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Dana Rosemary Scallon

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Dana Rosemary Scallon

Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown; 30 August 1950), known professionally as Dana (), is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician. While still a schoolgirl she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with "All Kinds of Everything". It became a worldwide million-seller and launched her music career. She entered politics in 1997, as Dana Rosemary Scallon, running unsuccessfully in the Irish presidential election, but later being elected as an MEP for Connacht–Ulster in 1999. Scallon was again an independent candidate in the Irish 2011 presidential election, but was eliminated on the first count. Scallon served as a politician as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

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Constituency
Connacht–Ulster
Born
Rosemary Brown (1950-08-30) 30 August 1950 (age 75)Islington, London, England
Citizenship
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Political party
Independent
Spouse
mw- Damien Scallon (m. 1978)
Children
4
Also known as
Dana
Origin
Derry, Northern Ireland
Genres
CelticfolkpopChristian
Years active
1967–present
Labels
RexDeccaGTOCreoleWarwickFanfareEpicHeart BeatLiteRitzWordDS MusicCherry RedFOD Records
Website
www.danaofficial.com
Party
Independent

Tables

· Discography › Singles
1967
"Sixteen"
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1968
"Come Along Murphy"
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"Heidschi Bumbeidschi"
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1969
"Look Around"
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1970
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37
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"I Will Follow You"
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1971
"Who Put the Lights Out"
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80
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"Today"
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1972
"New Days......New Ways"
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"Crossword Puzzle"
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1973
"Do I Still Figure in Your Life"
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"Sunday, Monday, Tuesday" (B-side of "Corner of the Sky/Morning Glow")
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1975
"Please Tell Him That I Said Hello"
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99
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"Are You Still Mad at Me"
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"Rivers Are for Boats" (Denmark-only release)
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"It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas"
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1976
"Fairytale"
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"It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas" (reissue)
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1977
"I Love How You Love Me"
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"Put Some Words Together"
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1979
"Something's Cooking in the Kitchen"
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"The Girl is Back (in Town)"
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"I Can't Get Over Getting Over You"
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"Totus Tuus"
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1980
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1981
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1982
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"You Never Gave Me Your Love"
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1983
"If You Really Love Me"
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1985
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1986
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1988
"Summer Romeo"
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1989
"Harmony" (with Gerry Brown)
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1991
"Creggan Vale" (Ireland-only release)
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2005
"Children of the World"
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2019
"Falling"
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1967
"Sixteen"
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"Come Along Murphy"
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"Heidschi Bumbeidschi"
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1969
"Look Around"
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1970
"All Kinds of Everything"
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"I Will Follow You"
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1971
"Who Put the Lights Out"
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"Today"
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"Isn't It a Pity"
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"New Days......New Ways"
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"Crossword Puzzle"
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1973
"Do I Still Figure in Your Life"
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"Corner of the Sky"/"Morning Glow"
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"Sunday, Monday, Tuesday" (B-side of "Corner of the Sky/Morning Glow")
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1975
"Please Tell Him That I Said Hello"
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"Are You Still Mad at Me"
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"Rivers Are for Boats" (Denmark-only release)
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"It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas"
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1976
"Never Gonna Fall in Love Again"
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"Fairytale"
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"It's Gonna Be a Cold Cold Christmas" (reissue)
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1977
"I Love How You Love Me"
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"Put Some Words Together"
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1979
"Something's Cooking in the Kitchen"
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"The Girl is Back (in Town)"
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"I Can't Get Over Getting Over You"
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"Totus Tuus"
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1980
"When a Child is Born"
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1981
"Lady of Knock" (Ireland-only release)
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"Dream Lover"
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1982
"I Feel Love Comin' On"
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"Yer Man" (with The Northern Ireland 1982 World Cup Squad)
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"You Never Gave Me Your Love"
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1983
"If You Really Love Me"
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1985
"Little Things Mean a Lot"
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92
"If I Give My Heart to You"
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1986
"Everything Is Beautiful"
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"Lipstick on Your Collar"
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1988
"Summer Romeo"
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1989
"Harmony" (with Gerry Brown)
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1991
"Creggan Vale" (Ireland-only release)
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2005
"Children of the World"
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2019
"Falling"
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· External links
Preceded byMuriel Daywith "The Wages of Love"
Preceded byMuriel Daywith "The Wages of Love"
Awards and achievements
Preceded byMuriel Daywith "The Wages of Love"
Awards and achievements
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Awards and achievements
Succeeded byAngela Farrellwith "One Day Love"
Preceded by Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" Salomé with "Vivo cantando" Frida Boccarawith "Un jour, un enfant" Lenny Kuhrwith "De troubadour"(four-way tie)
Preceded by Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" Salomé with "Vivo cantando" Frida Boccarawith "Un jour, un enfant" Lenny Kuhrwith "De troubadour"(four-way tie)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" Salomé with "Vivo cantando" Frida Boccarawith "Un jour, un enfant" Lenny Kuhrwith "De troubadour"(four-way tie)
Awards and achievements
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Awards and achievements
Succeeded by Séverinewith "Un banc, un arbre, une rue"
Awards and achievements
Preceded byMuriel Daywith "The Wages of Love"
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Succeeded byAngela Farrellwith "One Day Love"
Preceded by Lulu with "Boom Bang-a-Bang" Salomé with "Vivo cantando" Frida Boccarawith "Un jour, un enfant" Lenny Kuhrwith "De troubadour"(four-way tie)
Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1970
Succeeded by Séverinewith "Un banc, un arbre, une rue"

References

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
  2. Released in Germany as "Spiel nicht mit mir und meinem Glück"
  3. Dana Rosemary SCALLON, entry at the Website of the European Parliament Archived 9 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
    http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/4389/DANA+ROSEMARY_SCALLON_home.html
  4. "Dana"
    https://www.culturenorthernireland.org/features/music/dana
  5. The Telegraph
    https://web.archive.org/web/20200406142402/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/fame-fortune/eurovision-winner-dana-bought-parents-10k-house-lot-money/
  6. "Ireland wins the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time"
    https://irelandxo.com/ireland-xo/history-and-genealogy/timeline/ireland-wins-eurovision-song-contest-first-time
  7. "Dana: Biography"
    https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dana-mn0000671478/biography
  8. Belfast Telegraph
    https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/weekend/dana-and-her-amazing-grace-28472809.html
  9. The Irish News
    https://www.irishnews.com/lifestyle/2020/05/09/news/dana-celebrates-50-years-of-all-kinds-of-everything-1930675/
  10. www.officialcharts.com
    https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/something%27s-cookin%27-in-the-kitchen/
  11. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know"
    http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1&search_type=title&placement=Something
  12. Macaenese5354.blogspot.com
    http://macaenese5354.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html
  13. page 56, Billboard, 2 September 1972
  14. "Billboard"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20210121211114/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/70s/1972/BB-1972-09-02.pdf
  15. National Catholic Register
    https://www.ncregister.com/interview/singing-for-the-pope-dana-scallon-recalls-wyd-93-shares-hopes-for-ireland
  16. Flight of the Doves
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067104/
  17. https://ukcouncil.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ERiQ3xD2schLq56CvvTUBC0BYXl8IUyzaSdEkZC95V52fQ?e=WLtxeN
    https://ukcouncil.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/ERiQ3xD2schLq56CvvTUBC0BYXl8IUyzaSdEkZC95V52fQ?e=WLtxeN
  18. Evening Herald
    https://www.independent.ie/regionals/herald/terry-prone-with-mary-on-for-the-aras-the-contest-really-hots-up/27980818.html
  19. "Dana denies US passport deception"
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1007/president.html
  20. Sunday Independent (Ireland)
    https://archive.today/20130218015034/http://www.independent.ie/opinion/analysis/this-is-a-bid-to-discredit-me-i-wont-be-broken-2907429.html
  21. irishtimes.com
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/dana-calls-for-referendum-on-abortion-law-1.1456045
  22. RTÉ.ie
    https://web.archive.org/web/20090420233110/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/eamondunphy/
  23. Electionsireland.org
    http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4459
  24. Dana-music.com
    https://web.archive.org/web/20110926204058/http://www.dana-music.com/
  25. Dockets.justia.com
    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-iasdce/case_no-3:2007cv00066/case_id-34121/
  26. Waterford-news.ie
    http://www.waterford-news.ie/news/story.asp?j=27044&cat=entertainment
  27. "Home | Dana set to star in town"
    https://archive.today/20130505145337/http://www.whitehaven-news.co.uk/home/dana-set-to-star-in-town-1.747397?referrerPath=features/the-arts
  28. "RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoirs announced" Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. RTÉ Ten. 15 July 2011.
    https://www.rte.ie/ten/2011/0715/celebritybainisteoir.html
  29. "Lissan GAC" Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Mid Ulster Mail. 27 September 2011.
    http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/sport/lissan_gac_1_3071674
  30. ITV
    https://www.itv.com/news/utv/2023-05-05/music-legend-dana-talks-eurovision-and-new-singles-on-utv-life
  31. "Dana seeks help from all sides in bid to nail down her nomination"
    https://archive.today/20120909020517/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/dana-seeks-help-from-all-sides-in-bid-to-nail-down-her-nomination-2881200.html
  32. "Dana get first Aras nomination, as meetings continue"
    https://archive.today/20120908102140/http://www.newstalk.ie/2011/news/dana-get-first-aras-nomination-as-meetings-continue/
  33. "Carlow votes for Dana"
    http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/carlow-votes-for-dana-522073.html
  34. TheJournal.ie
    http://www.thejournal.ie/dana-is-officially-a-presidential-candidate-following-offaly-nomination-238169-Sep2011/
  35. Bbc.co.uk
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-15078509
  36. "Áras candidates set out positions in first debate"
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0928/breaking4.html
  37. The Irish Times
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1001/1224305088913.html
  38. The Irish Times
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1001/breaking3.html?via=mr
  39. www.gov.ie
    https://web.archive.org/web/20100516102833/http://www.taoiseach.gov.ie/upload/static/256.htm
  40. "Dana insists: 'I am not anti-Europe'"
    http://www.thejournal.ie/dana-insists-i-am-not-anti-europe-246353-Oct2011/
  41. RTÉ News
    https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1012/president_tracker.html
  42. Irish Examiner
    http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/ojcweykfcwql/
  43. Breakingnews.ie
    http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/dana-future-in-presidential-campaign-in-doubt-524131.html
  44. "Dana's brother charged with child molestation in UK" Archived 13 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Independent.ie, 2
    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/danas-brother-charged-with-child-molestation-in-uk-29289710.html
  45. BBC News
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-28482986
  46. RTÉ.ie
    https://www.rte.ie/radio1/marian-finucane/programmes/2014/0726/633234-marian-finucane-saturday-26-july-2014/?clipid=1638042
  47. RTÉ.ie
    https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/1118/1261708-courts-damages/
  48. Galwaynews.ie
    https://archive.today/20120801131111/http://www.galwaynews.ie/21624-claregalway-resident-dana-intends-run-president
  49. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992
  50. austriancharts.at
    https://austriancharts.at/search.asp?cat=s&artist=dana&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts
  51. ultratop.be
    https://www.ultratop.be/nl/search.asp?lang=nl&cat=s&artist=dana&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts
  52. ultratop.be
    https://www.ultratop.be/fr/search.asp?lang=fr&cat=s&artist=dana&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts
  53. irishcharts.ie
    http://irishcharts.ie/search/placement
  54. dutchcharts.nl
    https://dutchcharts.nl/search.asp?cat=s&artist=dana&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts
  55. charts.nz
    https://charts.nz/search.asp?cat=s&artist=dana&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts
  56. swisscharts.com
    http://swisscharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&from=&to=&artist=dana&artist_search=exact&title=&title_search=starts
  57. www.officialcharts.com
    https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14001/dana/
  58. www.offiziellecharts.de
    https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-143
  59. www.offiziellecharts.de
    https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-19987
  60. www.offiziellecharts.de
    https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-19974
  61. Substituted by Seán Ó Neachtain (FF / UEN) on 2 July 2002
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