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Born Christopher John Davison in Buenos Aires, Argentina to Charles Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily de Burgh, an Irish secretary, his father's career moved the family to numerous places around the globe such as Malta , Nigeria , and Zaire . At the age of twelve, the family returned home to live in Tomhaggard in County Wexford , Ireland , where his father bought the Twelfth Century Bargy Castle and converted it into a hotel. A graduate of Trinity College, Dublin , as a performer, he adopted his mother's maiden name as his Stage Name . The de Burgh family can trace their roots to King Richard The Lionheart . Performing songs crossed between Driving Rock and Middle of the Road catchy pop, De Burgh is famous for his single " Lady In Red " from the album ''Into the Light''. For that album, released in 1986, he included the song "For Rosanna" he had written to celebrate the 1984 birth of his daughter. Rosanna Davison won the Miss World title in 2003. He also has two sons named Hubie and Michael by his wife Diane. His other notable songs include "Spanish Train", "A Spaceman Came Travelling", "'' and his records have sold more than forty million units internationally. De Burgh is often the subject of ridicule by, amongst others, the comedian Bill Bailey , who refers to him as "the monobrowed purveyor of ultimate filth", lampooning his style in the song ''Beautiful Ladies in Danger'', and a De Burgh style version of ''The Combine Harvester'' by The Wurzels . ''Lady in Red'' is parodied with a Hillbilly version (''Cousin In Red''), and West Country and Cockney versions. He was also on the "scale of Evil" (along with Adolf Hitler , Joseph Stalin and others) in Bailey's stage show Part Troll . DISCOGRAPHY Chris de Burgh was signed to A&M Records for many years, but he now has his own label, Ferryman Productions. #''Far Beyond These Castle Walls'', 1974 #'' Spanish Train And Other Stories '', 1975 #''At the End of a Perfect Day'', 1977 #''Crusader'', 1979 #''Eastern Wind'', 1980 #''Best Moves'', 1981 #''The Getaway'', 1982 #''Man on the Line'', 1984 #''Into The Light'', 1986 #''Flying Colours'', 1988 #'' Spark To A Flame - The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh '', 1989 #''High on Emotion - Live from Dublin'', 1990 #''Power of Ten'', 1992 #''This Way Up'', 1994 #''Beautiful Dreams'', 1995 #''Live in South Africa'', 1997 #''The Love Songs'', 1997 #''Quiet Revolution'', 1999 #''Timing Is Everything'', 2002 #''The Road To Freedom'', 2004 #''Live In Dortmund'', 2005 #''The Ultimate Collection'', 2005 EXTERNAL LINKS |
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