Christy Moore

Christy Moore (born May 7, 1945 in Newbridge , County Kildare ) is an Irish singer, musician and songwriter.

Musical development

Christy Moore was born in Newbridge, west of Dublin , in 1945. With his school friend Dónal Lunny he founded the band Rakes of Kildare. He did a bank apprenticeship and finally went to England in 1966, where he made his way in the London pub and music scene and met numerous Irish musicians. In 1969 he released his first solo record, Paddy on the Road , and in 1971 he returned to Ireland. He met the singer John Reilly and learned numerous songs from him. Moore recorded the album Prosperous . With some musicians who were involved in this album, including Lunny and Andy Irvine , he founded the band Planxty , one of the most successful Irish folk formations of the 1970s. This dissolved in 1975 in favor of solo projects, only to appear again briefly from 1979 and around 2004.

During the 1970s and 1980s, Christy Moore recorded a large number of records. In addition to Moore, well-known musicians from the Irish folk scene such as Andy Irvine, Dónal Lunny, Jimmy Faulkner and Liam Óg O'Flynn were responsible for the successes and highlights . In addition to his own projects, Moore was repeatedly on tour and in the studio with other bands, especially Planxty, which he co-founded, and, in the early 1980s, the rockier Moving Hearts .

In the 1990s and early 2000s it was quite quiet around him at times, mainly for health reasons. Nevertheless, new albums continued to emerge.

Christy Moore's brother, Barry Moore, is also a singer and goes by the name Luka Bloom .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)		Remarks
		IE	UK
1984	Ride on	IE?IE	UK- silver UK	Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available
1986	The Spirit of Freedom	IE?IE	-	Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available
1991	Smoke and Strong Whiskey	IE?IE	UK49 (3 weeks) UK	Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available
	The Christy Moore Collection 81-91	IE? (… Where.) IE	UK69 silver (1 week)UK	Chart data in IE before 2000 not completely available, from 2000 more than 600 weeks in the charts
1993	King Puck	IE2IE	UK66 (2 weeks) UK	Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available
1994	Live at the point	IE1IE	UK95 silver (1 week)UK	Recorded live at the Point Theater in Dublin. Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available, from 2000 in the charts for more than 300 weeks
1996	Graffiti tongue	IE2IE	UK35 (3 weeks) UK	Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available
1999	Traveler	IE1IE	-	Chart data in IE before 2000 not fully available
2001	This is the day	IE1 (36 weeks) IE	-
2002	Live at Vicar Street	IE1 (43 weeks) IE	-
2004	The Box Set 1964-2004	IE2 (23 weeks) IE	-
2005	Burning Times	IE3 × 2 Double platinum (14 weeks)IE	-
2006	Live at the Point 2006	IE1 × 2 Double platinum (26 weeks)IE	-
2009	Lists	IE1 platinum (16 weeks)IE	UK51 (2 weeks) UK
2011	Folk Tale	IE3 gold (15 weeks)IE	-
2013	Where I Come From	IE3 gold (15 weeks)IE	-
2016	Lily	IE3 (17 weeks) IE	-
2017	On the road	IE1 (96 weeks) IE	-

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

More albums

• Paddy on the Road (1969)
• Prosperous (1972)
• Whatever Tickles Your Fancy (1975)
• Christy Moore (1976)
• Christy Moore Folk Collection (1973-1978) (1978)
• The Iron Behind the Velvet (1978)
• Live in Dublin (1978)
• Christy Moore and Friends (1981)
• The Time Has Come (1983)
• Ordinary Man (1985)
• Unfinished Revolution (1987)
• Christy Moore (1988)
• Voyage (1989)
• The Christy Moore Collection Part 2 (1997)
• Fairytale of New York ( High Hopes Choir feat. Christy Moore, 2015)
• Quiet Desperation (High Hopes Choir feat.Christy Moore, 2015)

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		IE
1982	The Time Has Come The Time Has Come	IE16 (4 weeks) IE
1983	Don't Forget Your Shovel The Time Has Come	IE5 (7 weeks) IE
	The Knock Song The Time Has Come	IE10 (6 weeks) IE
1984	Ride On Ride On	IE5 (9 weeks) IE
	Lisdoonvarna Ride On	IE5 (7 weeks) IE
	Back Home in Derry Ride On	IE17 (2 weeks) IE
1985	Delirium Tremens Ordinary Man	IE6 (4 weeks) IE
	Ordinary Man Ordinary Man	IE23 (3 weeks) IE
1986	Sweet Music Roll On Ordinary Man	IE22 (2 weeks) IE
	Make it work	IE1 (3 weeks) IE	with Paul Doran and the Self Aid Band
	Reel in the Flickering Light Ordinary Man	IE13 (3 weeks) IE
1987	Biko Drum Unfinished Revolution	IE13 (3 weeks) IE
	Messenger Boy Unfinished Revolution	IE17 (2 weeks) IE
1988	Native Unfinished Revolution	IE8 (4 weeks) IE
1989	The Voyage Voyage	IE2 (11 weeks) IE
	Missing You Voyage	IE12 (2 weeks) IE
1990	Welcome to the Cabaret Smoke & Strong Whiskey	IE4 (5 weeks) IE
1991	Encore Smoke & Strong Whiskey	IE14 (2 weeks) IE
1995	North and South of the River Graffiti Tongue	IE12 (8 weeks) IE	with Bono & The Edge
2004	Lonely Soldier	IE4 (10 weeks) IE	with Damien Rice
2009	The Ballad of Ruby Walsh Lists	IE25 (2 weeks) IE
2012	Joxer Goes to Stuttgart Where I Come From	IE32 (4 weeks) IE
2013	Black is the color	IE47 (2 weeks) IE
2015	Fairytale of New York On The Road	IE54 (2 weeks) IE	with the High Hopes Choir
	Quiet Desperatione On The Road	IE82 (1 week) IE	with the High Hopes Choir

Video albums

• Live At Barrowland Glasgow (with Declan Sinnott, 2009, IE:gold)

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1. ↑ ^{a b c} Dónal Lunny : Preface. In: Frank Conolly (Ed.): The Christy Moore Songbook. Brandon, Cooleen 1984, ISBN 0-86322-063-0 , p. 5.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: IE UK
3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK IE

Web links

• Official website (English)