The Irish Showband (Irish: seó-bhanna) was a dance band format popular in Ireland from the 1950s to the 1980s, with its peak in the 1960s. These bands...

The Miami Showband were an Irish showband in the 1960s and 1970s led firstly in 1962 by singer Jimmy Harte, followed by Dickie Rock and later by Fran...

The Miami Showband killings (also called the Miami Showband massacre) was an attack on 31 July 1975 by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary...

were a Country and Irish showband from the Castleblayney area of County Monaghan, Ireland. Originally named the "Mainliners Showband", sometimes prefixed...

May 2020) was an Irish singer best known for fronting the Royal Showband and The Big Eight, and who had five number one hits in Ireland. He was also renowned...

Brutal Moment In Ireland's Troubles". Decider. July 10, 2019. "Netflix fails to make sense of the Miami Showband Massacre". The Irish Times. July 10, 2019...

written by Charles Ridgewell and Will Godwin. It was performed in 1970 by Irish showband singer Dermot Henry and his band, the Virginians. "If Those Lips Could...

musician and artist from Northern Ireland. He was a singer, saxophonist, and pianist with The Freshmen, an Irish showband of the 1960s and 1970s. Brown was...

a 1966 country song written by Philip Fitzpatrick and performed by Irish showband singer Larry Cunningham and his band, The Mighty Avons. The song is...

February 1938 – 28 September 2012) was an Irish country music singer, who was one of the leading figures of the showband scene in the 1960s and 1970s. Cunningham...

The Freshmen were among the most popular Irish showbands of the 1960s and 1970s. They specialised in recreating the complex vocal harmonies of international...

1966 Irish traditional single written by Mervyn Allen and P. Raymond, and performed by Irish showband singer Pat Smyth and the Johnny Flynn Showband. The...

emerged from Ireland's showband scene, where local bands would play American pop standards tailored to Irish sensibilities. The showband scene was especially...

1986. Irish Showbands were a major force in Irish popular music, particularly in rural areas, for twenty years from the mid-1950s. The showband played...

between September and October 1966. Bell then moved to Dublin and joined Irish showband the Dreams, but left in 1969 with a view to forming a rock band. An...

two decades. They were one of the most popular club acts in Ireland, playing on the showband circuit until their retirement in 1992. In 2009 they staged...

joining an Irish showband named The Dreams. He left in 1969, having tired of the showband format, and at the end of that year formed a band with Irish musicians...

at the Wayback Machine Johnny McEvoy profile, irish-showbands.com; accessed 14 March 2018. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts...

instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. Known as "Van the Man" to...

a Scottish guitar company launched in 2002 The Freshmen (band), an Irish showband Freshmen (album), by Nesian Mystik "The Freshmen" (song), by The Verve...

Showband, including seven number ones. Dickie Rock and the Miami Showband were the first Irish artists to go straight into the number one spot with "Every...

Pat Lynch (1933 – 26 January 2018) was an Irish singer and entertainer of the showband genre born in Cork. Lynch was born into a musical family in Blackpool...

The Dixies was an Irish showband based in Cork, which performed and toured for over 40 years from its inception in 1954 until the late 1990s. Formed in...

different blues styles. Gallagher began playing after school with Irish showbands, while still a young teenager. In 1963, he joined one named Fontana...

2001) was an Irish singer and a showband icon during the 1960s. Moore was born in Dublin, Ireland. He achieved celebrity status as Ireland's first contestant...

Irish traditional music (also known as Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants) is a genre of folk music that developed in Ireland. In A History...

Ireland (Irish: Éire [ˈeːɾʲə] ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of...

as the frontman of the Irish showband Big Tom and The Mainliners. On 1 February 2008, Big Tom began a 12-date tour of Ireland after doctors gave him the...

The Times (band), a British 1980s–90s independent band The Times showband, Irish showband 1968–82 The Times, an album by Ian Pooley released in 1996 The...

Hot 100. "Little Arrows" was covered by Irish showband Brendan O'Brien & the Dixies; it reached No. 1 in Ireland in 1968. The song was covered by Jimmy...