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Sat 08 Aug 2009Golden boy, forgotten man
From singing ‘Danny Boy’ for tourists to ‘Hold Me Now’ in a TV ad, Johnny Logan’s career has had its ups and (mostly) downs, but Ireland’s forgotten star continues to have a successful career across Europe
HE IS POSSIBLY one of Irish pop music’s most forgotten stars – the guy who smashed Eurovision records with a hat-trick of What’s Another Year(1980), Hold Me Now(1987) and Why Me?(1992, sung by Linda Martin), and whose success in the much derided/admired (according to taste) contest has yet to be bettered.
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