Lee Mulhern

Lee Mulhern (born 12 June 1988) is a singer who won awards at the World Championships for Performing Arts competition at age 11. The song that won him a gold medal there, "I May Be Young", later became used as a peace song, in particular with memorials of the attacks of September 11th. ["NY's finest aid our kids", "The Sun", 2004-02-11, p. 15.] He is now a member of the international band Stateside.

Early years

Lee Mulhern was born in Omagh, Northern Ireland. He grew up in the County Tyrone town of CastledergCarton, Donna. "Child star Lee finds Mum knows best", "Daily Mirror", 1999-10-05, p. 8.] and lived there until the age of 13; he later moved to County Donegal. He started his career at age 7. He made his first appearance on Irish television winning the top prize in 'Children At Heart'. He went on to sing live on the BBC with country star and TV personality Hugo Duncan for the 'Children in Need' appeal.

Aged 8 Lee released his first cassette album entitled 'Hey Good Looking' a selection of pop, country and ballads. At 10, he won top spot in an 'Esat Digifone' talent competition. At age 11, in 1999, Lee was chosen to represent Ireland at the World Championships for Performing Arts in Los Angeles, California. He travelled with 35 other Irish contestants to compete against 1500 hopefuls from around the world. He won a gold, a silver and two bronze medals.Regan, Claire. "It's viva Las Vegas for teenager: Singer Lee to jet off for date with the stars", "The Belfast Telegraph", 2001-12-22.] His gold medal was for the song "I May Be Young", written by his mother Veronica, who was in Irish showbands in the 1960s.

In 2001, at age 13, he participated in a Las Vegas New Year's Eve concert that included Barbra Streisand, Billy Joel and Neil Diamond.

In 2002, he performed at the Buncrana Music Festival. ["NorthWest: Rock scene hots up at Buncrana", "The Belfast Telegraph", 2002-07-11.]

On 6 September 2002 in New York, Lee joined Ronan Tynon of the Irish Tenors and a host of other American artists at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center for a concert to remember the victims of the September 11th attacks on New York. [ [http://www.myspace.com/officialleemulhernfanpage MySpace.com - Official Lee Mulhern Fanpage - www.myspace.com/officialleemulhernfanpage ] ] Lee also joined RTÉ's Gerry Ryan at Ground Zero on 9 September when he sang "Fields of Gold" at a special wreath-laying ceremony. [McEntee, Myles. "Fire hero tribute by Gerry", "The Sun", 2002-09-10, p. 7.] [ [http://www.rte.ie/2fm/ryanshow/sep11.html The Gerry Ryan Show ] ]

Lee Mulhern in Stateside

In 2005, Mulhern joined the band Streetwize, billed as the world's first "global boyband", as one of its original members, following worldwide auditions. [Clements, Andrea. "Fame is beckoning for Streetwize Lee: teen signs for boyband", "The Belfast Telegraph", 2005-09-05.] The band played in the "Childline" charity event in 2007 in Ireland [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWhb2bGKHQs Appearance in Childline Irish charity event in 2007] ] . After many member changes, Streetwize was renamed Stateside [ [http://www.myspace.com/statesideofficial MySpace.com - STATESIDE - Venezuela, Ireland, USA, UK, US - Pop - www.myspace.com/statesideofficial ] ] . Alongside the Irish Lee Mulhern, the band includes the American Kyle Carpenter, New Zealand's Ben Hazelwood and Venezuelan Antonio Jones. Lee Mulhern is also credited for his rendition of "Drowning", a favourite of his from The Backstreet Boys.

ongs by Lee Mulhern

*When You Say Nothing At All
*The River
*Fields of Gold
*Drowning (with Stateside, called Streetwize earlier)He sings also in Streetwize songs:
*Room In Your Heart
*Imagine

References

External links

* [http://www.myspace.com/leemulhernmusic Lee Mulhern MySpace site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/statesideofficial Stateside MySpace site]