John Redmond (songwriter)

John Redmond (February 25, 1906 – August 26, 1982[1]) was an American songwriter. He was born John Redmond Lynskey and grew up in Clinton, Massachusetts. Among his better known songs was "Christmas in Killarney" (copyrighted 1950), co-written with James Cavanaugh and Frank Weldon.[2]

In 1955, Redmond spearheaded the organization of the Religious Music Guild, along with Father Timothy Flynn, then director of radio and television for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.[3] He subsequently devoted most of his remaining career as a songwriter to creating music for Catholic children. His Religious Music Guild produced two full-length LPs of these songs: Seven Songs on the Seven Sacraments[4] and Twelve Songs on the Apostles' Creed.[5] For Christmas 2016 the St. Augustine Academy Press came out with the first ever compilation of the sheet music for the Religious Music Guild songs. They also issued a remastered CD from the original vinyl, including a few Religious Music Guild songs originally on 45 r.p.m. records not included on the original LPs.[6]

References
  1. http://worcestersongs.blogspot.com/2013/01/i-let-song-go-out-of-my-heart.html
  2. William Emmett Studwell They also wrote: evaluative essays on lesser-known popular American songwriters prior to the rock era 2000 " "Christmas in Killarney" (1950), by Cavanaugh, John Redmond, and Frank Weldon, remains a modestly enduring holiday piece."
  3. The Billboard Magazine, Nov. 5, 1955, Page 17
  4. http://www.worldcat.org/title/seven-songs-on-the-seven-sacraments-including-the-ten-commandments-song-for-little-children/oclc/224454277
  5. http://www.worldcat.org/title/12-songs-on-the-apostles-creeed/oclc/31389204
  6. http://staugustineacademypress.com


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