Sonny Knowles
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About
Prolific singer for more than six decades who became one of Ireland's most popular performers. He is famous for albums like 2001's "Sunshine & Shamrocks."
Before Fame
He studied the saxophone and clarinet at the famed Dublin Music School.
Trivia
He twice participated in the Irish National Song Contest, singing two songs there in 1966 and returning in 1971.
Family Life
He was born to parents Mary and Tommy Knowles. He survived esophageal cancer twice.
Associated With
He and Joe Dolan, whose career spanned more than forty years, are two of Ireland's most beloved singers.
