Alan Garrity

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

Alan Garrity
Born	October 14, 1947 Manchester, England
Instruments	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]

Albums

• Put Your Hand In The Hand (1971)
• I Need Someone (1972)[2]
• Words and Music (1975)[2]

References

1. http://www.rock.co.za/files/springbok_top_20_(G).html
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.