Johnny Lappin
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Johnny Lappin

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Johnny Lappin is an award-winning music publisher who has published songs for many of Ireland’s top music entertainers. A founder Director of IMRO, Lappin has been at the forefront of the Irish music publishing business for more than four decades. In 1983 his clients Clannad won an Ivor Novello Award, often referred to as the Oscars for songwriters, for their “Theme from Harry’s Game” which was the first Irish language song to enter the UK’s top 5 singles chart. In 1985 Clannad won a BAFTA Award for “Robin The Hooded Man”, a song taken from the hit TV series “Robin of Sherwood”, which starred Jason Connery in the title role. The series was picked up by over 130 countries worldwide. During his 45 years in music publishing, Johnny Lappin has published the works of a multitude of writers and artists such as Aslan, Sharon Shannon, Rob Burke, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Ryan Sheridan, Otherkin, Little Hours, Wyvern Lingo and countless others including the multi award winning Andrew ‘Hozier’ Byrne. He has overseen the publishing careers of Grammy nominated artists such as Celtic Woman as well as Ireland’s folk band of the year The High Kings. In 2015 Lappin himself picked up an Ivor Novello Award as publisher for Hozier’s worldwide hit “Take Me To Church” and has also worked with Athy's finest, Picture This, on their international publishing deal. Having served as a Publishing Director on the Board of IMRO for the full twenty-year term, he currently serves as Company Secretary of the Music Publishers Association of Ireland (MPAI) and also serves as Chairman of the Mechanical Copyright Society of Ireland (MCPSI). He is heavily involved in copyright lobbying issues on behalf of songwriters and publishers in association with the Brussels based International Confederation of Music Publishers (ICMP). Lappin also wrote the book “The Need To Know Guide to Music Publishing” (© 1997 Foxrock Music Productions), to help explain to musicians the practical workings of music publishing within the entertainment industry. In 2019 he self-published his memoirs “In A Lifetime - From Hozier to U2” in which he details his lifetime in the music business which gave him a privileged front row seat at the extraordinary rise of the Irish music industry, as it grew from modest beginnings to become one of the major talent resources for the worldwide entertainment industry. 2025 will see the release of the Audiobook of his memoir while he continues to guide the careers of his client songwriters including the Award winning Belfast bluesman Dom Martin, Wicklow’s songsmith Mark Caplice, and many others (TBA)
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