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...
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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...
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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...
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Big Tom and The Mainliners (category Irish country music groups)
were a Country and Irish showband from the Castleblayney area of County Monaghan, Ireland. Originally named the "Mainliners Showband", sometimes prefixed...
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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...
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The Swarbriggs (redirect from The Times showband)
promoters From Ian Gallagher's showbands site: Swarbriggs Times Showband Drifters From Irish-showbands.com: The Drifters (1964-1980's) The Times (1968-1982)...
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Brendan Bowyer (redirect from Royal Showband, Waterford)
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...
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The Freshmen (band) (redirect from The Freshmen (Irish showband))
The Freshmen were among the most popular Irish showbands of the 1960s and 1970s. They specialised in recreating the complex vocal harmonies of international...
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Eric Bell (category Rock guitarists from Northern Ireland)
and The Bluebeats, before joining an Irish showband named The Dreams. He left in 1969, having tired of the showband format, and at the end of that year...
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Thin Lizzy (redirect from Black Eagles (Irish band))
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...
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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...
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Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions (category Irish pop music groups)
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...
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Dickie Rock (category Articles containing Irish-language text)
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...
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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...
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emerged from Ireland's showband scene, where local bands would play American pop standards tailored to Irish sensibilities. The showband scene was especially...
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Big Tom (category 20th-century Irish male singers)
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...
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in the mid-1970s, including "The Bump" and "Fancy Pants". In 1973, Irish showband singer Tony Kenny, former lead singer with The Sands and The Vampires...
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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...
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Larry Cunningham (category Irish country singers)
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...
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Van Morrison (category Record producers from Northern Ireland)
instruments including guitar, harmonica, keyboards and saxophone for various Irish showbands, covering the popular hits of that time. Known as "Van the Man" to...
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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...
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at the Wayback Machine Johnny McEvoy profile, irish-showbands.com; accessed 14 March 2018. "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". www.irishcharts...
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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...
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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...
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Lovely Leitrim (category Songs about Ireland)
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...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Skid Row (Irish band). Discography at Discogs.com Skid Row at Irish Showbands.com Skid Row at WorldMusicDatabase Fleetwoodmac...
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Black and Tan Gun (category Irish rebel songs)
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...
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a Scottish guitar company launched in 2002 The Freshmen (band), an Irish showband Freshmen (album), by Nesian Mystik "The Freshmen" (song), by The Verve...
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Butch Moore (redirect from The Capitol Showband)
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...
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Pat Lynch (singer) (category Irish country singers)
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...
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