caption years_active birth_name alias birth_place label background alt birth_date genre image article_title name
dana scallon in 1970 1967 -- present rosemary brown dana islington , london , england rex , fanfare , epic , heart beat , lite , , ritz , word , ds music , cherry red decca , gto , creole , warwick solo_singer dana scallon in 1970 30 august 1951 celtic , folk , pop , christian dana scallon 1.jpg dana rosemary scallon
 dana rosemary scallon
dana rosemary scallon

dana rosemary scallon -lrb- born rosemary brown on 30 august 1951 -rrb- , known in her singing career as dana , is an irish singer and former member of the european parliament -lrb- mep -rrb- .
while still a schoolgirl she won the 1970 eurovision song contest with `` all kinds of everything '' .
it became a worldwide million-seller and launched her music career .
she entered politics in 1997 , as dana rosemary scallon , running unsuccessfully in the irish presidential election , but later being elected as an mep for connacht -- ulster in 1999 .
scallon was again an independent candidate in the irish 2011 presidential election , but was eliminated on the first count .
