Link: Daniel and Mary video
Atkinson has posted on Amazon that Daniel and Mary, whom he claims only appeal to elderly people, would "endorse anything for money."
This is downright VILE of Mr. Atkinson.
Daniel, who did a fabulous 90-minute TV special ten years ago in tribute solely to Jim Reeves, has sold 12 million recordings, and sold out venues ranging from the Sydney Opera House in Australia to Carnegie Hall in New York, Branson (where his shows are sold out months in advance) to Sri Lanka. His audiences are comprised of all age groups, from young children to senior citizens. He is revered in his native Ireland and received many worldwide honors. To smear him and Mary as being people who would sell their souls for money is sooooooo far off the mark.
Atkinson picked the wrong two people to malign. Daniel is known in the music industry for his extremely high ethics, uncommon in show biz.
In fact, Daniel O'Donnell is a well-known PHILANTHROPIST, who has raised millions of dollars for a long list of charities, and personally rescued scores of orphaned children in Romania, following political unrest there. He literally saved their lives and did a lot of that behind the scenes with no publicity.
So this is the kind of man whom Atkinson claims would cynically take money to endorse one of my "crappy" CDs, which Atkinson further claims the BBC would never play? (Actually, the BBC has already played tracks from the latest CD extensively).
Mary is also very active in charitable work, including helping raise money to combat cystic fibrosis.
You could not name two entertainers who have more sterling reputations than Daniel and Mary.
But Peter Atkinson is so hellbent on pursuing his crusade against the Jim Reeves CDs so many of you fans have enjoyed that he will stoop this low to assail these fine people. And the so-called Reeves fans who in the past have rushed online to defend Atkinson surely know, if they have one iota of common sense, that his desperation to try to destroy the sales of the Reeves CDs has carried him waaaaaaaaay too far.
To see one of the TV commercials Daniel and Mary are doing, click the link below (then scroll down the page to view the video).
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