Brendan Bowyer
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Brendan Bowyer (12 October 1938 â 28 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 for having The Beatles open for the Royal Showband at a concert on 2 April 1962 at the Pavilion Theatre, Liverpool, England, some six months before the release of The Beatles first single "Love Me Do", in October 1962. Bowyer was regarded as one of the first headlining Elvis impersonators. Elvis Presley himself was a big fan of Bowyer's performances and would often attend Bowyer's concerts in the Stardust Resort & Casino, Las Vegas during the 1970s.
Although born in Waterford, he relocated to Limerick with his family when he was two years old. There he was educated at the Model School and Crescent College, singing with the Redemptorist choir before returning to Waterford with his parents.
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- Boulavogue by Brendan Bowyer
- Bright Side of the Road
- I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
- God Created Woman
- Summer in Dublin
- Ride On
- Sweet Caroline by Brendan Bowyer
- Sarah
- Kentucky Woman by Brendan Bowyer
- I Don't Like Mondays
- Past the Point of Rescue
- Don't Go
- Make Me An Island by Brendan Bowyer
- My Boy
- Follow On
- Nothing Rhymed
- What's Another Year
