There really was no show quite like a Joe show

JOE DOLAN will always be remembered as a phenomenal entertainer who managed to preserve his decree “There’s no show like a Joe show” throughout the decades.

The son of a bicycle shop owner, he was the only Irish singer to reach the top 10 in the 1960s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s.

He was a constant musical force on the Irish hit parade with well- known numbers like I Love You More And More Everyday, My Own Peculiar Way, Aching Breaking Heart, Pretty Brown Eyes, Tar and Cement, The House With the Whitewashed Gable, Love of the Common People and The Westmeath Bachelor.