Chessmen Photo Gallery
The Chessmen were one of the more adventurous
Irish showbands of the mid-60s and featured singer Alan Dee who was
also a strong songwriter. It was rare for showbands to compose their
own material in those days, but Dee penned several hit songs such as
Fighting and What In The World Has Come Over You. The
band's greatest success was the ballad, Michael Murphy's Boy.
The song reached number 4 in the Irish charts in the summer of 1966.
The Chessmen were managed by Noel Pearson, who later went on to
produce Irish films like as My Left Foot and The Field.
The band continued to play into the early 70's although they never
regained the popularity they had once enjoyed after Alan left the
band in the late 60's.
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