... on May 10th 1960. With a Protestant mother and Catholic father, Bono grew up with a strong religious faith but avoided becoming attached to one particular denomination. His mother died in 1974 (within days of the death of her own father) when Bono was just 14 years old, an event that was to have a strong influence on his later songwriting. (Bono, Grolier Library 3) ... political song, " New Year's Day- would become number 10 on the UK charts and cracking the top 50 of the US charts. They would still need some form of media to keep them in the public's view. (Orstanzo 21) Popularity of the...

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