Barry Ryan (singer)

Barry Ryan ( born October 24, 1948 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England as Barry Sapherson ) is a British pop singer who from the mid-1960s, together with his twin brother, Paul Ryan, in 1968 the world as a solo artist until the early 1970s hit parades - could celebrate successes. His biggest hit is the written by Paul Ryan Eloise.

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Life

Childhood and youth

The identical twins were children of the 1950s rather successful singer Marion Ryan and her first husband Lloyd Sapherson. At 15, she joined a self into show business; they took over from then on the girls and artist names her mother - first as The Ryan Twins.

The musical history

The Ryan Brothers published in the 1960s by Decca Records number of successful hit singles, including Do not Bring Me Your Heartaches (1965 ), Have Pity On The Boy (1966) and I Love Her (1966 ), which in the were able to place the British charts in the top 20. Your well-styled by top designers photogenic looks, catchy songs and Barry's distinctive voice gave them numerous tours, appearances on TV shows and a high media presence in the former pop teen magazines.

However, the celebrity hype and the stress associated brought Paul allegedly on the brink of a nervous breakdown. In 1967, the brothers began therefore, to focus on new ways. They signed a recording contract in late 1967 at the MGM Records label. Following the release of two further joint Singles ( Heartbreaker and Pictures Of Today), Paul moved on writing and producing the songs, while Barry it claimed as an interpreter.

The solo career

With the second published by MGM Records solo single Eloise Barry Ryan succeeded in 1968 an absolute worldwide hit. In six countries, the dramatic, richly orchestrated song occupied for weeks the number one of the charts. In the home country, the UK Eloise came in at number 2 The single sold a total of over three million times. The inspiration for writing this song Paul Ryan took while listening to the song McArthur Park by Richard Harris. He was so excited about this song that he also wanted to write a song in the style of music.

Paul still wrote other hits for Ryan, for example, Love Is Love, The Hunt and kitsch, but not able to build on the worldwide success of Eloise. The song Kitsch describes the effect of this commonly used also in the English word on Barry Ryan ("... Kitsch is a beautiful word, it 's a beautiful word, it 's a beautiful lullaby ...").

Like the Beatles or Mary Hopkin sang Ryan also songs in German, such as Time only makes the devil wait, that was in 1972 a top 10 hit in Germany.

In 1969, Ryan was awarded the Bronze and Silver Bravo Otto in 1970 the youth magazine Bravo. In still photos for Bravo, there was in 1969 an accident in which Ryan allegedly suffered severe burns; it has been suggested that the accident to publicity purposes was heavily dramatized.

After the great success

After the 1972 failed to materialize further chart success. This both the solo releases of Barry Ryan, as well as in the common in the years 1973 and 1974 produced singles with brother Paul Ryan. In 1976, Barry Ryan took the pseudonym Matayo with the same single another, but unsuccessful attempt to build on the earlier successes.

After Barry had married in 1978, he retired into private life. He moved his artistic activity from then propagated in the photograph. Only in 1989 he published, at the urging of his brother Paul again two singles, but both of which flopped. At this time a cancer has been diagnosed with Paul, in which he only 44 years old, died on 29 November 1992.

With his hobby of photography, Barry Ryan worked from mid-1980s, a reputation as a photographer. His pictures hang inter alia, in the National Portrait Gallery in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Occasionally, Barry Ryan still in oldies shows on television on and presents his greatest hits (especially Eloise ). In 1999 appeared together with the formation Klaus & Klaus, a new recording of time only makes the devil just.

Eloise was covered in 1981 by the band The teens and 1985 by the punk band The Damned. A remix of the original, came in 1990 in Germany again in the sale.