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Musical Chairs
While on the topic of singers, we realized that many
of the singers moved from band to band and at the same time,
some bands couldn't seem to hold onto singers for more than a couple
of years, or less. On this page we have tried to start tracing some
of the "musical chairs" that were the fabric of the showband era.
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Band |
Lead Vocalists |
| Airchords |
Mick
McNamara, Joe
Fitzmaurice, Pat Lynch |
| Arrivals |
Declan Ryan, Kevin Kane, Jim Fanning |
| Capitol |
Butch Moore, Noel McNeil, John
Drummond, Tony O'Leary |
| Casino/Indians |
Jimmy Breen, Eddie Morgan, Mel Austin,
Ian Corrigan, Noel Brady, Paul Brady, Stephen Proctor |
| Chips |
Linda Martin, Annie Ferguson, Eleanor
Cave, Nicola Kerr, Irene McIlroy |
| Conquerors |
Tom Fitzgerald, Derrick Mehaffey,
Tommy Flynn, Tony Hogan, Sean Slattery |
| Cotton Mill Boys |
Mike Scott, Tony Hughes, Sharon King |
| Country Flavour |
Philomena Begley, Eileen King, Dan
O'Hara |
| Dixies |
Jimmy Mintern, Brendan O'Brien, Joe
O'Toole, Sandie Jones, Rory O'Connor, Tara, Terry McCarthy |
| Fairways |
Gary Street, Karen King, Sandy Duskey,
Barbara Duskey, Marian Duskey |
Johnny Flynn
Showband |
Kevin
Eagleton, Gerry Cronin, Pat Smyth, Jimmy Harte, Roy
Donnelly, Angelina McDonagh |
| Freshmen |
Barney McKeon, Tommy Drennan, Derek
Dean, Billy Brown |
| Mainliners |
Big Tom McBride, John Glenn, Tom Allen
(a.k.a. T.R. Dallas), Jan Lynch (a.k.a. Shelley) |
| Miami |
Jimmy Harte, Dickie Rock, Billy Mac,
Mick Roche, Ray Clifford, Charlie Chapman, Caroline Allen,
Gerry Brown |
| Mighty Avons |
Larry Cunningham, Gene Stuart, Brian
Harkin, Hugh McLean |
| Nevada |
Brian O'Brien, Maisie McDaniel,
Kelley, Roly Daniels, Red Hurley, Tina Reynolds, Glen
Curtin,
Ronnie Medford, Roy Taylor, Karen Black
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| Plattermen |
Brian Coll, Dave Thornton, Rob Strong,
Simon Scott |
| Premier Aces |
Mickey Slyman, Houston Wells, Shay
O'Hara, Patsy McCaul |
| Royal |
Brendan Bowyer, Lee Lynch, Arthur
Madden, Frank Chisum, Carl Phillips, Barbara Dickson
(a.k.a. Dick), Derrick Mehaffey |
| Sands |
Tony Kenny, Tara, Fran Troy, Jackie
Kelly, Eamonn Gibney, Pat Tynan, Eric Murray |
| Tallmen |
Hugo Duncan, Anne Lynch, Patricia, Har
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| Times |
Jimmy Swarbrigg, Tommy Swarbrigg,
Benny White, Maggie Maye |
| More to Come |
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