Josef Locke
Joseph McLaughlin (23 March 1917 – 15 October 1999), known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor. He was successful in the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s.
Genre: irish-ballad
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Top Tracks
- Danny Boy
- Old Bog Road
- Goodbye
- Down in the Glen
- At the End of the Day
- Rose of Killarney
- Drinking Song (Drink, Drink, Drink)
- Dear Old Donegal
- Mother Machree
- Tobermory Bay
- The Rose of Slievenamon
- Bless This House
- When It's Moonlight in Mayo
- A Shawl of Galway Grey
- The Garden Where the Praties Grow
- Cara Mia
- Bard of Armagh
- The Rose of Tralee
- Old Bog Road
- Shades of Old Blarney
Albums (42)
- Musical Echoes of Josef Locke (2024)
- Dear Old Donegal (2023)
- Take Me Home (2023)
- 10 Hits of Josef Locke (2023)
- Three of a Kind: John Hanson, Josef Locke, John McCormack (2023)
- Two of a Kind: Josef Locke & John McCormack (2022)
- Golden Selection (Remastered) (2020)
- Tenor Greats (2019)
- Walking Beside You (2019)
- Silent Night Holy Night (2019)
- Galway Bay (2018)
- The Collection (2016)
- Ave Maria (2015)
- O Sole Mio (2014)
- Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition) (2014)
- Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 1 (Remastered Special Edition) (2014)
- Your Irish Favourites (Remastered Extended Edition) (2014)
- Let There Be Peace (2014)
- Singalong (34 Songs in 12 Tracks) (2014)
- Josef Locke - My Heart & I (2013)
- The Irish Tenors Collection - 25 Irish Favourites (Remastered Extended Edition) (2013)
- Hear My Song - The Definitive Collection, Vol. 1 (Special Extended Remastered Edition) (2013)
- Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors (2013)
- The Complete 1950's Masters - Josef Locke (2013)
- The Irish Tenor (2013)
- The Best of Josef Locke (2012)
- Irish Legend (2012)
- Hear My Song Violetta (2012)
- Legends (Remastered) (2011)
- Forever Gold - Hear My Song Violetta (Remastered) (2011)
- Hear My Song (2011)
- The Songs I Love So Well (2009)
- Blaze Away! The Columbia Recordings 1947-55 (2008)
- Hear My Song: 24 Favourites (2008)
- Irish Tenors (2007)
- Irish Tenors (2007)
- Ireland Must Be Heaven (2006)
- Danny Boy (2005)
- Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950) (2001)
- The Bard Of Armagh (2000)
- Song Of Songs (2000)
- Bless This House (2000)
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