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Barry Ryan

English pop singer / photographer

United Kingdom • 1948-10-24 – 2021-09-28

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Biography

Barry Ryan (born Barry Sapherson; 24 October 1948 – 28 September 2021), also known as Barry Davison, was an English pop singer and photographer. He achieved his initial success in the mid 1960s in a duo with his twin brother Paul. After Paul ceased performing to concentrate solely on songwriting, Barry became a solo artist. His most successful hit, "Eloise", reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1968. In the mid-1970s, he began his 40-year career as a fashion and portrait photographer. He worked for magazines such as Italian Vogue and David Bailey’s Ritz; he sold six photographs to the National Portrait Gallery; and he made portraits of celebrities such as Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, Stephen Hawking, Sting, Paul McCartney, and Björk.

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Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Credited work

114 releases · 41 albums · active 1964–2022

  • Performance · 113
  • Other credits · 4
  • Production · 1
  • Engineering · 1

Studios: EMI-Odeon, S.A. · Forest National, Brussels · Studio Europa Sonor · Studio CBE

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