Alan Garrity

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
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
  1. "South African Rock Lists Website - SA Charts 1969 - 1989 Acts (G)".
  2. 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.
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