Ann Breen

b. Downpatrick, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. Breen first joined a pop band at school and was leading Ann And The Country Band when only 16 years old. She played the cabaret circuit but kept her full-time day job for seven years. A revival of ‘Pal Of My Cradle Days' was a huge success in Ireland and a turntable hit in the UK, making the lower reaches of the chart. Breen recorded several other ‘mother' songs including ‘What A Friend We Have In Mother', ‘Medals For Mother' and ‘A Mother's Love Is A Blessing'. By way of variety, she also recorded a song for fathers, ‘In Your Heart'...