Chris de Burgh (born Christopher John Davison on October 15, 1948) is a Irish musician and songwriter. A rocker who writes a variety of mixed instrumental material, Chris de Burgh had huge success in Britain and the United States with the 1986 hit "The Lady in Red". He has also gained popularity in other countries, particularly Germany, Norway, Iran, the middle east, and Brazil.http://www.cdeb.com/cdebnew/biography.html Early life Chris de Burgh was born in Pergamino, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina to Colonel Charles Davison, a British diplomat, and Maeve Emily de Burgh, an Irish secretary. His father, Charles Davison, had substantial farming interests, and he spent much of his early years in Malta, Nigeria and Zaire, as he, his mother and brother accompanied Colonel Davison on his Diplomatic and Engineering work.The Davisons finally settled in Bargy Castle, a twelfth-century castle in Ireland bought by h

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