Chris was the second born son of Charles and Maeve Davison, in Argentina on the15th October 1948. After spending many years travelling the world with
his parents, due to his fathers’ diplomatic job, the family finally settled in Ireland when Chris himself was aged just 11years old. His parents chose to buy an old run down castle called ‘Bargy Castle’ in Southern Ireland, in a small village called ‘Tom Haggard’ in County Wexford. This they then turned into a small hotel after some years, but not before Chris and his family had spent many a year of hardship as they tried to make a ‘go of it’ with all the improvements that needed doing. So, contrary to popular opinion, Chris was most definitely not born with a ‘silver spoon’ in his mouth !!!
Bargy Castle
Chris started his early education years in Ireland before going to Marlborough College, England, where he began to develop his interest in music, and finally ‘Trinity College’ in Dublin where he studied English, French, and General Studies. During this time his interest in music continued to grow and aftergraduating from ‘Trinity’ he sang in some very strange places, including a hairdressers while people had their hair cut !! He also used to sing to guests
at his parents hotel while they ate their supper. Finally in 1972 he started singing in a recently opened restaurant in Dublin, called ‘Captain Americas’
where to this day there is still a commemorative plaque of his time there.
Captain Americas Dublin
Soon after this time, Chris went to London, England to try to build a career in music. After countless set backs and disappointments he finally gained a record deal with A & M records in 1974 and to 2004 he remained within the same ‘organization’ although on the Mercury label. In 2004 chris finally split with this label and started up his own record label called 'Ferryman Productions'. Although a massive ‘star’ in other countries such as Germany, Chris did not hit the big time here in the UK until 1986, with his blockbuster hit, ‘Lady In Red’.
To this day, January 2009, Chris continues to enthral millions of fans around the world.