From: Cork
Active: 70s-80s
Style: Pop Showband
Lineup:
- Gina - vocals
- Dale Haze - vocals
- a.o.
Bio:
Long running, successful pop showband from Cork. I know nothing about them.
They kept their eye on european charts during the 70s and 80s, covering hits
from Holland and elsewhere. Gina later went solo.
Discography
• The Herdsmen feat. Gina - Paper Mansions / Nobody Home To Go To // Eden / Shelley's Winter Love
7" - Release Records - RL 662 - IRL - 1973 - PS
• Gina & The Champions - Single Girl / Jerdi & The Champions - With Broken Wings
7" - THE Records - THE 104 - IRL - 1974
• Dreams Are Good Friends / Arizona
7" - Play Records - PLAY 70 - IRL - Feb 1974
• Minnie Minnie Minnie / Morning Has Broken
A-side by Van Hemert, recorded in Eamon Andrews Studios, produced by Liam Hurley.
B-side by Cat Stevens (mis-printed "Morning Is Broken" on PS)
7" - Release Records - RL 763 - IRL - June 1975 - PS
• Oh! My My / What's Wrong With My Loving You
7" - Release Records - RL 782 - IRL - August 1975
• Freedom / One More Time
7" - Release Records - RL 812 - IRL - 1976
• Dale Haze & The Champions - Darling Honey / I Remember Natalie
7" - Release Records - RL 847 - IRL - 1976
• I've Been Waiting for You / Sing Me an Old Fashioned Song
7" - Release Records - RL 871 - IRL - September? 1977
• Do You Wanna Do It? / Goodbye Goodbye
7" - Release Records - RL 874 - IRL - May? 1977
• From The Beginning
LP - Release Records - BRL 4090 - IRL - 1977
side one:
Minnie Minnie
Dreams Are Good Friends
Natalie
Freedom
One More Time
True Love Forgives
Sing Me An Old Fashioned Song
Do You Wanna Do It
side two:
Oh My My!
I've Been Waiting For You
Robert
Darling Honey
Making Memories
What's Wrong With My Loving You
Paper Mansions
Goodbye Goodbye
Notes:
Produced by Liam Hurley except A2/A4/A5 and B3/B5/B7
produced by Dermot O'Brien.
Recorded at Lombard Sound, Dublin Sound and EA Studios.
All tracks are covers/standards apart from last track, co-written
by Liam Hurley.
• Mary Lou / Plantation Boy
7" - Release Records - RL 935 - IRL - 1978
• You're The Greatest Lover / My Love
7" - Release Records - RL 950 - IRL - December 1978
Possibly released January 1979 but (p) 1978
A-side by Janschen & Janschens. Arranged & produced by Liam Hurley.
B-side by Holten/Manenkei/Holten. Arranged & produced by Liam Hurley.
• Saturday Night Disco (medley) / Why Did You Wait To Tell Me
7" - Spider Records - WEB009 - IRL - 1979 - PS?
Notes: The A-side medley contains two Sam Cooke songs, "Twisting The Night Away"
and "Another Saturday Night And I Ain't Got Nobody". B-side by Peter Yarrow. Both sides
arranged and produced by Liam Hurley.
• Who Do You Wanna Be / Don't Play Me A Symphony
7" - Spider Records - WEB015 - IRL - September 1979 - PS
A-side by Jansen/Jansen. Arranged & produced by Liam Hurley.
B-side by Rolf Soja/Frank Dostal. Arranged & produced by Dermot O'Brien.
• Let There Be Love / You’ll Never Know
7" - Spider Records - WEB029 - IRL - 1980 - PS?
A-side by Jansen/Jansen. Produced by Irving Martin.
B-side by Tony Hiller/Paul Curtis. Produced by Tony Hiller.
• Champions Again!
LP - Spider Records - WELP 5002 - IRL - 1980
side one:
Who Do You Wanna Be (Jansen/Jansen)
Mary Lou (Faas/Verboven/Van Wijk/Van Loon/Roubos)
Don't Play Me A Symphony (Sofa/Dostal)
Someone I Know (Clifford T.Ward)
Plantation Boy (T.King/F.Jay)
My Love (Holten/Manenkei/Holten)
side two:
You're The Greatest Lover (Jansen/Jansen)
Why Did You Wait To Tell Me (Yarrow)
Gypsy Girl (Faas/Verboven/Van Wijk/Van Loon/Roubos)
I've Never Been To Me (Clifford T.Ward)
And The Lord Said (Kissoon/Kissoon)
Saturday Night Disco (Cooke)
Notes: Contains 4 new tracks plus 8 recordings previously
released as the A and B sides of 4 singles: Releaase RL 935,
Releaase RL 950, Spider WEB09 and Spider WEB015.
• Drunken Sailor / Saturday Night
7" - WEA Records - IR ????? - IRL - February 1981
• Drunken Sailor / Nobody Does It Like You
7" - WEA Records - IR 18488 - IRL - 1981
7" - WEA Records - IR 18488 - Germany - 1981 - PS
A-side by Peter Koelewijn, produced by Liam Hurley.
B-side by Paul Curtis, produced by Tony Hiller.
• Give Me Back My Love / If You Want My Love
7" - WEA Records - IR 18742 - IRL - August 1981 - PS
• A Real Good Feeling / All Day Long
7" - WEA Records - IR 18741 - IRL - May 1981
• It's A Real Good Feelin'
7" - WEA Records - DHS 1 - IRL - 1981 - promo only
• s/t AKA Real Good Feeling
LP - WEA Records - DHLP1 - IRL - December 1981
• More To You Than Meets The Eye / Mellow Loving
7" - WEA Records - GINA 1 - IRL - February 1983
A-side by Wayne Bickerton & Roger Greenaway.
B-side by A.Monn/J.Cheeks/R.Williams.
• Maybe Tomorrow
7" - WEA Records - IR ????? - IRL - November 1983
• No One Can Love / Best Seller
7" - WEA Records - IR19194 - 1983? - no PS
• Playing With Fire / Playing With Fire (Instrumental)
7" - CBS Records - 6422 - IRL - June 1985 - PS
• I Wanna Live / I'm So Sorry
7" - CBS Records - CBSA7006 - 1986? - no PS
• There's A Kind Of Hush / Are You Magic
7" - Raglan Records - RGS 4 - 1987 - no PS?
• Gina - A Woman In Love / Can't Live On Memories
7" - Harmac Records - HMS 32 - IRL - 1989? - PS
• Gina - Love Me Tender / Boomerang
Harmac Records - HMS 38 - IRL - 1989? - PS
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