Chris De Burgh

Chris de Burgh (born Christopher John Davison, 15 October 1948) is an
Argentinian born British-Irish singer-songwriter. He is most famous for his
1986 love song "The Lady in Red", which reached number-one in Belgium, Canada,
Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom. Early lifeDe Burgh was born in
Venado Tuerto, Argentina, to Colonel Charles Davison, a British ... read more

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Interview video

Chris De Burgh chats with Adrian Hieatt from Absolute Radio on the red carpet at the Prince's Trust Rock Gala 2011 at...
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Watch: Interview with Tim Minchin

Interview with Tim Minchin video

The perhaps unexpected pairing of Tim Minchin and Chris De Burgh chat with Adrian Hieatt from Absolute Radio at the...
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Saturn calling: the sounds of Leyland James Kirby

WG Sebald's sprawling novel The Rings of Saturn has inspired a movie. The composer of its soundtrack tells Ben Beaumont-Thomas why only mashed-up Schubert would do"The bo...
Posted 25 January 8.45pm — Comment on this

Jackson Rathbone Was The Only Beauty In Red At Last Night's Twatlight Premiere

The microwaved celery stalk that is Ashley Greene showed up to last night's Breaking Dawn premiere in L.A. with a giant red lace tampon cozy on her body and a look o...
Posted 15 November 2011 1.39pm — Comment on this

Chris De Burgh - De Burgh's Wine Collection Makes $552,000

Veteran singer Chris De Burgh made a massive $552,000 (345,000) when he sold his precious wine collection at auction on Thursday (24Mar11). The collection, which De Bu...
Posted 25 March 2011 12.18pm — Comment on this

the final tuesday batch of updates

Hannibal said...Lucifer's Friend - Mind Exploding 1976http://hannibalsite.blogspot.comW said...SWEET The Best 37 Glam Rock Songs Ever (1998)2CD retrospective on the...
Posted 22 February 2011 10.02pm — Comment on this

New music: Akira the Don and Chilly Gonzales – Don't Need a Weatherman

It's the Bobby D sample track we've all been waiting for (that's Bob Dylan to the rest of us)Here are some "interesting" facts about rapper/producer Akira the Don, aka Ad...
Posted 22 February 2011 4.06pm — Comment on this

Cif readers on ... Christmas hits | The people's panel

This Sunday the Christmas No 1 will be revealed. In anticipation, we asked readers to write about what festive hits mean to themThe X Factor's Matt Cardle is up against C...
Posted 17 December 2010 9.00am — Comment on this

tuesday evening updates

S R Management said...My First "X" Rated Post!Christmas With Col. Trick - 2007 Bonus Album01 Chipmunk Song - Canned Heat02 Christmas Song -Little Mike & The Tornadoes...
Posted 7 December 2010 7.18pm — Comment on this

My Membranes song featured in the Mark Saunders police report

When I heard that inquest evidence into the shooting of a barrister had been littered with song references, I didn't expect a track I wrote in 1987 to be included next to...
Posted 3 November 2010 11.41am — Comment on this

New band of the day – No 886: Oneohtrix Point Never

Guest editor Antony Hegarty's third pick of the week is ambient experimentalist Daniel Lapotin, who creates 'amorphous, rhythmless' noisescapesHometown: Brooklyn.The line...
Posted 13 October 2010 5.44pm — Comment on this

Chris de Burgh celebrates life of young Iranian girl with Free Download

In 2007, Chris de Burgh was asked to record his song The Words 'I Love You' with an Iranian group; The Arian Band. This was the first time there had been a collaborati...
Posted 17 June 2010 10.25pm — Comment on this

monday afternoon updates

aikin said...AC/DC - Live on the BBC, 1976from their first tour of the UKhttp://licorice-pizza.blogspot.comjazzlover said...Larry Young - Of Love And Peace (1966)h...
Posted 10 May 2010 2.36pm — Comment on this

Top songs

The 5 most played Chris De Burgh songs in the past year.

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Chris De Burgh over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 4 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 00s 2 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 90s 2 plays
  4. Absolute 80s 2 plays
  5. Absolute Classic Rock 2 plays

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