoying streets and public spaces—a...
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    Kathy Kirby (category Singers from the London Borough of Redbridge)
    for representing the United Kingdom in the 1965 Eurovision Song Contest where she finished in second place. Her popularity peaked in the 1960s, when she...
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  • representing the host nation, Ireland, in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1981 with "Horoscopes". In 1978, the group took part in the Irish National Song Contest...
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    Johnny Logan (singer) (category Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia)
    He shortlisted the song "Prayin'" by Alan Earls and Jamie Wilson's "Rain" from the pitching rooms. He chose to release "Prayin'" for the chart battle against...
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    The following is a list of characters from The Walking Dead television series based on the eponymous comic book series. Although some characters appear...
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    France Gall (category Knights of the Legion of Honour)
    was a French yé-yé singer. In 1965, at the age of 17, she won the tenth edition of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Poupée de cire, poupée...
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  • singles that topped the Irish Singles Chart in 1965. Prior to 1992, the Irish singles chart was compiled from trade shipments from the labels to record stores...
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    Italian singer, musician, and film actor. In 1964, Solo participated in the Sanremo Music Festival with the song "Una lacrima sul viso" ("A Tear on your...
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  • he has collaborated on other albums in that time, including a Christmas album featuring the Whitefriar Street Choir (O Holy Night) and a North American...
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    double-platinum success and Kavanagh was recognised by people on the street. She recorded an album in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, and this album was produced...
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    Dana Rosemary Scallon (category Irish expatriates in the United States)
    Totally Yours, her first Christian album for Word Records; the songs "Praise the Lord", "The Soft Rain" and "Totus Tuus" were credited to "Dana and Damien Scallon"...
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    in the Eurovision Song Contest 57 times since making its debut at the 1965 contest in Naples, missing only two contests since, in 1983 and 2002. The current...
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