Dana Rosemary Scallon
Pop music, Politician
1951 –
Who is Dana Rosemary Scallon?
Dana Rosemary Scallon, known in her singing career as Dana, is an Irish singer and former Member of the European Parliament.
She won the Eurovision Song Contest 1970 with "All Kinds of Everything", a worldwide million-seller. She subsequently released over 30 singles and 30 albums as a songwriter and performer of Christian music.
She entered politics in 1997, running unsuccessfully in the Irish presidential election, but later being elected as the MEP for Connacht–Ulster. Scallon was again an independent candidate in the Irish 2011 presidential election but was eliminated on the first count having received 51,220 votes which placed her sixth, above the only other female candidate Mary Davis.
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- Born
- Aug 30, 1951
Islington - Also known as
- Rosemary Brown
- Dana Scallon
- Dana
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Damien Scallon
(1978/10/05 - )
- Damien Scallon
- Children
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Nationality
- Republic of Ireland
- Profession
- Education
- Thornhill College
- Lived in
- Londonderry
- Islington
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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