1 HE died decades ago, but he still performs to tens of thousands of people regularly in Glasgow….Glen Daly is the man who recorded The Celtic Song, and it is his version which is still played to this day at Parkhead when the club is playing at home.

Glasgow Times: Glen Daly receives a silver disc from Glasgow's Lord Provost in 1972

2 Glen was born in Glasgow in 1920 and attended St Mary’s School. When he left school, he started work on the shipyards on the Clyde. He began his stage career as a foil to famous Scottish performer Lex McLean and his contemporaries included Andy Stewart and the Alexander Brothers

Glasgow Times: Glen Daly

3 Most Glasgow households will have had a Glen Daly LP in their collection, alongside the likes of Sydney Devine and Lena Martell. In 1972, he was presented with a silver disc by Glasgow’s Lord Provost, Sir Donald Liddle. The song he will forever be best known for, however, is The Celtic Song, still played at the start of the club’s home matches. In the same year he recorded it, he also recorded the Johnny Thomson Song, to mark the 30th anniversary of the tragic death of the Celtic goalkeeper at the age of just 22.

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4 He toured extensively and appeared on BBC Scotland show The White Heather Club, along with countless pantomimes at Glasgow’s Pavilion Theatre, where he also frequently topped the bill in variety shows. Outside of Glasgow, he performed at the Edinburgh Palladium and in Belfast.

5 He was a popular well-kent face in the city – in this picture from our archives in 1976, he is pictured leading the singing on a packed coach of pensioners, off from Kelvingrove for their annual trip to Ayr. Glen died in 1987, aged 67.