Josef Locke

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Joseph McLaughlin, known professionally as Josef Locke, was an Irish tenor born on March 23, 1917, in Derry. Locke began singing in churches at age seven. As a teenager, Locke served in the Irish Guards and the Palestine Police Force before joining the Royal Ulster Constabulary. Known as “The Singing Bobby”, Locke performed on the United Kingdom variety circuit and signed with Columbia Records in 1947. Locke released the songs “Santa Lucia” and “Hear My Song, Violetta”. In 1948, Locke appeared in the film Holidays with Pay. Following demands from British tax authorities in 1958, Locke moved to Ireland. Locke resumed touring in England in 1968. The film Hear My Song was released in 1991. Locke appeared on the television program This Is Your Life and made a final public performance at the Royal Variety Show in 1992. Locke died on October 15, 1999.

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09	When You're In Love	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:17
	Composers: Desmond O'Connor
11	Down In the Glen	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:55
	Composers: Tommie Connor
07	Song of Songs	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:23
	Composers: Clarence Lucas
01	Hear My Song, Violetta	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			02:55
	Writer: Buddy Bernier - Bob Emmerich / Composers: Rudolf Lukesch - Othmar Klose
03	I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:19
	Composers: Thomas Westendorf
06	Santa Lucia	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:24
	Composers: Teodoro Cottrau

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Golden Selection (Remastered)

Master Tape Records: 09-10-2020

Golden Selection (Remastered)

01	Come Back to Sorrento (Torna a Surriento) (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			03:09
	Writer: Claude Aveling - Ernesto de Curtis / Composers: Claude Aveling - Ernesto de Curtis
02	Santa Lucia (Neapolitan Barcarolle) (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			03:15
	Writer: Teodoro Cottrau - Nico Matteo Nicora - Traditional / Composers: Teodoro Cottrau - Nico Matteo Nicora - Traditional
03	Goodbye (From the White Horse Inn) (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			02:58
	Writer: Harry Graham - Robert Stolz / Composers: Harry Graham - Robert Stolz
04	Hear My Song, Violetta (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			02:47
	Writer: Othmar Klose - Rudi Lukesch - Harry Pepper - Leone Sinigaglia / Composers: Othmar Klose - Rudi Lukesch - Harry Pepper - Leone Sinigaglia
05	I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			03:10
	Writer: Arthur Parry - Thomas Westendorf / Composers: Arthur Parry - Thomas Westendorf
06	The Holy City (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			04:31
	Writer: Stanley Adams - Frederick Edward Weatherly / Composers: Stanley Adams - Frederick Edward Weatherly
07	When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Remastered)	Josef Locke	Golden Selection (Remastered)			03:03
	Writer: James Thornton / Composers: James Thornton

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The Collection

2016 Emerald: 01-01-2016

The Collection

01	Hear My Song Violette	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:46
	Composers: Rudi Lukesch - Othmar Klose - Harry S Pepper - Leone Sinigaglia
02	A Brown Bird Singing	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:30
	Composers: Haydn Wood - Royden Barrie
03	Cara Mia	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:46
	Composers: Tulio J Trapani - Lee Lange
04	Bless This House	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:49
	Composers: May H Brahe - Helen Taylor
05	A Tear, a Kiss, a Smile	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:43
	Composers: Paul Insetta - Dick Gilbert
06	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen	Josef Locke	The Collection			03:08
	Composers: Thomas Westendorf
07	Beneath Thy Window	Josef Locke	The Collection			03:08
	Composers: Eduardo di Capua - Edward Teschemacher

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Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)

: 02-06-2014

Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)

01	The Garden Where the Praties Grow	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			02:48
02	A Shawl of Galway Grey	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			03:15
03	When It's Moonlight in Mayo	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			02:18
04	Bless this House	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			02:49
05	The Rose of Slievenamon	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			02:15
06	Tobermory Bay	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			02:31
07	Mother Machree	Josef Locke	Your Irish Favourites, Vol. 2 (Remastered Special Edition)			03:03

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Let There Be Peace

Dolphin: 17-02-2014

Let There Be Peace

01	Blaze Away	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			02:06
02	Sweet Sixteen	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			02:35
03	O Sole Mio	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			03:06
04	Off in the Stilly Night	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			03:34
05	My Way	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			03:43
06	Without a Song	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			02:58
07	Let There Be Peace	Josef Locke	Let There Be Peace			03:02

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Singalong

Dolphin: 11-02-2014

Singalong

01	In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree/My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean/Daisy Daisy	Josef Locke	Singalong			02:36
02	East Side, West Side / Sweet Rosie O'grady / She's Only a Bird in a Gilded Cage	Josef Locke	Singalong			02:07
03	In the Good Old Summertime / If Those Lips Could Only Speak / Clementine	Josef Locke	Singalong			02:26
04	Michael Row the Boat Ashore / He's Got the Whole World in His Hands / John Brown's Body	Josef Locke	Singalong			03:21
05	The Red River Valley / On Top of Old Smokey / Beautiful Brown Eyes	Josef Locke	Singalong			02:33
06	Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry / Ma Goes Dixie	Josef Locke	Singalong			02:05
07	Old Faithful / Roll Along Covered Wagon / South of the Border	Josef Locke	Singalong			03:07

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Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors

: 06-09-2013

Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors

01	Danny Boy	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			04:00
02	I'll Take You Home Kathleen	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			04:10
03	The Old Bog Road	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			04:18
04	Blaze Away	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			02:38
05	On the Street Where You Live	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			02:24
06	Sweet Sixteen	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			03:18
07	She Moved Through the Fair	Josef Locke	Those Were the Days; Vintage Irish Tenors			02:39

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Hear My Song Violetta

2012 Mach60 Music: 18-03-2012

Hear My Song Violetta

01	Hear My Song Violetta	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			02:40
02	Come Back to Sorrento	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			03:01
03	I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			03:02
04	March of the Grenadiers	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			02:07
05	The Soldiers Dream	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			02:44
06	The Holy City	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			04:20
07	The Drinking Song	Josef Locke	Hear My Song Violetta			01:45

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The Songs I Love So Well

: 05-03-2009

The Songs I Love So Well

01	Blaze Away	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			02:37
02	The Old Bog Road	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			04:17
03	Slievenamon	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			05:28
04	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			04:09
05	Danny Boy	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			03:59
06	Little Grey Home In The West	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			03:04
07	Sweet Sixteen	Josef Locke	The Songs I Love So Well			03:18

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Danny Boy

2008 Delta - X5 Music Group: 22-07-2008

Danny Boy

01	Danny Boy (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			03:57
02	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			04:02
03	She Moved Through The Fair (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			02:31
04	The Town I Loved So Well (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			05:48
05	When You Were Sweet Sixteen (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			03:14
06	The Old Bog Road (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			04:06
07	The Mountains Of Mourne (Live)	Josef Locke	Danny Boy			03:26

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Irish Tenors

℗ 2007 Countdown Media, a division of BMG Rights Management (US) LLC: 01-01-2007

Irish Tenors

01	The Star of the County Down	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			02:04
	Writer: Catal MacGarvey - Traditional / Composers: Catal MacGarvey - Traditional
02	The Holy Child	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			03:13
	Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
03	Love's Old Sweet Song	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			03:20
	Writer: Clifton Bingham - James Molloy / Composers: Clifton Bingham - James Molloy
04	Maggie	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			02:55
	Writer: James Butterfield - Gerard Johnson / Composers: James Butterfield - Gerard Johnson
05	Silver Threads Among the Gold	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			02:50
	Writer: Hart Pease Danks / Composers: Hart Pease Danks
06	The Rosary	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			01:57
	Writer: Ethelbert Nevin - Robert Rogers / Composers: Ethelbert Nevin - Robert Rogers
07	The Rose of Tralee	John McCormack	Irish Tenors			03:18
	Writer: Edward Mordaunt Spencer / Composers: Charles William Glover

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The Collection

℗ 2006 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company: 30-06-2006

The Collection

01	Hear My Song Violetta	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:47
	Composers: Harry Pepper - Leone Sinigaglia - Othmar Klose - Rudi Lukesch
02	Blaze Away	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:22
	Composers: Abraham Holzman - Abraham Holzmann - Jimmy Kennedy
03	March of the Grenadiers	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:14
	Composers: Clifford Grey - Victor Schertzinger
04	Macushla	Josef Locke	The Collection			02:31
	Composers: Dermot MacMurrough - Josephine Rowe
05	Beneath Thy Window (O Sole Mio)	Josef Locke	The Collection			03:06
	Composers: Eduardo Di Capua - Edward Teschemacher
06	Santa Lucia	Josef Locke	The Collection			03:16
	Composers: Theophilus Marzials - Traditional
07	The Bard of Armagh	Josef Locke & Orchestra	The Collection			02:35
	Composers: Traditional

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Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)

℗ 2001 Naxos: 25-05-2001

Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)

01	Hear My Song, Violetta	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			02:55
	Writer: Buddy Bernier - Bob Emmerich / Composers: Rudolf Lukesch - Othmar Klose
02	Torna a Surriento (Come Back to Sorrento)	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:18
	Writer: Giambattista De Curtis / Composers: Ernesto De Curtis
03	I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:19
	Composers: Thomas Westendorf
04	Old Chelsea: My Heart and I	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:33
	Writer: Fred Tysh / Composers: Richard Tauber
05	The Garden Where the Praties Grow	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			02:57
	Writer: Traditional / Composers: Traditional
06	Santa Lucia	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:24
	Composers: Teodoro Cottrau
07	Song of Songs	Josef Locke	Locke, Josef: Hear My Song, Violetta (1947-1950)			03:23
	Composers: Clarence Lucas

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Hear My Song

: 01-01-2000

Hear My Song

01	Hear My Song, Violetta	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			02:46
02	The Rose of Tralee	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			03:04
03	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			03:08
04	Dear Old Donegal	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			02:43
05	Machushla	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			02:29
06	Galway Bay	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			03:15
07	The Soldier's Dream	Josef Locke	Hear My Song			02:51

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Hymns We All Love

Dolphin: 01-07-1996

Hymns We All Love

01	All People That On Earth Do Dwell	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			02:15
	Composers: Curran John
02	When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			02:13
	Composers: Curran John
03	Old Rugged Cross	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			04:02
	Composers: Curran John
04	Lead Kindly Light	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			02:46
	Composers: Curran John
05	One Love Everlasting	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			02:29
	Composers: Curran - Kennedy
06	There's a Great New Prospect in the Sky	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			02:47
	Composers: Curran - Kennedy
07	Onward Christian Soldiers	Josef Locke	Hymns We All Love			03:07
	Composers: Casey Michael - Sullivan

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The Very Best Of Josef Locke

℗ 1996 Parlophone Records Ltd, a Warner Music Group Company: 01-01-1996

The Very Best Of Josef Locke

01	I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen	Josef Locke	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			03:10
	Composers: Thomas Westendorf
02	Hear My Song Violetta	Josef Locke	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			02:47
	Composers: Harry Pepper - Leone Sinigaglia - Othmar Klose - Rudi Lukesch
03	Galway Bay	Josef Locke	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			03:16
	Composers: Arthur Colahan
04	Macushla	Josef Locke	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			02:31
	Composers: Dermot MacMurrough - Josephine Rowe
05	The Rose of Tralee	Josef Locke	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			03:06
	Composers: Charles Glover - Mordaunt Spencer
06	The Bard of Armagh	Josef Locke & Orchestra	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			02:35
	Composers: Traditional
07	When It's Moonlight in Mayo	Josef Locke	The Very Best Of Josef Locke			02:21
	Composers: Seamus Kavanagh

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