Paul & Barry Ryan

PAUL AND BARRY RYAN. British singing duo with Decca records who released singles including ; "Don't Bring Me Your Heartaches" (1965) / "Have Pity on the Boy" (1966) and "Missy Missy" (1966). When it transpired that Paul was unable to cope with the stress of showbusiness, the brothers decided that Paul would write the songs and Ryan which Ryan would become a solo-artist. Their greatest success as a duo (now for MGM records) was "Eloise" (1968), a melodramatic and heavily orchestrated song which sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold-disc. Later singles included ; "Love Is Love" (1968) / "The Hunt" (1969) / "Magical Spiel" (1970) and "Kitsch" (1970). Paul Ryan died of cancer aged just 44 in 1992.