Feargal Sharkey

Initially found fame in the late 1970s with pop punk band The Undertones as there lead singer and founding member.

The band enjoyed early success in the Northern Ireland clubs and the band had huge hits in the UK with notable songs like Teenage Kicks, Here comes the summer and It's going to happen. The band were heavily promoted on BBC Radio 1 by independent champion John Peel who played the song twice in a row and was quoted as saying it was his favourite song off all time and some of the lyrics were used on his headstone following his death in 2004.

The band enjoyed 4 top 20 singles before they split in 1983 with the remaining members forming That Petrol Emotion.

Feargal decided to embark on a different career path. He met up with Vince Clarke ex-Depeche Mode and Yazoo and they formed The Assembly and had a huge UK hit with 'Never Never' which peaked at number 4 in the charts.

That was it for the group as Vince went on to form Erasure and Feargal went down the solo path to great acclaim. He teamed up with Madness member Chas Smyth and released the single 'listen to your father' on Madness record label Zarjazz records in 1984 and the single peaked at number 23 in the UK charts, but his biggest hit was just around the corner.

He topped the UK singles charts in 1985 with a song written by Maria McKee called 'A good heart' and this was followed up a top 5 hit called 'you little thief'. His debut album peaked at number 12 in the UK charts, sadly after that his material did not reach the peaks of his previous efforts and only enjoyed a further top 20 hit in the UK with 'I've got news for you' in 1991.

After that he moved into the business side of the music and became an A&R man for Polydor Records and moved onto further roles such as Chairman of government task force on live music looking at the licensing act 2003 and in 2008 appointed CEO of British Music Rights and his energy went into promoting music and linking music to the broadcast channels. A true legend of the music Industry.