Bill Whelan
William Michael Joseph Whelan (born 22 May 1950) is an Irish composer and musician. He is best known for composing a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest. The result, "Riverdance", was a seven-minute piece of original music accompanying a new take on traditional Irish stepdance that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish traditional mus…
Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- Ireland
- Born
- May 22nd, 1950
- Genres
- Labels
- Atlantic