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Brian Edward Patrick Kennedy (born 12 October 1966, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Irish singer-songwriter and author, who is known for his ballads, and has represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006. He is the younger brother of the late musician Bap Kennedy.
Music career
Kennedy came to prominence with the masses as one of Van Morrison's backing singers, appearing on a string of recordings including A Night in San Francisco, Days Like This, The Healing Game and Back on Top and live in concert, frequently alongside Georgie Fame. He had a minor UK radio airplay hit with the title track from his 2001 album Get on With Your Short Life.
Kennedy was chosen as the Irish competitor for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest in Athens, where he sang the self-penned 'Every Song is a Cry for Love'. His performance in the contest's semi-finals marked the 1000th song to feature in the history of the Eurovision competition. Following qualification, Kennedy finished tenth in the finals on 20 May, with 93 points.
He performed on the original Secret Garden version of the song 'You Raise Me Up', which has been recorded by more than a hundred other artists, such as Josh Groban and Westlife; he also sang this song at the funeral of the footballer, George Best.
Kennedy performed at the opening of new studios for his local station Belfast CityBeat in 2006. In July 2008, he joined the judging panel of the Citybeat Young Star Search, Northern Ireland's biggest kids talent search.
On 23 August 2010, Kennedy played a version of 'Christopher Street' on a small Balcony overlooking Dame Street, Dublin for the music viral show BalconyTV.
Discography
The Great War of Words (1990) – UK No. 64
A Better Man (1996) – UK No. 19
Now That I Know What I Want (1999)
Won't You Take Me Home (2000)
Get on With Your Short Life (2001)
On Song (2003)
Live in Belfast (2004)
On Song 2: Red Sails in the Sunset (2005)
Homebird (2006)
Interpretations (2008)
The Very Best Of Brian Kennedy (2010)
Voice (2012)
A Love Letter To Joni (2013)
Essential (2016) - re-recordings of previous material
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