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Cathal Dunne

From: Cork

Active: 70s/80s
Style: Singer-songwriter, Pianist

Bio:

Born in 1955 in Cork where he attended the Cork School of Music. He made some recordings with Seán Ó Sé in 1974 and won the Castlebar International Song Contest the same year and subsequently toured with a band. In 1976 he represented Ireland at the Yamaha Music Festival with his own composition "Lover, Not a Wife". Guy Robinson (of EMI Records) was his manager. He recorded an LP for EMI in 1977 titled "Bad Boy".

In 1978 Cathal teamed up with Stateside, becoming their lead singer. Stateside included guitarist Andreas Grimminger, who later found fame in Zerra 1! Cathal represented Ireland in the Eurovision in 1979 and then formed his own band The Formula, who he led until 1982. He emigrated to the USA in 1983 where he launched a successful career on the cabaret circuit, changing the spelling of his name to the more phonetically friendly Cahal Dunne.


Discography:

• The Montford Singers with Cathal Dunne - Butterfly / If You Should Ever
7" - Pye Records - 7N.60004 - IRL - 1971
The A-side is a cover of the godawful Daniel Gerard hit.


• Seán Ó Sé & Cathal Dunne - Babaró / Maidin i mBearra
7" - Gael Linn Records - CES 019 - IRL - 1974


• Seán Ó Sé & Cathal Dunne - Babaró
LP - Gael Linn Records - CEF 039 - IRL - 1974


• Shalom / ??
7" - Rex Records - R 11098 - IRL - 1974 - no PS
Castlebar International Song Contest winner 1974


• Hey Noddy Day / Chelsea Girl
7" - Rex Records - R 11102 - IRL - 1974 - no PS


• Danny / Because You're Beautiful
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5039 - IRL - April 1976 - PS?


• Lucky Child / Lover Not Just A Wife
7" - EMI Records - IEMI 5058 - IRL - 1977 - PS?


• Bad Boy
LP - EMI Records - LEAF 7015 - IRL - 1977 - inner sleeve

Notes: Produced by Bob Barratt. Arranged and conducted by Colin Fretcher. Recorded at Dublin Sound Studios except B3 and B4 recorded at Abbey Road.



• Cathal Dunne & Stateside - Suspicious Minds / Sweet Woman of Mine
7" - Bandbox Records - BAB-101 - IRL - December 1978 - no PS


• Happy Man / Sweet Woman of Mine
7" - CBS Records - 7190 - IRL - February 1979 - PS, green vinyl
7" - Epic Records - EPC 7190 - NL - 1979 - PS
Eurovision 1979


• We're On Our Way In Europe (same track both sides)
7" - Fianna Fail Records - FFS 002 - IRL - 1979? - green vinyl, no PS, promo only
Promotional recording for an Irish political party. Dunne was the nephew of former Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Jack Lynch.


• Cathal Dunne & The Formula - The Time for Talking Is Over / Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No.1
7" - Nocturne Records - NTS 001 - IRL - 1980 - PS


• The Feeling's Gone / You're The Only One
7" - Nocturne Records - NTS 003 - IRL - 1980 - stickered plain white sleeve
Both tracks taken from his forthcoming album "That Time In Stockholm".


• That Time In Stockholm
LP - GoodWill Records - GW-LP 2035 - Sweden - 1980


• Cathal Dunne & the Formula - Bad Boy / Your Middle Man
7" - Nocturne Records - NTS 005 - IRL - 1981 - PS


• Thinkin' Love Tonite
LP - Blarney Records - NR-16287 - USA- 1985
Credited to Cahal Dunne.





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