Feargal Sharkey

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Feargal Sharkey, 2009
Feargal Sharkey, 2009
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Feargal Sharkey
  DE 29 01/20/1986 (12 weeks)
  CH 11 01/12/1986 (10 weeks)
  UK 12 
gold
gold
11/23/1985 (20 weeks)
  US 75 03/08/1986 (11 weeks)
Songs from the Mardi Gras
  UK 27 04/20/1991 (4 weeks)
Singles
Listen to Your Father
  UK 23 10/13/1984 (7 weeks)
Loving you
  CH 23 02/16/1986 (3 weeks)
  UK 26th 06/29/1985 (11 weeks)
A good heart
  DE 4th December 9, 1985 (15 weeks)
  AT 13 02/01/1986 (6 weeks)
  CH 3 December 29, 1985 (10 weeks)
  UK 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 
gold
gold
October 12, 1985 (16 weeks)
  US 74 03/15/1986 (6 weeks)
You Little Thief
  DE 30th 02/24/1986 (8 weeks)
  CH 27 03/09/1986 (1 week)
  UK 5 01/04/1986 (9 weeks)
Someone to Somebody
  UK 64 04/05/1986 (5 weeks)
More love
  UK 44 January 16, 1988 (5 weeks)
I've Got News for You
  UK 12 March 16, 1991 (9 weeks)

Sean Feargal Sharkey (born August 13, 1958 in Derry ) is a Northern Irish singer. He ended his artistic career at the beginning of the 1990s and has worked in music management ever since .

Career

Sharkey was first known as the front man of the punk pop band The Undertones . After their dissolution in 1983, he worked briefly with the group The Assembly . The result was the single Never Never , which reached fourth place in the UK charts .

In 1984 he began a career as a solo artist. Sharkey's biggest hit was the single A Good Heart , which was number 1 in the UK singles charts for two weeks in November 1985 . The song was written by Maria McKee . The follow-up single You Little Thief and his debut album , which was produced by Dave Stewart , also sold very well.

From the beginning of the 1990s, Sharkey was more active as a music producer and worked as an A&R manager at Polydor . From December 1998 to December 2003 he was a member of the UK Radio Authority . Since October 2008 he has been CEO of UK Music, an umbrella organization for the British music industry that he co-founded. In November 2011, he resigned from his position at UK Music to pursue other duties.

Speaking about his career and his decision to step down, Sharkey spoke about his career and his decision to step back, speaking on Simon Logan's afternoon show on August 7, 2013, on Simon Logan's afternoon show: “I had an absolutely brilliant career ... It was time to leave the stage and take your place do [for new artists]. "

Discography

Albums

  • 1985: Feargal Sharkey ( Virgin Records )
  • 1988: Wish (Virgin Records)
  • 1991: Songs from the Mardi Gras (Virgin Records)

Singles

  • 1984: Listen to Your Father (released September)
  • 1985: Loving You (released June)
  • 1985: A Good Heart (released September)
  • 1985: You Little Thief (released December)
  • 1986: Someone to Somebody (released March)
  • 1986: Save Me ( The Undertones feat. Feargal Sharkey)
  • 1988: More Love (released January)
  • 1988: Out of My System (release: March 14th)
  • 1988: If This Is Love
  • 1991: I've Got News for You (release: February 25th)
  • 1991: Women and I (release: May 28)
  • 1991: To Miss Someone (released August 12)
  • 1991: Cry Like a Rainy Day

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: Singles Albums UK US1 US2
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
  3. ↑ Feargal Sharkey Speaks At Midemnet 2009: How Can Music & Isps Work Together? ( Memento from August 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ^ Josh Halliday: Feargal Sharkey stands down as chief of UK Music. In: The Guardian. November 11, 2011, accessed May 22, 2015 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Sharkey, Feargal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sharkey, Sean Feargal (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British singer (Northern Ireland)
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Derry , UK