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Kiev Connolly

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Kevin "Kiev" Connolly (born 5 April 1956)^{[citation needed]} is an Irish songwriter, producer and musician. His group, Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers, represented Ireland at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest.^[1]

Early life and education

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Born in Ballymote, County Sligo, Connolly attended school in Cork.^{[citation needed]} He moved to Germany in 1978, and worked as a studio musician and producer in West Berlin.^[2]

Career

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Connolly formed the pop group "The Missing Passengers" in 1985.^[2] The group secured a recording contract with Ariola/RCA in Germany and "toured Europe extensively".^[2] In 1985, the group performed Connolly's song "Did She Tell You" on both the Extratour program Radio Bremen/ARD, and the Musik Convoy program on WDR/ARD.^{[citation needed]} Connolly returned to Ireland in 1987.^[2]

In 1989, Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song ContestinLausanne, Switzerland with Connolly's song The Real Me.^[3]^[4] The song reached number 17 in the Irish Singles Chart in May 1989.^[5] Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest that year.

In 2000, Connolly established Feature Music Studios.^{[citation needed]} Connolly was involved in arranging and producing several live performances and albums of The Wolfe Tones. This included credits on the Wolfe Tones' 2001 album "You'll Never Beat the Irish".^[6] He also occasionally supported the Wolfe Tones, in performances, on keyboards and guitar.^[7]

References

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^ "Participant - Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ireland in 1989 - Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers - Biography". esctoday.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2006.

^ Roddy, Laura (1 January 2020). "Inside 1989: What Irish business looked like 30 years ago". Fora.ie. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

^ "RTÉ Archives - Ireland's Eurovision Entry - 30 April 1989". rte.ie. RTÉ. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

^ "Search - Artist - Kiev Connolly". irishcharts.ie. Irish Music Rights Association. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024.

^ "The Wolfe Tones - You'll Never Beat The Irish". theballadeers.com. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

^ Fell, Alex (26 July 2018). "The Wolfe Tones now". irishecho.com. Retrieved 20 February 2024. They [The Wolfe Tones] are assisted occasionally by [..] Kiev Connolly on keyboards and additional guitar. He is seen on stage from time to time, as well as working behind the scenes with the arrangements

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Jump the Gun with "Take Him Home"	Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 (with The Missing Passengers)	Succeeded by Liam Reilly with "Somewhere in Europe"

v t e Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Eurosong You're a Star Discography
Participation	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Artists	Bambie Thug Black Daisy Brooke Nicky Byrne Can-linn Maria Christian Kiev Connolly Dana Muriel Day Dervish Ryan Dolan Donna and Joe Chris Doran Cathal Dunne Sean Dunphy The Duskeys Dustin the Turkey Angela Farrell Eddie Friel Paul Harrington Mickey Harte Red Hurley Kim Jackson Jedward Sandie Jones Jump the Gun Niamh Kavanagh Brian Kennedy The Lindsays Johnny Logan Luv Bug Dawn Martin Linda Martin Maxi Pat McGeegan Charlie McGettigan Sarah McTernan The Missing Passengers Butch Moore The Mullans Sinéad Mulvey Brendan Murray Gary O'Shaughnessy Ryan O'Shaughnessy Eimear Quinn Liam Reilly Tina Reynolds Marc Roberts Dickie Rock Lesley Roy Sheeba Kasey Smith Molly Sterling The Swarbriggs Eamonn Toal Wild Youth Colm C.T. Wilkinson
Songs	"22" "All Kinds of Everything" "Born to Sing" "Ceol an Ghrá" "Chance of a Lifetime" "Come Back to Stay" "Could It Be That I'm in Love" "Cross Your Heart" "Do I Dream" "Doomsday Blue" "Dreamin'" "Dying to Try" "Et Cetera" "Every Song Is a Cry for Love" "Happy Man" "Heartbeat" "Here Today Gone Tomorrow" "Hold Me Now" "Horoscopes" "If I Could Choose" "If My World Stopped Turning" "In Your Eyes" "Irelande Douze Pointe" "Is Always Over Now?" "It's for You" "It's Nice to Be in Love Again" "Lipstick" "Love?" "Maps" "Millennium of Love" "Mysterious Woman" "One Day Love" "Only Love Survives" "Playing with Numbers" "The Real Me" "Rock 'n' Roll Kids" "Somewhere in Europe" ~~"Story of My Life"~~ "Sunlight" "Take Him Home" "Terminal 3" "That's Rich" "That's What Friends Are For" "They Can't Stop the Spring" "Together" "The Voice" "The Wages of Love" "Wait Until the Weekend Comes" "Walking the Streets in the Rain" "Waterline" "We Are One" "We've Got the World" "What's Another Year" "When" "When You Need Me" "Why Me?" "Without Your Love" "You Can Count On Me"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Ireland did not compete

Eurovision Song Contest 1989

Countries

Artists

Nino de Angelo
Kiev Connolly and the Missing Passengers
Da Vinci
Thomas Forstner
Furbaz
Gili and Galit
Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson
Ingeborg
Britt Synnøve Johansen
Birthe Kjær
Live Report
Marianna
Tommy Nilsson
Nina
Anna Oxa and Fausto Leali
Pan
Nathalie Pâque
Park Café
Justine Pelmelay
Fani Polymeri and Yiannis Savvidakis
Riva
Anneli Saaristo

Songs

"Apopse as vrethoume"
"Avrei voluto"
"Bana Bana"
"Blijf zoals je bent"
"Conquistador"
"Derekh Hamelekh"
"La dolce vita"
"Door de wind"
"En dag"
"Flieger"
"J'ai volé la vie"
"Monsieur"
"Nacida para amar"
"Nur ein Lied"
"The Real Me"
"Rock Me"
"Það sem enginn sér"
"To diko sou asteri"
"Venners nærhet"
"Vi maler byen rød"
"Viver senza tei"
"Why Do I Always Get It Wrong"

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