In Conversation With Brendan Graham
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His You Raise Me Up is one of the most successful songs in the history of popular music. Recorded in over 40 languages by over one thousand artistes, it is one of four songs from the 2,000\\u2019s included in SMASH HITS \\u2013 The 100 Songs That Defined America \\u2013 a history from the 1700\\u2019s to today, by music professor, J E Perone. It has been performed at Official Ground Zero 9/11 Commemorations; Nobel Peace Prize; Super Bowl; The White House; Re-opening of America\\u2019s National Civil Rights Museum; Opening of Northern Ireland Assembly; Olympic Games; Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ireland and Pope Francis\\u2019 visit to the United States; Ireland\\u2019s 1916 Centenary Concert; Seoul Winter Olympics and at the first East-West Peace Concert in Moscow. In 2020, in a Quincy Jones, Coronavirus pandemic, initiative, You Raise Me Up entered the history books as the song in the world\\u2019s biggest ever, global piano, virtual recital.
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