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Nobody ever said it
would be easy. Cooped up in a minibus with six or seven
'lads', changing in a toilet or a mineral-bar, dealing with
amorous punters and then facing the long journey home. It's
not a surprise that well over 95% of showband member were
male. On these pages, IrishShowbands.Net turns the spotlight
on the girls who threw in their lot with a showband and
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Sandra Hudson sang
with The Hudson Showband
(thanks to Steve Bannon
for the info.) |
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Do you know the name of the female vocalist with The Majestic Showband from Keady,
County Armagh? |
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They didn't
have a female singer when they were The Royal Blues but with a name
change came a new singer,
Lola
(Ann-Marie Mooney) . . . |
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. . . and later,
Carole Wallace. |
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Belle Crowe
had great success as lead vocalist with The Melotones |
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The Oceans, both from Belfast featured vocalist
Elizabeth Jamison,
whose stage-name was
Paula |
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Gina (Mary Hurley) from Cork fronted The Herdsmen who
subsequently became The Champions. . . |
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. . . a different
Gina sang
with The Trixons when they first returned to Ireland. |
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Marie
Branagh was the lead singer with The Senators Showband |
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Can you name the singer with The Tourist Showband? |
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Anne Duncan was the featured singer with
Letterkenny's Marines Showband |
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Ruby Lennox sang with The Presidents |
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