Johnny Logan

Johnny Logan (2010)

Johnny Logan , actually Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard O'Hagan (born May 13, 1954 in Frankston near Melbourne ), is an Irish singer and composer .

biography

Johnny Logan was born the son of Irish star tenor Patrick O'Hagan .

Logan celebrated his greatest successes at the Eurovision Song Contest . In 1980 he won the competition in The Hague with the title What's Another Year, composed by Shay Healy . He also won on his second participation in 1987 in Brussels . The winning title Hold Me Now came from his pen. Logan competed with the ballad even though his marriage had broken up a few days earlier. He had written the song for his wife.

In 1992 he composed the Irish contribution Why Me? , with which the singer Linda Martin won the Eurovision Song Contest . Linda Martin had already come second in the competition with Terminal 3, also composed by Logan, in 1984 .

Johnny Logan wants to build on his great successes again since 2007. With the album Irish Connection he succeeded in Scandinavia , where he was number 1 in the album charts in Denmark ( platinum ), Sweden ( gold ) and Norway (double platinum). Concerts in these countries were sold out. In 2008 the album Irishman in America followed . The long player Nature of Love was released in early 2010 . That same year Logan appeared as Arthur in the rock opera Excalibur . In 2017 he presented the album It Is What It Is , a kind of musical life balance with very different musical styles from jazz to rock 'n' roll . Logan commented, “Because by changing my style so often that it confused not only myself but my audience as well, it sometimes felt like I didn't have a real musical identity. Apart from my Eurovision songs. "

Johnny Logan lives in Hofolding, southeast of Munich .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE
1987	Hold me now	DE18 (8 weeks) DE	-	CH25 (2 weeks) CH	UK83 (1 week) UK	-
2007	The Irish Connection	DE71 (2 weeks) DE	-	CH73 (1 week) CH	-	-	Johnny Logan & Friends

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

Johnny Logan at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague

More albums

• 1979: In London
• 1980: Johnny Logan
• 1980: Same
• 1980: The Johnny Logan Album
• 1980: What's Another Year
• 1985: Straight from the Heart
• 1989: Mention My Name
• 1992: Endless Emotion
• 1996: Reach Out
• 1999: Love Is All
• 2001: Reach for Me
• 2001: Save This Christmas for Me
• 2003: We All Need Love
• 2009: Irishman in America
• 2010: Nature of Love
• 2013: The Irish Connection 2
• 2017: It Is What It Is

Compilations

• 1989: What's Another Year
• 1990: Love Songs
• 1996: The Best of Johnny Logan
• 2010: The Best Of
• 2011: shine lights

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	IE
1980	What's Another Year The Johnny Logan Album	DE2 (24 weeks) DE	AT5 (14 weeks) AT	CH2 (10 weeks) CH	UK1 silver (8 weeks)UK	IE1 (10 weeks) IE	Writer: Shay Healy Producer / Arranger: Bill Whelan
	In London	DE70 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	Authors: Roberto Danova, Shona Laing Producers: Ken Gibson, Roberto Danova
	Give a Little Bit More (Too Much too Soon) The Johnny Logan Album	-	-	-	-	IE25 (2 weeks) IE	Producer: David Mackay
1982	Oriental eyes	-	-	-	-	IE18 (5 weeks) IE	Writer: Paul Davis Producers: Nick Glennie-Smith , Trevor Spencer
	Becoming Electric	-	-	-	-	IE22 (3 weeks) IE
1984	Heaven	-	-	-	-	IE20 (2 weeks) IE
1987	Hold Me Now Hold Me Now	DE2 (15 weeks) DE	AT4 (14 weeks) AT	CH6 (12 weeks) CH	UK2 silver (11 weeks)UK	IE1 (14 weeks) IE	Writer: Johnny Logan Producer / Arranger: Bill Whelan
	I'm Not in Love Hold Me Now	DE47 (8 weeks) DE	-	-	UK51 (5 weeks) UK	IE8 (5 weeks) IE	Authors: Eric Stewart , Graham Gouldman Producer: Paul Hardcastle , Original: 10cc , 1975
1988	Heartland	-	-	-	-	IE21 (2 weeks) IE
1990	Lay Down Your Heart Mention My Name	-	-	-	-	IE20 (5 weeks) IE
1992	How About Us Endless Emotion	DE70 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Producer / Arranger: Jürgen Fritz
	It's Only Tears Endless Emotion	DE82 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-	Author / producer: Ralf René Maué
2004	We All Need Love We All Need Love	DE85 (3 weeks) DE	-	-	-	-
2006	Don't Cry Main Event	-	-	-	-	IE25 (1 week) IE	with Kaye Styles Text: Kaye Styles, Music: Plankton Maffia
2013	Prayin '	-	-	-	-	IE3 (1 week) IE

More singles

1978: No, I Don't Want to Fall in Love 1980: What a year (German version of What's Another Year ) 1980: Save Me 1980: Louisiana Rain 1981: I love you the way you are 1987: Stay 1988: Lonely Lovers 1989: All I Ever Wanted 1989: Red Lips 1991: Miss You Nights 1992: Long Lie the Rivers 1993: Celebrate and Win 1993: I'm No Hero 1993: Voices (Are Calling) 1994: White Magic

1995: Another Lover 1996: Reunited (feat. Dara Rolins) 1996: The Only Thing I've Ever Wanted 1996: The Love in Your Eyes 1997: Vision of Glory (with Montserrat Caballé ) 1997: Love to Live 1998: You've Really Got a Hold On Me (with Wendy van Wanten) 1999: Silly Love Songs 2001: No One Makes Love Like You (feat. Nicole ) 2001: Let Love Be Love (feat. Friends) 2001: Hold Me Now 2001 2002: You've Lost that Loving Feeling (with André Hazes ) 2006: A State of Happiness 2010: Last Days of Beautiful

DVD

• 2013: The Irish Connection - Live

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1. ↑ Information about Johnny Logan on Schlager.de accessed on March 25, 2019
2. ↑ Autograph address [1] accessed on March 25, 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE Singles DE Albums AT CH UK IE Singles
4. ↑ ^{a b} UK gold / platinum database

Web links

Commons : Johnny Logan  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Johnny Logan in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Johnny Logan at Allmusic (English)
• Johnny Logan at Discogs (English)
• Discography at austriancharts.at