Joe Dolan – Joe Dolan's 32 Greatest Hits (CD - Volume 1)

Sixteen tracks from Mullingar's man in the white suit, and a masterclass in Irish pop showmanship. Joe Dolan was the rare showband-era star whose hits travelled far beyond Ireland, with Make Me An Island reaching number one in fourteen countries in 1969, and this collection gathers the core of that golden run: The Answer To Everything, Goodbye Venice Goodbye, I Love You More And More Every Day and Sister Mary among them, alongside his charging takes on Proud Mary and Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller. That voice, an octave-leaping tenor unlike anything else in Irish music, carried him from ballroom stages to a late-career renaissance that made him a hero to a whole new generation. Good Looking Woman chants at festivals didn't come from nowhere: it all starts here.