Description
The official memoir of Margo O’Donnell, sister of Daniel O’Donnell and legendary Irish Country Music singer. For over forty five years now the name ‘Margo’ has been synonymous with everything that is positive and enriching in Country and Irish music. This is the story of her life, the successes and difficult times, in her own words.
Margo’s career began at thirteen years of the age when she toured all over Ireland with The KeyNotes at the height of the showband scene. Later, she and her band Margo & The Country Folk found fame in Ireland and abroad, especially with Irish emigrants in Britain and the USA. Her first No. 1 hit was ‘I’ll Forgive and I’ll Try To Forget ‘. which outsold The Beatles in Ireland! She has met and performed with many world-renowned stars of Country Muisc – Dolly Parton. Loretta Lynn, Dottie West, Charley Pride, Tammy Wynette and countless others – and, of course, her brother Daniel. She has been on many world stages, including the famous Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. But she had her down times too, and here she reveals her problems and her pain for the very first time. A truly human and heart- warming account of an extraordinary successful life lived in the public eye for fifty years.
