Dana Rosemary Scallon

Dana Rosemary Scallon
Scallon in 2019
Member of the European Parliament
In office
11 June 1999 – 11 June 2004
ConstituencyConnacht–Ulster
Personal details
Born
Rosemary Brown

(1950-08-30) 30 August 1950 (age 74)
Islington, London, England
Citizenship
  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Political partyIndependent
Spouse
Damien Scallon
(m. 1978)
Children4
Musical career
Also known asDana
OriginDerry, Northern Ireland
Genres
Years active1967–present
Labels
Websitewww.danaofficial.com

Dana Rosemary Scallon (born Rosemary Brown; 30 August 1950)[1] known professionally as Dana (/ˈdænə/), is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician.

While still a schoolgirl she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with "All Kinds of Everything". It became a worldwide million-seller and launched her music career.

She entered politics in 1997, as Dana Rosemary Scallon, running unsuccessfully in the Irish presidential election, but later being elected as an MEP for Connacht–Ulster in 1999. Scallon was again an independent candidate in the Irish 2011 presidential election, but was eliminated on the first count.

Scallon served as a politician as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.

  1. ^ Dana Rosemary SCALLON, entry at the Website of the European Parliament Dana Rosemary SCALLON Archived 9 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine. European Parliament. Retrieved 2022-12-30.