B-Side the Leeside: Gina and 'You're the Greatest Lover' 

The single had risqué lyrics, but it helped turn Gina, Dale Haze & the Champions into stars  

Gina, Dale Haze and the Champions. 

It was two years before contraceptives were legalised in conservative Ireland, and Cork-born showband star Gina was singing the lyrics “You’re the greatest lover, you’re such a sexy thing.” And it was going down a storm.

“There were songs banned from the radio for less,” Gina, real name Mary Hurley, says.