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William Brown (1943 – 6 June 1999) was a musician and artist from Northern Ireland. He was a singer, saxophonist, and pianist with The Freshmen, an Irish showband of the 1960s and 1970s.
Apart from Derek Dean, members included keyboard player, saxophonist, and singer, Billy Brown, who also arranged their trademark vocal harmonies, Damien McElroy (guitar), Torry McGahey (bass), Maurice Henry (saxophone), Sean Mahon (trumpet/trombone), and David McKnight (drums).
Although definitely one of the earliest "pop bands" the Freshmen, from Ballymena, were different from the rest of the showbands of the early 1960's. Billy Brown, an extremely talented piano and sax player, had been playing since he was twelve.
Sep 22, 2016 · The old David Whitfield classic given a new lease of life in 1967 by Irish band, The Freshmen with Billy Brown on lead vocals. Gene Pitney released his version of the song the following year.
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Jan 31, 2016 · Irish Showbands - The Freshmen. NI TV Archive. 3.02K subscribers. Subscribed. 137. 32K views 8 years ago. Interview & performance from The Freshmen ...more.
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M usical genius, environmentalist, artist, writer and arranger Billy Brown passed away in June 1999, aged just 56. His legacy, and that of his colleagues is one that Irish people can be very proud of ~ The Freshmen, a band that broke the showband mould.
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Jan 18, 2013 · This song written by Billy Brown is taken off the Freshmen album - Movin' On (1968), Pye NPL18263. It's an unknown gem in my opinion and deserves to be heard...
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