Kevin "Kiev" Connolly (born 5 April 1956)[ citation needed ] is an Irish songwriter, producer and musician. His group, Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers, represented Ireland at the 1989 Eurovision Song Contest. [1]
Born in Ballymote, County Sligo, Connolly attended school in Cork.[ citation needed ] He moved to Germany in 1978, and worked as a studio musician and producer in West Berlin. [2]
Connolly formed the pop group "The Missing Passengers" in 1985. [2] The group secured a recording contract with Ariola/RCA in Germany and "toured Europe extensively". [2] In 1985, the group performed Connolly's song "Did She Tell You" on both the Extratour program Radio Bremen/ARD, and the Musik Convoy program on WDR/ARD.[ citation needed ] Connolly returned to Ireland in 1987. [2]
In 1989, Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lausanne, Switzerland with Connolly's song The Real Me. [3] [4] The song reached number 17 in the Irish Singles Chart in May 1989. [5] Yugoslavia won the Eurovision Song Contest that year.
In 2000, Connolly established Feature Music Studios.[ citation needed ] Connolly was involved in arranging and producing several live performances and albums of The Wolfe Tones. This included credits on the Wolfe Tones' 2001 album "You'll Never Beat the Irish". [6] He also occasionally supported the Wolfe Tones, in performances, on keyboards and guitar. [7]
They [The Wolfe Tones] are assisted occasionally by [..] Kiev Connolly on keyboards and additional guitar. He is seen on stage from time to time, as well as working behind the scenes with the arrangements