Alan Garrity

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Alan Garrity
Born (1947-10-14) October 14, 1947 (age 74)
Manchester, England
InstrumentsPiano, Guitar

Alan Garrity is a musician who had a number of hits in South Africa and Rhodesia.

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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]

Discography

Singles

Albums

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References

  1. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (G)".
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Chivers, G; Jasiukowicz, T (1994). History of Contemporary Music of South Africa Part 1. Toga Publishing. p. 43. ISBN   0-620-18121-4.
  3. South Africa: A Visual History. Visual Publications. 1972. p. 105.
  4. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  5. "Billboard". Billboard Magazine. March 1973.
  6. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989" . Retrieved 21 June 2020.