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

Alan Garrity
Born	(1947-10-14) October 14, 1947 (age 75) Manchester, England
Instrument(s)	Piano, Guitar

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

• "Put Your Hand in the Hand" (1971)[2] - (South Africa #1)[6]
• "The Dream Waltz" (1971)[2]
• "Somehow, Somewhere" (1971)[2]
• "I Need Someone" (1971)[2]
• "Till The Rivers All Run Dry" (1972)[2]
• "Home Isn't Home Anymore" (1972)[2]
• "I’ll Have To Dream" (1973)[2]
• "Goodbye Mama" (1973)[2]
• "She’s My Woman" (1975)[2]
• "Sunshine In My World" (1976)[2]
• "You’re Losing Me" (1980)[2]
• "Santa Maria" (1981)[2]
• Oh Louisa
• Christmas At Home
• A love Like That
• You Stood By Me
• Give me back My Woman

Albums

• Put Your Hand In The Hand (1971)
• I Need Someone (1972)[2]
• Words and Music (1975)[2]
• The World of Alan Garrity
• Feelings
• A Song for you
• A winters Tale. Recorded in the UK
• Christmas with Alan Garrity
• tracks on Numerous compilation Albums.
• Best Of Alan Garrity
• Beach House in the Blue Mountains (with Jurie Els) Universal Music 2013

References

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