Irish entertainer Joe Dolan, 68
Posted: Friday, December 28th, 2007 11:27 pm
DUBLIN, Ireland — Joe Dolan, one of Ireland’s first pop music stars, entertained audiences for decades with Vegas-style showmanship. He died Wednesday from a brain hemorrhage, his family announced. He was 68.
He was the most celebrated — and fondly caricatured — survivor of Ireland’s bygone “showband” era of the 1960s and 1970s, when homegrown rock ‘n’ roll acts toured the country playing cover versions of international hits.
His biggest hit in 1969, “Make Me an Island,” reached No. 3 in Britain and No. 1 in 14 other countries. Other hits that climbed the European charts included “You’re Such a Good-Looking Woman” in 1970, “Lady in Blue” in 1975 and “I Need You” in 1977. … Read full obituary
