During the the showband era many excellent recordings were released. Perhaps all the members of the forum might like to list their Top Five faves and the Administrator could draw up a listing of the top 50!  To get things under way here are my top 5:
1. Papa Oo Mow Mow ... Freshmen
2. Here I Stand ... The Airchords
3. No Restrictions ... Tweed
4. You Are No Angel ... Ding A Ling
5 I Gotta  Woman ... Banshees

:) :) :) :) :Tiptop these are mine, 1   I'm So Afraid,Lola and New Blues,    2, The Huclebuck,The Royal, 3  Clap your hands and stamp your feet,The Miami,   4 Looking Through The Eyes Of   A Beautiful Girl,The Times 5   You Never Can Tell,Carole and New Blues        

:)   hi all these are a few of my faves, :)

dickie rock, i love melaine

big tom,
sunset years of life        ::)

tweed,  the  letter               ::)

glen curtain, baby id love you to love me   ::)

kelly and the nevada, how great thou art :)   ::)

Wow, I'm chuffed...I sang on You are no angel!
Thanks Tip Top
I would say
1. A walk in the park (Roy what's his name)
2. Touble with a capital T... Horselips
3. Twice a week....Chips
4. You are no angel...Ding-a-ling
5. More and More and More...Joe Dolan

Actually, I would like to add a 6th
6.   That's what friends are for...The Swarbriggs!

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) Thats what friends Are For was an excellent record,wasn't Walk In The Park by R

:) :) :) :) :) :)I think Walk In The Park was by Roy Taylor,who kept on the traditional of excellent male singers in theNevada ;D ;D ;D ;D

It's difficult to pick 5 favourites. You'd need about 10. A few that I'd include would be:
If I Didn't Have A Dime Tom Dunphy and Royal
Baby Blue                  The Conquerors
Noreen Bawn            DJ Curtin and the Kerry Blues
The Hucklebuck         Brendan Bowyer and Royal
Papa Ooh Mow mow  The Freshmen

Hiya All! Here's my top 5 favourite songs (from albums or singles) :

1. Funny Face -  Roly Daniels
2. When The Night Meets The Dawn - The Debonaires
3. Wild Blood - The Indians
4. Clap Your hands.... - The Miami
5. Devil Among The Tailors - Mushroom

There's lots more that I could add really...

My favourite five
1  Four Country Roads - Big Tom :)
2  Kiss An Angel Good Morning - Gene Stuart :)
3  Gypsy Jo And Me - Ray Lynam :)
4 Blanket On The Ground - Philomena Begley :)
5 Big Tom Is Still The King - Susan McCann ;)
                         
                                Smith

::) gloria  ::) one day at the time

::)danny doyle  ::) a daizy a day

::)brendan shine  ::) a bunch of voilets blue

::) stage 2 beautiful sunday

::) tony kenny  ::) heart of stone  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

My Favourite Five ,

1: Larry Cunningham ( Tribute To Jim Reeves )
2: Johnny Mc Evoy  ( Those Brown Eyes )
3: Margo   ( Mamma Say A Prayer )
4: Philomena Begley ( Queen Of The Silver Dollar )
5: Big Tom  ( Gentle Mother ) ::) ::) ::) :) :) :)
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Well these are some of mine:

Who Knows - Roy Don & Johnny Flynn Showband
There's Always Me - Dickie Rock & Miami
One More Ride - The Bandits
If I Did'nt Have a Dime - Tom Dunphy & Royal Showband
Above and Beyond - Heuston Wells & Premier Aces

Unfortunately this shows how old I am ! ! !

Five little fingers..Frankie McBride
Little Arrows ...The Dixies
Candy Store..Dickie Rock
Indian Wedding song....The Indians

.....and all of Joe Dolans

eddy wrote on 06/29/06 at 04:05:28:

::) ::) tony kenny  ::) heart of stone  ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Doesn't really count, folks - it wasn't a showband record, in fact, apart from Tony, it wasn''t even Irish.  Mickie Most and Phil Coulter (ok, so he's Irish aswell!)  put together a UK  session band in a UK studio, got Tony to sing the song (written by Coulter and his then song-writing collaborator, Martin) and called the artist  KENNY for the release.  Despite having a major hit with this song (and the follow up) Tony was unhappy with the arrangments - need I say more! - and returned home to Ireland.  Mickie Most found a pub band, "Chuff", renamed them Kenny, and had them touring quite successfully for a few years.
Read a bit more and see a photo of KENNY at http://www.hometown.aol.co.uk/glamrockbear/page9.html
No sign of Tony there!

celebrity wrote on 06/22/06 at 01:53:03:

:) :) :) :) :Tiptop these are mine, 1   I'm So Afraid,Lola and New Blues

I don't think I know that one at all?  Charlie Pride and Fleetwood Mac both released songs with that title, was it one of those?
And whatever happened to Lola? She was a terrific singer, did a lot of backing vocal session work.

Some strange selections there, folks!
I'd rate the following, in no particular order:
Tar & Cement, Joe Dolan
Walking The Streets In The Rain, Butch Moore
Papa ooh Mow Mow, Freshmen
Love Is A Symphony, Roly Daniels

A tremenduous song from the 60s was "Never An Everyday Thing" by Grannys Intentions, although as they were more a beat group than showband,  maybe they should not be included here.

There's a long list of showband (and other) hits listed here:
http://www.munster-express.ie/050513/opinion1.htm