John Raymond Sullivan first came to prominance in 1966 with a group of fellow Belfast school teachers: Gerry Burns, Finbar Carrolan & Eamonn McGirr, known collectively as The Go Lucky Four, when they soared to the top of the Irish music charts with Up Went Nelson, maintaining the Number One spot for eight consecutive weeks.
Birth and education
He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland on 25 July 1942. He was educated at St. Malachy's College, Belfast and The Queen's University of Belfast from which he graduated in 1963.
