A long-running Canadian group specializing in Celtic folk music, The Irish
Rovers formed in Toronto in 1963. Co-founders George Millar and Jimmy Ferguson
had both grown up in Northern Ireland before relocating to Toronto, where they
began singing together as teenagers. After moving to Calgary and expanding their
duo to a quartet, they released The Irish Rovers' debut album — a live recording
titled The First of the Irish Rovers — in 1966. The Unicorn followed in 1967 and
charted at Number 24 in America, where its title track became a Number 2 hit on
the US Adult Contemporary Char...