Bill Whelan

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Bill Whelan, (born 22 May 1950 in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and celtic music. It was released as a single in the UK in 1994, credited to "Bill Whelan and Anúna featuring the RTÉ Concert Orchestra". It reached number 9 and stayed in the charts for 16 weeks. The album of the same title reached number 31 in the album charts in 1995.

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Discography

Album

Year Title Rating Releases
1992 The Seville Suite 1

Album + Soundtrack

Year Title Rating Releases
1995 Riverdance: Music From the Show Soundtrack 5
1996 Some Mother's Son Soundtrack 2
1997 The Roots of Riverdance Soundtrack 1
2000 Riverdance on Broadway Soundtrack 1
2000 Dancing at Lughnasa Soundtrack 1

Single

Year Title Rating Releases
1994 Riverdance (feat. Anúna and The RTE Concert Orchestra) 1

Unspecified type

Year Title Rating Releases
1992 The Seville Suite 1

Soundtrack

Year Title Rating Releases
— Riverdance Soundtrack 1

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