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The Freshmen supported The Beach Boys on their 1967 Irish tour. At the Belfast gig was a young Rory Gallagher, who later recalled (in conversation with journalist, John Waters) the impression both acts made on him: The Freshmen, led by Billy Brown and Derek Dean, played first and featured a medley of Beach Boys songs.
The Freshmen from Ballymena, Antrim, led by Billy Brown and Derek Dean, covered hits by The Beach Boys and Jan and Dean. Dickie Rock performed mainly big ballads. First singing with Dublin's Strykers, Blackbirds, Echoes and Melochords, he became a star with The Miami Showband, and in 1966 represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest.
Brown left The Freshmen in the mid 1970s to pursue other musical projects, albeit with limited success. He later rejoined the band and, in 1977, they had one of their biggest hits with his composition, "Cinderella". Following the breakup of The Freshmen, Brown had a minor solo hit in 1980 with his own song, "Look What Jerry Lee Did To Me".
The People's Park is set in the heart of Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland The mature setting was donated to the town by Sir Robert Alexander Shafto Adair in 1870 and extends for 45 acres (180,000 m 2 ) around a lake.
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Galgorm is a townland in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 1 km west of Ballymena. It is part of the civil parish of Ahoghill. Administratively, it is in the Borough of Ballymena. The townland encompasses the village of Galgorm and much of the area between Ballymena and Galgorm itself.
A former Allianz fund manager was spared prison time on Friday over his role in a meltdown of private investment funds sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic that caused an estimated $7 billion of ...
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