- Frankie McBride
Frankie McBride was an Irish country singer from
Omagh who rose to stardom in the second half of the 1960s.McBride's
hit single , "Five Little Fingers", reached #2 on the Irish charts [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-139061058.html Frank's a Star] . "The Mirror ", November 24, 2005 (subscription access required).Google News gives the line "and whose recording of Five Little Fingers reached No.2 in the Irish charts" upon searching for "frankie mcbride" "five little fingers" in the search string.] and #19 on theUK Singles Chart in 1967.Neil Warwick, [http://books.google.com/books?id=ib4MyAIpe3MC&pg=PA671&lpg=PA671&dq=%22frankie+mcbride%22+%22five+little+fingers%22&source=web&ots=lnnCsTY1RS&sig=Zin0ciy8jJ1323n7FCooz6_C5sc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result The Complete Book of the British Charts] . Omnibus Press, 2004] A full-length self-titled album hit #29 on theUK Albums Chart the following year. The song was noted for its blending ofrock and roll and country, a trend which became increasingly acceptable to mainstream audiences in the late 1960s. [ [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50814F83D5D10738DDDA90994DA415B878AF1D3 A New Love Affair: Rock and Country] . "New York Times ", December 10, 1967. (subscription access required)]McBride also recorded an album of
gospel music inNashville withGloria Smith in 1981. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4161/is_20060409/ai_n16183692 Frankie & Gloria Blaze the Trail] . "Sunday Mirror ", April 9, 2006.]Discography
*"Frankie McBride" (1968)
*"Why Me Lord" (1981)References
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