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Avuncular easy listening Irish vocalist Val Doonican was very popular with British grown ups during the mid to late sixties, courtesy of his regular BBC TV show. However, today's audiences may find some of his songs rather mawkish and corny. (UK:5)
"Everybody who was around in the sixties in the UK remembers Val Doonican as a regular on TV, usually hosting his own show in which he would always sing at least one song, often sitting in a rocking chair. But before he established himself as a TV host, he was a singer with a string of UK hits."
"Ballads were his stock-in-trade, but he was not limited to them as he sometimes recorded uptempo or mid-tempo songs. In the main, he recorded easy listening music or covers of soul, country and folk songs adapted to an easy listening style, but he also recorded some Irish songs too."
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