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Don Mescall is an Irish singer and songwriter from . Mescall regularly tours in Ireland and the United Kingdom and plays some major festivals. He splits his time between the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States.


Early career
Having played in pubs and clubs around Ireland, Mescall landed the job of opening for at the Mean Fiddler in . Mescall began his set with a new song, "Paradise". Havens liked the song so much that he recorded " Paradise" for his 2002 album "Wishing Well".


Songwriting
As a songwriter, Don Mescall works alone and also collaborates with other artists/songwriters. In previous years, he was based in .

Mescall has had songs recorded by a wide range of artists including , , , , , , , Aslan, Garou, , , , , , and .

Mescall's song, "Secret Smile" was included on the album Still Feels Good which debuted at the No.1 position in the Billboard 200 album chart and the Billboard Country Chart. Weeks later the entered the Billboard 200 album charts at No. 7 with their album "Unbreakable" which featured Mescall's song, "Trouble Is". This meant Mescall had 2 songs featured on albums in the top ten of the Billboard 200 chart during the week of 17 November 2007. In more recent years Don has had six songs featured on 's "Fearless" Album which went triple platinum in France (2015). Mescall had a Number 1 Irish country single in 2016 with 's "Wanna dance" from the album "Staying up all night" on Decca records.

He had a number 1 single again with (Nathan Carter)'s 'Livin' the Dream'. He also achieved Number 1 in Irish Country charts in 2018 with Nathan Carter's single "This song is for you". Also in 2017, Mescall had a number 1 song with "Angels in Chains" (); the single reached number one in Argentina, Peru, and Spain .

In February 2017, Mescall received an Irish World Lifetime Achievement Award for songwriting and production. He received the award for Songwriter of the Year at the Irish Post Country Music Awards 2017 on August 30, 2017.

After having success writing for other artists, Mescall released his own album ‘Lighthouse Keeper’, in November 2018. It debuted at #1 on the Irish Independent Album charts in November 2018.

On August 16, 2019 'Live Long Rock & Roll' was released. It was a tribute single for , written by Don Mescall and McCollough, and performed by a super band, the McCollough Fusileers. It was released on Ballywonderland records. The band featured on drums, Sir on bass, on electric guitar, on Hammond and keyboards, with lead vocals, and Paul Carrick with backing vocals, Fiachra Trench on strings, and the London Community Gospel Choir as backing vocals. The song was mixed by and produced by Mescall. The single was featured on the Ballywonderland album by Henry McCollough.


Eurosong 2011
Mescall took part in the Irish Eurovision Song competition on a Late Late Show Eurosong Special on Friday 11 February 2011. Having been 'mentored' by the pair co-wrote their entry for the competition, "Talking with Jennifer". They placed third with a total score of 68 points.


"The Voice of Ireland" 2012
Mescall was invited to act as assistant coach on the new Irish TV production of "The Voice of Ireland" which was filmed in in November 2011. He assisted his friend and co-writer while appearing on the show which aired at the end of January 2012.


Personal life
Don Mescall is originally from the parish of Ahane/Lisnagry in . He has eight sisters and two brothers. He has also been a vegetarian for more than 20 years.


Discography
  1. Sunset of Gold – EP
  2. Lucky Star – EP (2004)
  3. Last Chance – EP (2004)
  4. Left in L.A. – single (2005)
  5. You Don't Love Me – EP (2005)
  6. Innocent Run – album (2006)
  7. Fuel for the Fire – EP (2007)
  8. Lighthouse Keeper – album (2018)


Songs written for other artists
Mescall's songs feature on the following albums, selling more than four million records worldwide:
1994
1995
1995
1996
2002
23 April 2002
2003
2003
7 March 2004
2005
23 August 2005
1 January 2006
2006
2006
29 May 2006
29 May 2006
May 2006
May 2006
21 December 2006
2007
20 April 2007
25 September 2007
24 October 2007
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
6 May 2008
6 May 2008
21 September 2008
2009
17 April 2009
21 April 2009
9 February 2010
8 March 2010
25 May 2010
1 May 2011
9 September 2011
20 September 2011
27 September 2011
30 November 2011
April 2012
9 April 2012
24 April 2012
5 June 2012
Sept 2012
8 November 2012
April 2013
29 April 2013
June 2013
Oct 2013
25 November 2013
8 November 2012
12 May 2014
16 June 2014
17 August 2014
13 October 2014
24 October 2014
14 November 2014
24 November 2014
18 May 2015
20 November 2015
29 April 2016
2017
June 2017
feb 2018
19 June 2017
August 2018
5 June 2020
july 2020
6 June 2021
Oct 2021


Compilations, soundtracks and DVDs
1995
1995
2000
11 November 2002
2 February 2004
1 December 2006
24 July 2006
1 April 2008
1 July 2008
21 July 2008

10 December 2002
14 October 2003
24 January 2005
26 February 2008
21 July 2008


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