Chris de Burgh

Chris de Burgh is an Argentinian born British-Irish singer-songwriter who is most famous for his 1986 love song "The Lady in Red", which reached number-one in Belgium, Canada, Ireland, Norway, and the United Kingdom.

His début album, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, was released in February 1975, and five months later, he released a single called "Turning Round" from the album, released outside the UK and Ireland as "Flying".The song stayed on top of the Brazilian charts for 17 weeks. This became a familiar pattern for the singer/songwriter, as every one of his '70s albums failed to chart in the UK or US while they racked up big sales in European and South American countries.

In 1981, he had his first UK chart entry with Best Moves, a collection culled from his early albums. In 1982, he released The Getaway which reached number 30 in the UK charts and number 43 in the US with the help of the single "Don't Pay the Ferryman". Chris de Burgh's follow-up album, Man on the Line, also performed well, charting at 69 in the US and 11 in the UK.

Chris de Burgh had an across-the-board success with the ballad "The Lady in Red" in late 1986. The single became a number one hit in the UK and its accompanying album, Into the Light, reached number two in the UK. That Christmas season, a re-release of de Burgh's 1976 Christmas song "A Spaceman Came Travelling" became a Top 40 hit in the UK. In 1988, Flying Colours, his follow-up to Into the Light, entered the British charts at number one, but failed to chart in the US. De Burgh never hit the US charts again and his commercial fortunes began to slide slightly in Britain in the early 1990s.

Chris de Burgh has released 19 studio albums, 9 compilation albums, 5 live albums and 59 hit singles, along with 8 videos and DVDs and one box set.