What is Big Tom?
{{BLP sources|date=July 2022}} [[File:Portrait_of_Singer_Big_Tom_(Nov_2004).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Big Tom in November 2004]] '''Tom McBride''' (18 September 1936&nbsp;– 17 April 2018), known as '''Big Tom''', was an Irish [[country music|country]], [[Traditional Irish music|traditional]], [[easy listening]] singer, [[guitarist]], and [[saxophone|saxophone player]]. He was born in [[Castleblayney]], [[County Monaghan|Monaghan]], Ireland. With a career spanning over five decades, he started his career in 1966 as the frontman of the Irish showband [[Big Tom and The Mainliners]]. McBride died on 17 April 2018 at the age of 81.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/big-tom-death-3961868-Apr2018/|title=Country singer Big Tom McBride has died aged 81|date=17 April 2018|work=The Journal|access-date=17 April 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.k-macrecords.com/ Big Tom's record company] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180808173017/http://k-macrecords.com/ |date=2018-08-08 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Big Tom}} [[Category:1936 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Irish singers]] [[Category:Irish guitarists]] [[Category:Saxophonists]] [[Category:Country singers]] [[Category:Country musicians]] {{bio-stub}}