The Corrs
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The Corrs is a folk rock music group from Ireland. There are three sisters and one brother in the group. They began getting popular in the late 1990s.
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[edit] The group
They were all born in Dundalk, Ireland, the children of Gerry and Jean Corr.
[edit] Jim Corr
Jim Corr (born 31 July 1964) is the oldest member of the group. He mainly plays the guitar, but he can also play the on the keyboards and the piano.
[edit] Sharon Corr
Sharon Corr (born 24 March 1970) plays the violin, guitar, keyboads, piano, tambourine and does backing vocals and vocals on her own (vocals means "singing").
[edit] Caroline Corr
Caroline Corr, (born 17 March 1973) plays the drums, the "percussion", the bodhran, the piano, and also does backing vocals.
[edit] Andrea Corr
Andrea Corr (born 17 May 1974) plays the tin whistle and does the lead vocals.
[edit] Early history
The Corrs created themselves in 1991 to try to get in the movie The Commitments. Jim, Sharon, and Caroline got a small part as musicians, while Andrea got a speaking part as Sharon Rabbitte, sister of the main character. It was while they were trying out for this movie that they were noticed by their manager, John Hughes.
Their music has been released through Atlantic Records, a music company.
Their first album, Forgiven, Not Forgotten, was most popular in Australia. They then did another albym called Talk On Corners, which was very popular in Ireland and Britain.
[edit] Albums released
- Borrowed Heaven 2004
- VH1 Presents: The Corrs, Live In Dublin 2002
- The Best Of The Corrs 2001
- In Blue 2000
- The Corrs Unplugged 1999
- Talk On Corners 1998
- Forgiven, Not Forgotten 1995
[edit] DVDs they have been on
- Best Of The Corrs 2002
- Live In London 2001
- Live At Lansdowne Road 2000
- Unplugged 2000
- Live At The Royal Albert Hall 2000
