Remembering Brendan Bowyer: The man who put the 'show' into the showband era and never failed to shine

Brendan Bowyer had a glittering music career that spanned six decades

Liam Collins

Brendan Bowyer was the man who put the show into the showband era. The Waterford-born singer, who has died in Las Vegas at the age of 81, was a gentle giant remembered for his rubber-legged performances of The Hucklebuck.

It wasn’t his first No. 1 in Ireland, but it is the song he is most associated with at home, where it topped the charts for seven weeks in 1965.