Tina Reynolds

Tina Reynolds or Tina (* in Greystones as Philomena Quinn ) is an Irish pop singer .

From the age of 16 Tina was active as a singer in Irish show bands. She sang with The Mexicans and then with The Tophatters . From 1969 she was a singer in the Irish pop band The Real McCoy . With this she had her first hit: I Don't Know How to Love Him , a title from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar , came in at number 1 in the Irish charts in 1971 . Two other singles, Tell Me What´s The Matter (1972, 15th place) and When Morning Has Come (1973, 20th place), were also able to place. In 1974 Reynolds won the Irish preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest . With the hit Cross your Heart she reached seventh place at the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 in Brighton and the single went straight to number 1 in Ireland . She also sang a German version, with the title Hand auf's Herz , she had an appearance on the ZDF hit parade .

Reynolds then moved to the show band The Nevada , where she was active until the late 1970s.

Web links

• Tina Reynolds in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Tina Reynolds at irish-showbands.com