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Thomas "Tommy" Swarbrigg and John James "Jimmy" Swarbrigg are Irish music promoters and former pop musicians. As The Swarbriggs, they represented Ireland at the 1975 Eurovision Song Contest with "That's What Friends Are For". As The Swarbriggs Plus Two, with Nicola Kerr and Alma Carroll, they competed again in 1977 with "It's Nice To Be In Love Again". The brothers wrote both songs. They also scored numerous other top 20 chart hit singles in Ireland during the 1970s, including "Joanne" (a No. 1 hit in 1976), "Looking Through The Eyes Of A Beautiful Girl", "If Ma Could See Me Now", "Funny" and many more. They had over 20 top 20 Chart Entries through the 1970s, which were all self composed.
Not to be confused with Swarbrick.
| This article relies too much on references to primary sources. (March 2008) |
From 1962, Tommy played trumpet with Joe Dolan's showband, The Drifters (not to be confused with the American group). In 1969 he and the other backing musicians left to form The Times Showband, with Jimmy added as lead vocalist. The brothers wrote their own compositions, which was unusual for a showband, and they scored numerous hit singles in Ireland. By 1973 they had their own television show on Raidió Teilifís Éireann and worked independently of the showband, leaving altogether in 1975. They retired in 1980 and In later years they had various business ventures, including promoting concerts in Ireland for various Irish and foreign artists, including Smokie, Leo Sayer, Meatloaf (3 tours) The (American) Drifters, Jack L, Albert Hammond, Dermot Morgan, and Richie Kavanagh. The brothers were attributed as the inspiration for the 'My Lovely Horse' music video in the channel 4 television series Father Ted.
The re-written song of The Swarbriggs "If Ma Could See Me Now" was later heard from the 2002–2008 Mrs Brown's Boys direct-to-video film series from Ireland.
References
- Swarbrigg Entertainment official site as music promoters
- From Ian Gallagher's showbands site:
- From Irish-showbands.com:
Awards and achievements |
Preceded by |
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 |
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Preceded by |
Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1977 |
Succeeded by |
 Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest |
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Participation |
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- 1965
- 1966
- 1967
- 1968
- 1969
- 1970
- 1971
- 1972
- 1973
- 1974
- 1975
- 1976
- 1977
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1983
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2002
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- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
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- 2019
2020
- 2021
- 2022
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Artists |
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1960s | |
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1970s | |
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1980s |
- Johnny Logan
- Sheeba
- The Duskeys
- Linda Martin
- Maria Christian
- Luv Bug
- Johnny Logan
- Jump the Gun
- Kiev Connolly and The Missing Passengers
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1990s | |
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2000s | |
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2010s | |
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2020s | |
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Songs |
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1960s |
- "Walking the Streets in the Rain"
- "Come Back to Stay"
- "If I Could Choose"
- "Chance of a Lifetime"
- "The Wages of Love"
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1970s |
- "All Kinds of Everything"
- "One Day Love"
- "Ceol an Ghrá"
- "Do I Dream"
- "Cross Your Heart"
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "When"
- "It's Nice to Be in Love Again"
- "Born to Sing"
- "Happy Man"
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1980s |
- "What's Another Year"
- "Horoscopes"
- "Here Today Gone Tomorrow"
- "Terminal 3"
- "Wait Until the Weekend Comes"
- "You Can Count On Me"
- "Hold Me Now"
- "Take Him Home"
- "The Real Me"
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1990s |
- "Somewhere in Europe"
- "Could It Be That I'm in Love"
- "Why Me?"
- "In Your Eyes"
- "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
- "Dreamin'"
- "The Voice"
- "Mysterious Woman"
- "Is Always Over Now?"
- "When You Need Me"
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2000s | |
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2010s | |
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2020s | |
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Note: Entries scored out are when Ireland did not compete |
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Countries |
- Belgium
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- Yugoslavia
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Artists | |
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Songs |
- "At Va'Ani"
- "Une chanson c'est une lettre"
- "Dan ljubezni"
- "Ding-a-dong"
- "Era"
- "Et bonjour à toi l'artiste"
- "Gelukkig zijn"
- "Jennie, Jennie"
- "Let Me Be the One"
- "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein"
- "Madrugada"
- "Mikado"
- "Old Man Fiddle"
- "Seninle Bir Dakika"
- "Singing This Song"
- "That's What Friends Are For"
- "Toi"
- "Touch My Life (with Summer)"
- "Tú volverás"
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Countries | Final |
- Austria
- Belgium
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Luxembourg
- Monaco
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
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Withdrawn | |
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Artists | |
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Songs |
- "Ahava Hi Shir Lishnayim"
- "Beatles"
- "Boom Boom Boomerang"
- "Casanova"
- "Enséñame a cantar"
- "Frère Jacques"
- "It's Nice to Be in Love Again"
- "Lapponia"
- "Libera"
- "De mallemolen"
- "Mathima solfège"
- "A Million in One, Two, Three"
- "L'oiseau et l'enfant"
- "Une petite française"
- "Portugal no coração"
- "Rock Bottom"
- "Swiss Lady"
- "Telegram"
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[de] The Swarbriggs
The Swarbriggs waren ein irisches Gesangsduo, bestehend aus den Brüdern Thomas Sheridan (Tommy) Swarbrigg und John James (Jimmy) Swarbrigg.
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