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Paddy Clancy was born on 7 March, 1922 in United States, is an Irish singer (1922–1998). Discover Paddy Clancy's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

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Occupation Singer, music producer, actor
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 7 March, 1922
Birthday 7 March
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Date of death 11 November, 1998
Died Place Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary, Ireland
Nationality United States

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1922

Patrick Michael Clancy (7 March 1922 – 11 November 1998), usually called Paddy Clancy or Pat Clancy, was an Irish folk singer best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.

In addition to singing and storytelling, Clancy played the harmonica with the group, which is widely credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States and revitalizing it in Ireland.

He also started and ran the folk music label Tradition Records, which recorded many of the key figures of the American folk music revival.

Clancy was one of eleven children and the eldest of four boys born to Johanna McGrath and Bob Clancy in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary.

During World War II he served as a flight engineer in the Royal Air Force in India; he also reportedly had been a member of the Irish Republican Army.

After his demobilization, Clancy worked as a baker in London.

1947

In 1947 he emigrated to Toronto, Canada with his brother Tom Clancy.

The following year, the two brothers moved to Cleveland, Ohio to stay with relatives.

Later, they attempted to move to California, but their car broke down and they relocated to the New York City area instead.

1950

In the late 1950s, Clancy with his brothers and Makem began to take singing more seriously as a permanent career, and soon they recorded their second album, Come Fill Your Glass with Us.

This album proved to be more successful than their debut album, and they began receiving job offers as singers at important nightclubs, including the Gate of Horn in Chicago and the Blue Angel in New York City.

1951

After moving to Greenwich Village in 1951, both Paddy and Tom Clancy devoted themselves primarily to careers in the theater.

In addition to appearing in various Off-Broadway productions and television shows, they produced and starred in plays at the Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village and at a playhouse in Martha's Vineyard.

Their productions included an 18-week run of Seán O'Casey's The Plough and the Stars.

After losing money on some unsuccessful plays, the brothers began singing concerts of folk songs after their evening acting jobs were over.

They soon dubbed these concerts "Midnight Specials" and the "Swapping Song Fair."

Paddy and Tom were often joined by other prominent folk singers of the day, including Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, and Jean Ritchie.

1956

In 1956 their younger brother Liam Clancy immigrated to New York, where he teamed up with Tommy Makem, whom he had met while collecting folk songs in Ireland.

The two began singing together at Gerde's Folk City, a club in Greenwich Village.

Paddy and Tom Clancy sang with them on occasion, usually in informal folk 'sing-songs' in the Village.

Around the same time, Paddy founded Tradition Records with folk-song collector and heiress Diane Hamilton, and in 1956 the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem released their first album, The Rising of the Moon, with only Paddy's harmonica as musical accompaniment.

1959

However, the Clancys and Makem did not become a permanent singing group until 1959.

In the meanwhile, Paddy Clancy signed and recorded established folk artists for Tradition Records, including Alan Lomax, Ewan MacColl, Paul Clayton, Ed McCurdy, Oscar Brand, and Jean Ritchie.

Tradition also produced Odetta's first solo LP, Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, which Bob Dylan (a friend of the Clancys) later cited as his inspiration to become a folk singer.

Carolyn Hester's self-titled album with Tradition led to her first public recognition and her signing with Columbia Records.

In addition to planning what the label would record, Clancy edited many of the ensuing albums himself.

While still president of Tradition Records, he went as a cameraman on an expedition to Venezuela in search of alluvial diamonds, ostensibly as part of a documentary crew.

1960

Over the course of the 1960s, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem recorded approximately two albums a year for Columbia.

1961

The group garnered nationwide fame in the United States after an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, which led to a contract with Columbia Records in 1961.

1964

By 1964, Billboard Magazine reported that the group was outselling Elvis Presley in Ireland.

Two of their albums, In Person at Carnegie Hall and The First Hurrah!, were also hits in the United States.

Paddy Clancy considered In Person at Carnegie Hall to be their best record.

1969

The group performed together on stage, recordings, and television to great acclaim in the United States, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia until Tommy Makem left to pursue a solo career in 1969.

1976

They continued performing first with Bobby Clancy and then with Louis Killen until Liam left in 1976 also to pursue a solo career.

1977

In 1977 after a short hiatus, the group reformed with Paddy, Tom, and Bobby Clancy and their nephew Robbie O'Connell.

1990

Liam returned in 1990 after the death of Tom Clancy.

2008

In a 2008 documentary, The Yellow Bittern, Liam Clancy recalled Paddy as the "alpha male" of the group, who "quietly laid down the law" that his younger brothers and Makem followed "without questioning his authority."

On another occasion, Liam noted about Paddy: "Being the eldest brother he was always the leader of the pack. His word was kind of gospel."

Paddy often acted as the spokesman for the Clancys, and he frequently included funny stories and jokes in his concerts.

His signature song was the classic Irish drinking song, "A Jug of Punch."