Riverdance
Bill Whelan
1995
Annual listening list: initial release cycle, with recent carryovers; not an original-release-date field. Release chronology remains partly unverified.
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About Bill Whelan
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Bill Whelan is a Limerick-born composer whose work spans theatre, film and the concert hall. Riverdance brought his music to an international stage, while orchestral pieces include The Seville Suite and The Connemara Suite. His studio production work has involved U2, Kate Bush, Van Morrison and Planxty. He also composed film scores and Linen & Lace, a flute concerto written for James Galway.
Artist background sources
Bill Whelan: About
Composer's official biography; place of origin, Riverdance, orchestral and film work, production collaborators and Galway concerto. Outdated tour announcements and cumulative audience figures are excluded. | Retrieved 2026-10-19
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
Retained annual-list context
Riverdance by Bill Whelan is included for 1995 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
UK top-ten singles in 1995 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
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UK top-ten singles in 1995 (Wikipedia chart transcription)
Secondary chart transcription reviewed: title, artist and presence in the UK top ten during this year. Supplemental annual selection, not an original release date or a U.S. year-end rank.
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