Joseph Francis Robert Dolan (October 16, 1939 – December 26, 2007), was an Irish singer of easy listening songs.

The youngest of eight children, Dolan was born into a musical family. As a youngster, he often played washboard to accompany his sisters' singing. Leaving home, after losing his father at the age of eight and his mother when he was fifteen. Dolan served an apprenticeship as a newspaper compositor for the Westmeath Examiner.

Music, however, continued to attract Dolan's attention. After performing with his brother, Ben, on the dancehall circuit, he joined the Drifters Showband when he completed his apprenticeship in 1964.

Joe Dolan was one of the most successful vocalists in Ireland. The only Irish singer to reach the top ten in the 1960s, ‘70s, ‘80s and 90s, Dolan was a constant presence on the hit parade of the Emerald Isle. He was the first western artist to perform in the former Soviet Union, in 1978.