His Special Years: Very Best [Import]

His Special Years: Very Best [Import]

His Special Years: Very Best [Import]

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
2. You Were Always on My Mind
3. If I Were a Carpenter
4. All My Loving
5. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
6. Me and the Elephant
7. Wind Beaneath My Wings
8. Liverpool Lullaby
9. Special Years
10. Durham Town (The Leaving)
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Disc: 2
1. Walk Right Back
2. Three Times a Lady
3. Streets of London
4. It's Impossible
5. High
6. Maggie
7. Scarboro' Fair
8. You Needed Me
9. Two Streets
10. Ring of Bright Water
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His Special Years: Very Best,Val Doonican,Polygram Int'l,Folk,Jazz Vocals,Pop,Rock
His Special Years: Very Best
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Irish balladeer better remembered as TV host
  • A voice that heals
 His Special Years: Very Best
Val Doonican
Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JP8N
Release Date: 1999-05-06

Tracks:

  1. 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)
  2. You Were Always on My Mind
  3. If I Were a Carpenter
  4. All My Loving
  5. When You Were Sweet Sixteen
  6. Me and the Elephant
  7. Wind Beaneath My Wings
  8. Liverpool Lullaby
  9. Special Years
  10. Durham Town (The Leaving)
  11. Windmills of Your Mind
  12. If I Knew Then What I Know Now
  13. Green, Green Grass of Home
  14. Walk Tall
  15. Bunch of Thyme
  16. Hello
  17. Now
  18. Yesterday
  19. Thing Called Love
  20. He'll Have to Go
  21. I'm Gonna Get There Somehow
  22. Elusive Butterfly
  23. If the Whole World Stopped Lovin'
  24. Stranger on the Shore
  25. What Would I Be

Tracks:

  1. Walk Right Back
  2. Three Times a Lady
  3. Streets of London
  4. It's Impossible
  5. High
  6. Maggie
  7. Scarboro' Fair
  8. You Needed Me
  9. Two Streets
  10. Ring of Bright Water
  11. I Love You Because
  12. Daughter
  13. Portrait of My Love
  14. Mysterious People
  15. Folks Who Live on the Hill
  16. King of the Road
  17. Man Chases a Girl
  18. Morning
  19. Sun Always Shines (When You're Young)
  20. Heaven Is My Woman's Love
  21. First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
  22. Memories Are Made of This
  23. Scarlet Ribbons
  24. You're the Only One
  25. Delaney's Donkey

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Irish balladeer better remembered as TV host.......2004-09-27

Everybody who was around in the sixties, seventies and eighties in the UK remembers who Val Doonican was - he was a regular on TV, usually hosting his own show in which he would always sing at least one song, often sitting in a rocking chair. But before he established himself as a TV host, he was a singer with a string of UK hits - three top three hits, two other top ten hits, three that came close to the top ten and six minor hits. Ballads were his stock-in-trade but he was not limited to them as he sometimes recorded up-tempo or mid-tempo songs. In the main, he recorded easy listening pop music or covers of soul, country and folk songs adapted to an easy listening pop style but he also recorded some Irish songs too. This compilation, the most comprehensive yet released on CD, covers all aspects of his music.

His five big hits were Walk tall (one of his more upbeat songs), The special years, Elusive butterfly (a cover of the Bob Lind classic - both Val and Bob peaked at number five in the UK charts), What would I be (his biggest hit) and If the whole world stopped loving. The three hits that didn't quite make the UK top ten were Memories are made of this (a cover of Dean Martin's fifties classic), If I knew then what I know now and Morning. All these hits, together with the minor hits, can be found on this collection.

This collection largely avoids his recordings of Irish songs although there are some, notably Delaney's donkey. If you are keen on this aspect of his career, it is possible to find his Irish songs elsewhere. The majority of the tracks here are covers, some of which are of songs that are very familiar and others less so. Among these, my favorite is Me and the elephant, a song that never charted in Britain for anybody but which was played a lot on some radio stations.

This is a great collection of Val's music. If you enjoy the music of Andy Williams, Dean Martin and Perry Como, give Val a listen. You will probably enjoy what you hear.

5 out of 5 stars A voice that heals.......2001-07-23

Val Doonican is not that well known in America but deserves to be. He is rather like an Irish Perry Como with the same soothing relaxing balm of a voice. I first heard of him when living in England and his RING OF BRIGHT WATER still thrills me. Get this CD and listen to it -- you will not regret it believe me friends.

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