RIP Val Donnican

[Gob]

Irish singer and TV entertainer Val Doonican has died aged 88.



His family said he died "peacefully" at a nursing home in Buckinghamshire. He had not been ill, but his daughter said his "batteries had just run out".
The performer was a regular fixture on TV with The Val Doonican show which ran on the BBC from 1965 to 1986, featuring his own performances and guest artists.
He was also rarely out of the UK charts in the 1960s and '70s with songs like Walk Tall and Elusive Butterfly.
In the album chart, he had five successive top 10 records and even knocked The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band off the top spot in 1967 with Val Doonican Rocks, But Gently.

In a statement, his family said: "He was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather and will be greatly missed by family, friends and his many fans."
Irish entertainer Roy Walker told the BBC Doonican was "an example to everybody".
"The way he conducted himself he was the consummate professional.
"In the early days I was his opening comedian and he was one of the most generous people on stage. He would go out and do 10 minutes at the top of the show and introduce you - even though you were nobody - as his 'very special guest'.
"He was a joy to be with, a pleasure to work with and one of the all-time good guys in showbusiness."

[Gob]

[MajGenl.Meade]

Well he was a must-view back in the days of yore. RIP Val.

[wesw]

my goodness. I clicked on Walk Tall, just for the heck of it, and right away I noticed the similarity to Johnny Cash. then he sang a few lines that reminded me of one of my songs (the line from mine is "sometimes I go where my mama told me, that a proper young man don t belong to be", just so you don t think I stole the idea from him.. . I never went to jail tho... knock on wood...) then he started talking about jail and reminded me of Cash again.

pretty good song, did he write it?

[wesw]

I really liked Delaney s Donkey too. I really identify with that donkey....

...unfortunately I m a lot like that stupid goat too....

good stuff.

[MajGenl.Meade]

Wiki he say...

"Walk Tall" is a country music song written by American songwriter Don Wayne. It was a number 3 hit on the UK singles chart in 1964 for Irish singer Val Doonican, becoming Doonican's first British chart success. Doonican's version also reached no.2 in Ireland and no.29 in Australia. In the US, the song was recorded by Faron Young, whose version reached no.10 on the country music chart in late 1965