Culture That Made Me: Johnny Logan talks Led Zeppelin, Hercule Poirot, and his dad
Johnny Logan has recorded a charity version of Driving Home For Christmas.
Johnny Logan, 67, was born in Melbourne, Australia. He’s the son of Patrick O’Hagan, a famous Irish tenor. The family moved back to Ireland when Logan was three years old, living in Howth, Co Dublin and later Drogheda, Co Louth. Logan won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1980, singing Shay Healy’s song, What’s Another Year. It transformed Logan’s life. Known as 'Mr Eurovision', he’s the only person to have won the competition three times. Bohemian FC fans still sing his 1987 Eurovision winner Hold Me Now at Dalymount Park matches. His version of the Christmas classic Driving Home for Christmas, which he recorded with the Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO), is raising funds for the Parkinson’s Association of Ireland and ICO’s free education programmes.
