Johnny Carroll (musician) is an
Irish musician, known as a
trumpet
The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...
player active since the 1960s.
Nicknamed ''Man with the Golden Trumpet'', Carroll is a native of
Castlerea,
County Roscommon
"Steadfast Irish heart"
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. Encouraged by his father, he joined the local brass band, aged 12. He subsequently joined the Pioneer Aces, an
Irish showband
The Irish showband was a dance band format popular in Ireland from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. The showband was based on the internationally popular six- or seven-piece dance band. The band's basic repertoire included standard dance numbers and ...
, and began his professional career aged 13. Renamed The Premier Aces, they topped the charts in Irish and the UK but were also one of the first bands to break America.
When they disbanded, Carroll formed The Magic Band. He eventually struck a deal with Harmack Records and released a number of albums of easy listening medleys, which were successful across the country. He later began a successful solo career.
External links
* https://web.archive.org/web/20100108092326/http://www.galwayindependent.com/profiles/profiles/johnny-carroll-%11-musician/
* https://web.archive.org/web/20110826130820/http://s207849136.websitehome.co.uk/news/johnn_carroll.html
* http://www.sligoweekender.ie/news/story/?trs=qlojqlau
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Musicians from County Roscommon
Musicians from County Galway
Irish trumpeters
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century trumpeters