EMERALD’S CROWN JEWEL

August 18, 2026

in New Catalogue

EMERALD’S CROWN JEWEL

Frankie McBride was an Irish singer who rose to fame in the late 1960s, scoring a hit with ‘Five Little Fingers’, which reached No. 2 in Ireland and No. 19 in the UK in 1967. The song captured an ongoing fascination across Ireland for traditional US country music. Cherry Red are the custodians of the Northern Irish label Emerald, a major archive of Irish, Scottish and Celtic music spanning more than 50 years, featuring artists including Big Tom & The Mainliners, The Miami Showband, Sydney Devine, Bridie Gallagher and Andy Stewart.

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