Sonny Knowles

Stage Actor

Birthday November 2, 1932

Birth Sign Scorpio

Birthplace Ireland

DEATH DATE Nov 15, 2018 (86)

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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.