For The Very Best Of
Irish News & Sports,
Click On The Logo Below
|
|
|
For The Very Best Of |
|
Broadcast # 070609 - Information Page |
|
Broadcast # 070609 Play List. |
Show 070609 |
Entertainer / Artist Photos.. |
Entertainer / Artist Information.... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Louise Morrissey has long been one of Ireland's best loved singers and
entertainers. She has toured the UK with Charlie Pride, Foster & Allen, and Dominic Kirwan. Louise and her band visited the Lebanon in 1994, where they entertained the Irish UN Peacekeeping troops. Louise is the second youngest of her family of six. She has two sisters
and three brothers. She was born and raised in Bansha, Co. Tipperary,
Ireland. |
|
|
|
Philomena Begley, the Queen of Country Music. Philomena was
born in Pomeroy, Co Tyrone, where she grew up with a love for Country Music,
at the tender age of 15 years she stepped on her first stage 'for a dare'
she says, in Ardboe on the shores of Lough Neagh. By 1977 she was undertaking a major tour of the United States and in 1978 was invited to sing at the Grand Ole Opry. Since then she has returned annually to Nashville, been a guest of honour at the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York and has sung at both the Grand Old Opry and Carnegie Hall. Now 40 years later Philomena Belgey is phenomenon drawing in the crowds for an audience with the 'Queen of Country Music'. She is married to Tom Quinn, and has three children, Mary, Aiden and Carol where they still reside in the hometown village More... |
|
|
|
Hugo Duncan is a singer and BBC broadcaster from
Northern Ireland. His nickname is "The wee man from
Strabane".He
has two music programmes on
BBC Radio
in Northern Ireland; Country Afternoon with Hugo Duncan on
Radio Ulster each weekday from 13:30 to 15:00, and on
Radio Foyle, every Sunday from 15:00 to 17:00. The theme tune used on
his
BBC Radio Ulster show is
Rocky Top,
while he closes each programme with
Yakety
Sax, also known as the theme to
The Benny Hill Show. Hugo is also a live singer, playing in various
venues throughout Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. For a recent
charity event, Hugo dressed up as
Britney Spears and sang Spears' classic "...Baby
One More Time". More... |
|
|
|
Neil Tobin.. |
|
|
|
Neil Leslie Diamond (born
January
24,
1941)
is an
American
singer and
songwriter. From the 1960s to the 1980s, Diamond was one of the more successful pop music performers, scoring a number of hits in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. As critic William Ruhlmann writes, "as of 2001, he claimed worldwide record sales of 115 million copies, and as of 2002 he was ranked third, behind only Elton John and Barbra Streisand, on the list of the most successful adult contemporary artists in the history of the Billboard chart."[1] As of May 2005 he has sold 120 million records worldwide, including 48 million records in the U.S.[2] Though his record sales declined somewhat after the 1980s, Diamond continues to tour successfully, and maintains a very loyal following. Diamond's songs have been recorded by a vast array of performers from many different musical genres. Diamond was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, and then in 2000 was given its Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award. He has been eligible for induction into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame since 1989, but has thus far been ignored. More... |
|
 Give Up Yer Auld Sins |
Give Up Yer Auld Sins |
|
 Susan McCann |
Susan McCann... Prior to bursting onto the Irish scene, Susan and husband, Dennis Heaney had a three piece group that played the local pubs and cabaret spots around her home in Newry, Co. Down. The success of the single led to the formation of her band, The Storytellers.
In 1979, Susan was invited to perform at the Royal
Albert Hall in London. She rose to the occasion thrilling 4,000 fans in
Britain's most prestigious concert venue. 1980 was the year Susan went to
Nashville to record an LP at Porter Wagoner's studios. The sessions so
impressed Porter that he asked he to appear with him at The Grand Ole Opry
and on his TV program! |
|
|
|
Big Tom and The Mainliners is an Irish
Showband of Country
and Irish genre from the
Castleblayney area of
County Monaghan,
Ireland. Originally named as The Mighty Mainliners the band became famous after appearing on RTÉ Television in 1966 performing their hit song Gentle Mother which reached number 7 in the pop charts of Ireland. In the early seventies the band changed their name to just The Mainliners however soon afterwards they adopted the name Big Tom and the Mainliners in line with other Irish Showbands where a single man was used to take centre stage. More... |
|
|
|
Declan Nerney was born in the heart of Ireland in Drumlish Co Longford, at a unique period of time in the music scene worldwide. A revolution in rock and pop brought us The Beatles, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones, while here in Ireland the magnificent showband boom was about to explode.
A young man growing up at that time, Declan was being
heavily influenced by these greats and indeed was getting the rare
opportunity to see most of the top showbands appear in his native town of
Drumlish. He would cajole his mother into seeing Joe Dolan, Big
Tom, Philomena Begley, The Capital Showband, and many more
perform when the appeared at the marquee at the end of May and early June.
From his vantage point close to the stage, he would absorb every move made
by the guitarist in the bands, watching his fingers slide along the strings,
hoping that one day he might be up there performing just like Dan O'Hara
or Seamus McMahon... |
|
 Ray Lynam |
Ray Lynam - One of the most distinctive 'real' country singers to emerge from the Irish club and showband scene; started out in '60s singing covers of Rolling Stones' hits when he was lead singer with his first band, The Merrymen, while still attending the local Carmelite College Secondary School in Moate.....but then in 1969 he joined the Hillbillies singing modern country and made Irish charts with "Sweet Rosie Jones'. With Philomena Begley a successful
duet team, appearing regularly at Wembley both solo and duo. Albums include.
We Go Together Again '84 on Sonus, Country Stars '84 on Homespun, Simply
Divine '85 on Ritz, all with Begley; his solos incl. Mona Lisa Lost Her
Smile '86, Back In Love By Monday '88 and Very Best '91 on Ritz. |
|
 The Saw Doctors |
The Saw Doctors |
|
 The Wolfe Tones |
The Wolfe Tones are an
Irish rebel music
band deeply rooted in
Irish traditional music.
They are named after the Irish rebel and patriot
Theobald Wolfe Tone,
one of the leaders of the
Irish Rebellion of 1798,with
the
double entendre
that a
wolf tone is a
spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family. |
Disclaimer: All Photos, Hyperlinks and
Information gathered here is for entertainment purposes only
- Copyright © 1995 - 2007 Avendes Entertainment - All Rights Reserved -
