Donna Murphy was born in Preston,
Lancashire in December 1977. Her mum Christine was a local girl and her father
Michael from Tipperary in Ireland. From an early age music played a huge part
in Donna's life being in school plays and musicals and also being part of
an Irish dance team which led to an appearance on TV of the then popular "Barrymore".
Her interest in music led her to become a fan of Irish singer Daniel O'Donnell
and subsequently introduced her to Country Music in the form of the Haley
Sisters, an all female duo from Yorkshire who appeared as Daniel's support
act at the time! Joann and Becky became close friends with Donna and still
are to this day. They would encourage her to get up and sing with them whenever
she attended one of their shows. Donna then realised that it was a career
in singing Country Music she strived for and at the tender age of 16 "Donna
Wylde" took to the stage. Her first gig was at Tarleton Bowling Club
near Southport, Lancashire in 1993.
Donna has had many influences over the type of music she performs, in the
early years Donna leaned a lot towards the likes of Trisha Yearwood, Martina
McBride, Patty Loveless and Nancy Griffiths to name a few and today she's a
massive fan of the likes of Sugarland, Lady Antebellum, Kelli Pickler and
Taylor Swift. In 2005 one of Donna's many ambitions came true when she visited
Nashville and recorded a few songs at the famous Sun Studios in Memphis.
The job of moulding Donna into the competent performer she is today fell to
her long suffering managers Alf and Josie Roberts. Over the years Alf and
Josie have encouraged and aided her to reach the pinnacle of her career in
2008 when she obtained the title of "Best British Female Artiste"
at the British Country Music Awards. October 2010 saw her take the title again
at a ceremony held in the Lakeside Country Club, Frimley Green in Surrey.
Donna has several albums to her name but is particularly proud of the most
recent which was launched in Oct 2010; 'Everything That Glitters', a twelve
track album which is a worthy addition to anyone's collection. The title track, an
old Dan Seals number sees Donna perform with only guitar accompaniment showing
the true quality of her vocals.
She describes the album "a little old, a little new and some I love"
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