Various Artists - The Ronan Collins Collection [2CD]

Various Artists - The Ronan Collins Collection [2CD]TRACKLISTDisc One 1. Sweet Little Rockin’ Roller – Joe Dolan and The Drifters 2. My Heart Keeps Telling Me – Dickie Rock and The Miami 3. Broken Promises – Red Hurley 4. It’s Same Old Song - Brendan Bowyer and The Royal 5. I Love You More Today Than Yesterday – Brendan O’Brien and The Dixies 6. Clap Your Hands – Fran O’Toole 7. Music From Across The Way – Sonny Knowles 8. Judy – The Cotton Mill Boys 9. There’s An Island In The Sun – Sean Dunphy and The Hoedowners 10. Baby I’m Your Man – The Dreams 11. I Need You – Declan Ryan and The Regal 12. Gone Moving On – The Freshmen 13. I Don’t Know How To Love Him – Tina and The Real McCoy 14. Ireland Swings – Brian Coll and The Platterman 15. Dance, Dance, Dance – The Sands Disc Two 1. Our Love Will Go On – Butch Moore and The Capitol 2. You Gave Me A Mountain – Brendan Bowyer and The Big 8 3. Tennessee Special – Red Hurley 4. Someone Else’s Land – The Swarbriggs 5. I Love You More And More Today – Joe Dolan and The Drifters 6. Yummy Yummy Yummy – The Sands 7. This Is It - Jim Tobin 8. Let’s Hold On To Love – Des Lee and The Miami 9. My Child – Sonny Knowles 10. I Will Love You All My Life – Roly Daniels 11. Yellow River – The Gentry 12. Burning Bridges – Frankie McBride 13. The Joys Of Love – Brendan O’Brien and The Dixies 14. Behind Closed Doors – Brendan Quinn 15. When My Train Comes In – Dickie Rock and The MiamiIt’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since we released Showband Hits and a year later Showband Hits and More and More. Now as we approach 2017 we present a new compilation of more great showband classics as ………The Story Continues. Once again we feature the iconic showband stars and bands – Dickie Rock and The Miami, Brendan Bowyer with the Royal and The Big 8, Joe Dolan and The Drifters, Butch Moore and The Capitol and Brendan O’Brien and The Dixies. New to our ever-expanding Hits Collections are Declan Ryan and The Regal, with his 1965 hit “I Need You” and The Dream’s hit version of Dickie’s “Baby I’m Your Man”. The latter was written by band members Shay O Donoghue and Aiden Magennis. Sean Dunphy and Sonny Knowles, 2 of the biggest stars who moved on from the showband circuit to the new and emerging cabaret scene are again included. No collection of showband hits would be complete without The Freshmen and The Swarbriggs. Tommy and Jimmy’s original composition “Someone Else’s Land” and the innovative The Freshmen with “Gone Movin On” are featured. For the first time in the series we introduce Tony Kenny and The Sands with two great pop hits “Yummy Yummy Yummy” and “ Dance Dance Dance”. The big powerful voices of Red Hurley and Roly Daniels are also highlighted, along with the softer vocal sounds of Frankie Mc Bride, Jim Tobin and Brendan Quinn. Representing the showband ladies (of which there were all too few) we include Tina from her days with The Real Mc Coy. Yellow River by The Gentry (with Cahir O Doherty) is a real gem, and we remember the late Fran O’ Toole with “Clap Your Hands” and his great friend Des Lee, (one of the survivors of the Miami Showband massacre) with his hit “Let’s Hold On To Love”. A final mention goes to Brian Coll with “Ireland Swings” his hit which tells the story of the impact of the showband era in Ireland. In this great age of nostalgia, it seems that when it comes to the Irish showbands …. The story continues.