Meet Danny Wilson
80s pop Scottish 1987 smooth
"Mary's Prayer" was the primary single from the debut album "Meet Danny Wilson" of the Scottish pop band calling itself Danny Wilson from Dundee, Scotland, and was an international hit in the late 1980s. Contrary to what was casually believed by many, the singer is Gary Clark, and the band, itself, was named Danny Wilson after a character in a Frank Sinatra film which had been a favorite of the Clark brother's father - as mentioned, the lead vocalist being the singer/songwriter Gary Clark Read more on Last.fm.

The band Danny Wilson formed in 1986 in Dundee, Scotland by brothers Gary Clark (guitar/vocals), Kit Clark (guitar/vocals) and Ged Grimes (keyboards/vocals), the trio named themselves Spencer Tracy before settling on Danny Wilson - after Frank Sinatra's character in the movie Meet Danny Wilson... Their debut single on Virgin Records in Feb' 1987, "Mary's Prayer", failed to make an impression, although it did chart in the US before hitting the UK Top 50 in August and then No. 3 the following March. The song was later featured in the movie "Something About Mary" The debut album "Meet Danny Wilson" was full of promise with the band's clean-cut image fitting perfectly in the late-80's trend for slick. Their follow-up album, "Bebop Moptop", however, failed to make much impression, though the fine single "The Second Summer Of Love" did go Top 30. There was also a subsequent "Greatest Hits" album released after the band split in 1990. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.