Barry Ryan – Eloise

English pop singer.The son of pop singer Marion Ryan and producer Lloyd Sapherson, Barry and his twin brother Paul began to perform at the age of fifteen. In 1965 they signed a recording contract with Decca and under the name of “Paul & Barry Ryan” brought out singles such as “Don’t Bring Me Your Heartaches” (1965), “Have Pity on the Boy” (1966), and “Missy Missy” (1966). His stepfather was the American agent and music promoter Harold Davison. When it turned out that Barry’s brother, allegedly on the verge of a nervous breakdown, was unable to cope any longer with all the stress connected with show business, the two brothers decided on a new division of labour: Paul would write the songs which Barry would then interpret as a solo artist. Their greatest success as a composer-singer duo, now for MGM Records, was “Eloise” (1968), melodramatic and heavily orchestrated. Later singles included “Love Is Love” (also 1968), “The Hunt” (1969), “Magical Spiel” (1970), and “Kitsch” (1970). “Love Is Love”, written by Barry himself, and released in the United Kingdom during February 1969 was not a great success in his own country.[1] However combining sales from Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, “Love is Love” sold a million copies by August 1969, the second million-seller for Ryan. Ryan was also popular in Germany. Promoted by BRAVO, the German youth magazine, Ryan also recorded a number of songs in German, for example “Die Zeit macht nur vor dem Teufel halt” (“Time Only Stops at …
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