UTV presenter Jimmy Greene drops in on a recording session with the Royal Showband. The Royal were Ireland's biggest showband, led by Brendan Bowyer (aka the Waterford Elvis), At one point, the Royal played in Liverpool, supported by The Beatles.

The band's Tom Dunphy is interviewed. 

Forming in the late-1950s, and enduring until the mid-1970s, the Royal Showband enjoyed considerable success both at home in Ireland - they hailed from Waterford - and across the UK.

Notably, they performed for the Queen, on the Royal Variety Show in 1960.

Courtesy of ITV, PRONI and the Department for Communities

Interviewer: Jimmy Greene

• NI Direct - PRONI
• Royal Showband - Irish Showbands