John McCormack

Biography

14 June 1884, Athlone, Eire, d. 16 September 1945, Booterstown, Dublin, Eire. The son of a Scottish father who moved from Galashiels to work in Athlone’s woollen mills, McCormack was one of the most renowned tenors of the first part of the twentieth century, as well as an early recording star. After winning a singing competition in Dublin in 1903, he made his first records in London the following year. He studied opera singing in Milan, Italy and regularly appeared at Covent Garden in... Read more

Genres

Folk Pop / Rock Vocals World Music

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tenor

irish folk

celtic

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40s

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ireland

10s

great singers

30s

1920s

1910s

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gramophone

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