Alan Garrity | |
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Born | Manchester, England | October 14, 1947
Instrument(s) | Piano, Guitar |
Alan Garrity is a musician who had a number of hits in South Africa and Rhodesia.
He had his first hit with Put Your Hand in the Hand which was No 1 on the Springbok Top 20 chart for four weeks in 1971. This was followed up by I Need Someone which reached No 2 on Springbok Top 20 and spent 33 weeks on the charts [1] and won the 1972 South African Recording Industry (SARI) Award for Best Song of the Year. [2] [3] In 1973, he won SARI awards for Best Album of the Year and Best Male Vocalist. His next single, a cover of Home Isn't Home Anymore , reached no 5 on the charts. [4] [5]
In 1975 he won a second SARI Award for Best Male Vocalist and his third in 1981 along with a SARI for Top Twenty Artist of the Year. [2]
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