Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan (real name Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard) was born in Frankston near Melbourne, Australia, on 13 May 1954 but lives in Ashbourne, County Meath, Ireland. His father was a very well known Irish tenor, Patrick O'Hagen, who performed three times at The White House, for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. The family moved back to Ireland when Johnny was aged three. He learnt the guitar and began composing his own songs by the age of thirteen. On leaving school he apprenticed as an electrician, while performing in folk and blues clubs. His earliest claim to fame was starring as Adam in the 1977 Irish musical "Adam and Eve". Image File history File linksMetadata Johnny_Logan. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Johnny_Logan. ... Frankston is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced ) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high vocal range. ... North façade of the White House, seen from Pennsylvania Avenue. ... For other persons named John Kennedy, see John Kennedy (disambiguation). ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... Nixon redirects here. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Michelangelos The Creation of Adam, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. ...

Johnny Logan has helped to win the Eurovision Song Contest three times for Ireland. "What's Another Year?", composed by Shay Healy and sung by Johnny, won in the Netherlands in 1980; "Hold Me Now", which he both wrote and sang, won in 1987 in Brussels; and in 1992 in Sweden he was the composer of the winning song "Why Me?", sung by Linda Martin. The modern logo was introduced for the 2004 Contest to create a consistent visual identity. ... Whats Another Year? was Johnny Logans first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the Contest. ... Hold Me Now is a song composed and performed by Johnny Logan from Ireland. ... Why Me? (1990). ... Linda Martin is an Irish singer, and TV presenter who started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips in Belfast in 1969 while she was still in school. ...

It could very easily have been four wins, as an earlier collaboration with Linda Martin, "Terminal 3" - which he rather sheepishly admitted had been so named simply because he happened to be sitting in Terminal 3 of Heathrow Airport when he wrote it - had finished runner-up to the winning Swedish song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" in 1984. Linda Martin is an Irish singer, and TV presenter who started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips in Belfast in 1969 while she was still in school. ... Terminal 3 was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in English by Linda Martin. ... Herreys was a Swedish pop group, consisting of the three Mormon brothers Richard, Louis and Per Herrey. ...

Johnny is somewhat popular in Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium and Denmark, he also has a small core of loyal fans in the United Kingdom, as well as a big fan base in Ireland, across the continent of Europe he is sometimes referred to as "Mister Eurovision" by fans of the contest and the media at large. Motto: Je Maintiendrai (Dutch: Ik zal handhaven, English: I Shall Uphold) Anthem: Wilhelmus van Nassouwe Capital Amsterdam1 Largest city Amsterdam Official language(s) Dutch2 Government Parliamentary democracy Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Beatrix  - Prime minister Jan Peter Balkenende Independence Eighty Years War   - Declared July 26, 1581   - Recognised January 30, 1648 (by Spain... Color-coded regions of the world based on the seven commonly-recognised continents Dymaxion map by Buckminster Fuller shows land masses with minimal distortion as nearly one continuous continent A continent is one of several large areas of land on Earth, which are identified by convention rather than any strict...

"Hold Me Now" was voted as the 3rd most popular song in Eurovision history at the 50th anniversary concert in Copenhagen, Denmark in October 2005. "What's Another Year?" was also nominated amongst the 14 finalists. It has sold over 3 million copies. "Hold Me Now" is also a million-seller. Hold Me Now is a song composed and performed by Johnny Logan from Ireland. ... Copenhagen (IPA: , rhyming with pagan (the way the Danes themselves pronounce the name of the capital in English), or , with a as in spa; Danish   IPA: ) is the capital of Denmark and the countrys largest city (metropolitan population 1,211,542 (2006)). It is also the name of the... Whats Another Year? was Johnny Logans first Eurovision Song Contest winner, achieving success in the 1980 edition of the Contest. ... Hold Me Now is a song composed and performed by Johnny Logan from Ireland. ...

Throughout his career, which spans four decades, Logan has issued no less than 40 singles and 19 albums. He has continued his love of participating in the musical, having toured Norway with Which Witch, an operamusical originating in that country. A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... An album (from Latin albus white, blank, relating to a blank book in which something can be inserted) is a packaged collection of related things. ... The Fantasticks was the longest-running musical in history. ...

Other than the Eurovision songs, well-known numbers performed and recorded by Johnny Logan include:

• "Stay" (also composed by him)
• "When Your Woman Cries" (Bugatti/Musker)
• "Heartbroken Man" (composed by him with Trevor knight)
• "Living a Lie" (composed by him with Shay Healy)
• "Such a Lady" (also composed by him)

His performing and songwriting career continues. He is also featured on the new advertisement for McDonald's Eurosaver menu in his native Ireland. Johnny logan is the king of cool, when i see cream suits I think "johnny logan wannabe"

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