克里斯·蒂伯 Chris De Burgh 克里斯·蒂伯（Chris De Burgh）原名Christppher James Davidson，爱尔兰/英国歌手和音乐创作人。1948年10月15日出生于阿根廷的Pergamino。De Burgh的父亲是一位英国外交官，母亲是爱尔兰裔英国人，童年因为父亲工作的原因，一家人经常迁移，从而积累了丰富的旅行和人生经验。虽然DeBurgh持有英国护照但却把自己认为是爱尔兰人。De Burgh在都柏林Trinity 大学求学时，他已经开始凭着对音乐的痴迷与爱恋进行流行歌曲的创作。 　　1974年De Burgh签约 A&M唱片公司，并加入乐队Supertramp，之后随其Crime of The Century巡行演唱会并建立一小部分的歌迷基础。1975年2月，De Burgh的首张专辑《Far Beyond These Castle Wall》推出的时候，恬逢Moody Blues风行乐坛，De Burgh被掩盖在其浓荫之下，尽管如此，他用轻摇滚演绎的历史幻想还是引起了乐评的注意，他们认为De Burgh的歌曲具有一种超人的洞察力，同年七月，推出专辑里的单曲《Flying》，虽然在英国表现并不很出色，却在巴西流行乐排行榜上取得了No.1并且停留在榜首17周之久。1975年De Burgh推出了第二张专辑《Spanish Train And Other Stories》，其中的一首《A Spaceman Came Travelling》以及流畅、迷人的旋律受到乐众的喜爱。虽然这时 De Burgh仍没能火爆英美乐坛，但是在加拿大，南非，欧洲和南美洲，他已经名声日隆。De Burgh 的第五张专辑《Eastern Wind》在挪威的销售量超过了The Beatles的《Let It Be》取得了当地排行榜的冠军。在一段冗长的等待期之后，终于在1982年凭藉由Ruper Hine制作的《The Getaway》冲入了英国排行榜。1984年De Burgh的专辑《Man on The Line》获得了很好的销量，翌年《The Very Best Of Chris De Burgh》又使他在英国名噪一时。1986 年他又以一首快乐浪漫的《Lady In Red》取得了英国排行榜的榜首。1988年De Burgh又发挥他优秀的创作才能，写出了一首广为流传的《Missing You》。同年他的专辑《Flying Colours》不仅取得了商业上的成功，并名列英国专辑榜前列。De Burgh于1992年又推出了《Power Of Ten》，依然保持了他的高水准。Chris De Burgh凭着优秀的音乐才能在乐坛中继续追求着商业性和艺术性的双重目标。 　　Chris de Burgh signed his first contract with A&M Records in 1974, and supported Supertramp on their Crime of the Century tour, building himself a small fan base. His début album, Far Beyond These Castle Walls, was a folk-tinged stab at fantasy in the tradition of the Moody Blues. It failed to chart upon its release in late 1974. A few months later, he released a single called "Turning Round" from the album, released outside the UK and Ireland as "Flying". It failed to make an impression in the UK, but it stayed on top of the Brazilian charts for 17 weeks. This became a familiar pattern for the singer/songwriter, as every one of his 1970s albums failed to chart in the UK or US while they racked up big sales in continental European and South American countries. In 1981, he had his first UK chart entry with Best Moves, a collection culled from his early albums. It set the stage for 1982's Rupert Hine produced The Getaway, which reached number 30 in the UK charts and number 43 in the US, thanks to the eerie single "Don't Pay the Ferryman". Chris de Burgh's follow-up album, Man on the Line, also performed well, charting at 69 in the US and 11 in the UK. 　　Chris de Burgh had an across-the-board success with the ballad "The Lady in Red" in late 1986; the single became a number one hit in the UK (number three in America) and its accompanying album, Into the Light, reached number two in the UK (number 25 in the U.S.). That Christmas season, a re-release of de Burgh's 1976 Christmas song "A Spaceman Came Travelling" became a Top 40 hit in the UK. Flying Colours, his follow-up to Into the Light, entered the British charts at number one upon its 1988 release, yet it failed to make the American charts. De Burgh never hit the US charts again and his commercial fortunes began to slide slightly in Britain in the early 1990s, yet he retained a following around the world. This is mainly due to inactivity of his previous recording label A&M Records UK division in the U.S. 　　In 1997, de Burgh composed a song entitled "There's a New Star Up in Heaven Tonight", dedicated to Diana, Princess of Wales. The song was released as a 100-copy limited edition and included on the compilations The Ultimate Collection (2000) and Now and Then (2009). 　　In 2007, a concert in Tehran was planned for mid-2008, together with local band Arian, which would have made Chris de Burgh the first western pop singer to perform in Iran since the 1979 revolution. However, the concert never went ahead because he had not been given permission by the Iranian authorities to perform in the country. 　　He was the first Western act to play in Lebanon after the Lebanese Civil War.