Kevin Antony Rowland (born 17 August 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and frontman for the pop band Dexys Midnight Runners (currently called Dexys), which had several hits in the early 1980s, the most notable being "Geno" and "Come On Eileen". 　　Rowland was born in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, England on 17 August 1953 to Irish parents from Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, Republic of Ireland and he lived for three years in Ireland between the ages of one and four before returning to Wolverhampton. The family moved to Harrow, London when he was 11 years old and he left school at the age of 15.