Lisa Stanley

Lisa Stanley (born 12 March 1973) is an Irish singer, songwriter, and presenter, based in the UK and Ireland. Stanley was born in Sligo, Ireland, and is the only child of Irish entertainers Maisie McDaniel and Fintan Stanley.

Lisa Stanley
Born (1973-03-12) 12 March 1973
Sligo, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupation
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • Presenter
Years active1999–present
Height5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
TelevisionThe Lisa Stanley Show
The Phil Mack Country Show
Parents
  • Fintan Stanley (father)
  • Maisie McDaniel (mother)
AwardsVocal of the year 2012
Musical career
Genres
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • Piano
Websitewww.lisa-stanley.com

Early career

Stanley's career started in the 1990s when she joined the Sligo-based wedding band, The Treetops. In the late 1990s she made her first national performance at the Cavan International Song Contest. In 2000, she sang her own composition, "Shine", from a field of 1000 entries to reach the final eight of the National Song Contest. This was held on 20 February 2000 at the RTÉ television centre in Dublin. The year after, she sang the same song at the Baltic Song Contest which took place in Karlshamn, Sweden. She, again, reached the finals. In 2004, Stanley toured the country with "Dancehall Queues and Hucklebuck Shoes". This show featured the children of former Irish Showband stars. She has made appearances in various television shows and releasing her first album, including the single Love Me A Little Bit Longer.

Albums

Stanley's second solo album was titled Love Me A Little Bit Longer. She was voted the best country female singer in the Irish entertainment awards 2010, Tipp FM Best Female Singer in 2012, and an Irish Country Music Radio Award in 2014.[1] In 2010 Stanley had released her first studio album, Lisa Stanley sings the hits of Masie McDaniel, as a tribute to her mother, who died that year. This album included duets with Sandy Kelly, Philomena Begley, her father Fintan Stanley, and with Maisie's sister, Deirdre McDaniel. In the following two years, Lisa Stanley released her third album, Duets with Philomena Begley, John Hogan and Sandy Kelly. Early in 2016, she released a new single with Max T Barnes entitled looking for a girl. This song is featured in her fourth studio album, 'Heart And Soul' which is her most commercially successful album to date reaching number 11 in the iTunes charts for country music. In July 2020 Stanley released an updated re-working of her national Song Contest song 'Shine'.

Television and radio

Stanley has had weekly appearances on the Spotlight TV program, the "Phil Mack International Country Show".[2][3] In January 2016, Stanley went on to launch her own show, "The Lisa Stanley Show", on Spotlight TV.[4] In June 2019, she was part of Daniel O’Donnell's TV series Opry Le Daniel, which was due to air in Autumn 2019 on TG4.

She is a member of "50 minutes Inside" on TF1 television in France.

Awards

Stanley was voted "Ireland's Best Female Country Singer" at the Irish Entertainment Awards in 2010,[1] and also won the Leinster entertainment award for "Vocalist of the Year" in 2012.[5]

Albums
Title Release Date
Lisa Stanley sings the hits of Masie McDaniel 16 January 2011
Love Me A Little Bit Longer 9 February 2012
Duets 2 January 2014
Heart and Soul 10 October 2018

References
  1. "Lisa Stanley". enjoytravel.co.uk. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  2. "Spotlight on: Lisa Stanley". The Harp News. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014.
  3. "Sky's the limit for Lisa". Sligo Champion. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. "The Lisa Stanley Show". spotlighttv.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2020.
  5. http://charitygigs.weebly.com/meet-lisa-stanley.html
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