Johnny Logan
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- Born
- 1954-05-13
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Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Irish singer and musician. He is best known for being the first performer to win the Eurovision Song Contest as a lead singer twice.
Known for
- 70 Jahre ESC - More than Music — Self - Interviewee2026
- MTV - Euphoria! 50 Eurovision Hits! — Self (archive footage)2025
- Eurovision: 30 Unforgettable Moments — Self2023
- Kiwis große Partynacht — Self2023
- Die Beatrice Egli Show — Self2022
- The Masked Singer — Edelhert2020
- Schlager-Spaß — Self2018
- Privatkonzert — Self2017
- Xaviers Wunschkonzert Live — Self2017
- Wunderbares Schlagerland — Self2017
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Johnny Logan (born Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard, 13 May 1954), is an Irish singer and composer. Nicknamed by some "Mr Eurovision". Logan was born in Frankston near Melbourne, Australia. His father was an Irish tenor, Patrick O'Hagan, who performed three times at The White House, for John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. The family moved back to Ireland when Johnny was aged three. He learned the guitar and began composing his own songs by the age of thirteen. <a href="https://w
Recent publications · Crossref
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- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
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- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
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- THE WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY IN DEVELOPMENT AND DISEASE
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Key facts
- Born
- Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard , ( 1954-05-13 ) 13 May 1954 (age 72) , Frankston, Victoria , Australia
- Origin
- County Dublin , Ireland
- Genres
- Pop Celtic
- Occupations
- Singer musician
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar
- Years active
- 1978–present
- Website
- johnnylogan .com
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Key dates
- Born
- 13 May 1954
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johnny
- Family name
- Logan
- Named after
- Johnny Guitar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Republic of Ireland
- Place of birth
- City of Frankston
- Occupation
- musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Eurovision Song Contest 1980
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Seán Patrick Michael Sherrard (born 13 May 1954), also known professionally as Johnny Logan, is an Australian-born Irish singer, songwriter and musician. He is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest twice, in 1980 and 1987. He also composed the winning song in 1992.
Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980 with the song "What's Another Year", which topped the charts in eight countries. He won for a second time in 1987 with the song "Hold Me Now", which topped the charts in Israel, Ireland and Belgium and was a top ten hit in ten other music markets. For 36 years he was the only artist to have won the contest twice, until Loreen's second victory in 2023.
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