Brian Kennedy · Spotify · Courtesy of Spotify
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 40
Top works
- National 5 Practical Metalwork
- Australian Place Names
- Water
- Anxiety Disorders
- Locked in Closets and Other Fairy Tales
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- The Homesman — Barkeep Fitzpatrick2014
- A Tribute To Burt Bacharach & Hal David — Self2001
- This Is the Sea — Singer in Bar1997
- Saturday Night Live — (voice)1975
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 28,457
- Total plays
- 201,429
Tags
irishfolkpopirelandEurovision
Brian Kennedy (born Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy on 12 October 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter and author from Belfast. A protege of Van Morrison, Kennedy has a gentle voice that he puts it to good use in his many ballads. He represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. As a singer with perfect pitch, he has been described as having ‘the voice which charms angels’. His first album was 'The Great War of Words' followed by 'A Better Man' in 1996 which gained quadruple platinum
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brian
- Family name
- Kennedy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- Belfast
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 2006
- Field of work
- singing
- Genre
- soul
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc.
- Official website
- www.briankennedy.co.uk
- Image
- Brian Kennedy, 2018 (cropped).jpg
- Voice type
- tenor
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- date of birth
- 1966-10-12
- different from
- Brian Kennedy
- name in native language
- Brian Kennedy
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- social media followers
- 16968
- sexual orientation
- gay
Sources (2)
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