The Corrs

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Fact Sheet

Musical genre:	Folk, Pop
City	Dundalk, Ireland
Years active	1990-

The Corrs are a folk rock band from Ireland, consisting of three sisters and one brother from the Corr family, who rose to prominence in the late 1990s.

Andrea Corr (b. 1974) - lead vocals and tin whistle
Sharon Corr (b. 1970) - fiddle and backing vocals.
Caroline Corr, (b. 1973) - drums and backing vocals
Jim Corr, (b. 1964) - guitar, keyboards and backing vocals.

They were all born in Dundalk, Ireland, the children of Gerry and Jean Corr, two musicians.

The Corrs were formed to audition for the 1991 film The Commitments. Jim, Sharon, and Caroline got a small part as musicians, while Andrea got a speaking part as Sharon Rabbitte, sister of the main character. It was during the audition of this movie that they were noticed by their manager, John Hughes.

Their usual support musicians are Anto Drennan (lead guitar) and Keith Duffy (bass guitar). From 2004, Duffy's brother Jason Duffy joined on percussion, with Kieran Kiely on accordion and keyboards. Their music has been released through Atlantic Records, part of the Warner Music Group.

Their first album, Forgiven Not Forgotten, had its greatest success in Australia. Their followup album, Talk On Corners, was very popular in both Ireland and Britain. Both have been certified gold in the United States and the recent In Blue has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

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