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90295571 | Play | Ring A Ding Girl (UK) | 00:00 Tools | |
90295572 | Play | Walk Hand In Hand (Digitally Remastered) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132722 | Play | Say Wonderful Things | 00:00 Tools | |
84132723 | Play | Roses Are Red | 00:00 Tools | |
84132724 | Play | Ring a Ding Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
84132725 | Play | Ring-a-ding girl | 00:00 Tools | |
84132726 | Play | Footsteps | 00:00 Tools | |
84132727 | Play | Walk Hand in Hand | 00:00 Tools | |
84132729 | Play | Roses Are Red (My Love) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132728 | Play | Say Wonderful Things To Me | 00:00 Tools | |
84132733 | Play | Ring-a-ding Girl (United Kingdom) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132730 | Play | If Only Tomorrow | 00:00 Tools | |
84132731 | Play | The Wisdom of a Fool | 00:00 Tools | |
84132732 | Play | Roses Are Red My Love | 00:00 Tools | |
84132734 | Play | Please Tell Me Your Name | 00:00 Tools | |
84132735 | Play | The Wonder of You | 00:00 Tools | |
84132736 | Play | Walk Hand In Hand - Digitally Remastered | 00:00 Tools | |
84132739 | Play | Chain Gang | 00:00 Tools | |
84132737 | Play | Say Wonderful Things To Me (1963 UK 4th Place) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132738 | Play | Say Wonderful Things To Me (19 | 00:00 Tools | |
84132741 | Play | If Only Tomorrow (Could Be Like Today) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132740 | Play | Say Wonderful Things to Me (1963) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132742 | Play | The Girls In Their Summer Dresses | 00:00 Tools | |
88616441 | Play | Without Love | 00:00 Tools | |
84132743 | Play | Say wonderful things (UK) | 00:00 Tools | |
88616442 | Play | Roses Are Red (My Love) [Ronnie Carroll] | 00:00 Tools | |
84132744 | Play | Rose Are Red (My Love) | 00:00 Tools | |
84132745 | Play | To Be Loved | 00:00 Tools | |
90295573 | Play | Ring A Ding Girl (UK) | 00:00 Tools | |
90295574 | Play | Walk Hand In Hand (Digitally Remastered) | 00:00 Tools |
Ronnie Carroll (Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber. He scored his first hit in 1956 with "Walk Hand in Hand" on the Philips label. He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession. Having taken part in the 1960 UK Eurovision selection contest with the song "Girl with a Curl", he returned to win the selection and be Britain's entry in the 1962 contest, and with the song "Ring-a-Ding Girl" shared fourth place, the same placing he reached in 1963 with "Say Wonderful Things". This success was followed by two Top 10 hits during 1962 and 1963, but a lack of good material meant that he could not sustain a chart presence. In 1962 he appeared on the bill of "The Winifred Atwell Show". From Monday, 17th September, 1962, for one week only, he gave twice nightly performances at the Brighton Hippodrome. Carroll subsequently worked on cruise ships, including the QE2, with John Marcangelo who was the drummer with the Ronnie Carroll Orchestra. He played a pop musician named 'Ronnie' in the 1965 film Man in the Dark. In 2005, he released a comeback album, Back on Song. Carroll contested his home Hampstead and Highgate constituency seat in the 1997 UK General Election, and the Uxbridge by-election in July that year with the Rainbow Alliance. He stood in the 2008 Haltemprice and Howden by-election as a candidate for Make Politicians History and received 29 votes, despite announcing that he was trying to enter the record books by receiving no votes. He stood as a candidate (under the name 'The Eurovisionary Carroll') for the 2015 general election, in the Hampstead and Kilburn constituency. Nominations had closed on 9 April 2015, just four days before his death, but polling day was not until 7 May. He was standing as an independent so the poll continued; if he had won the election, the ballot would have been re-run at a later date. In the event he polled 113 votes to finish sixth out of seven candidates. Through work in variety theatre he met his first wife, Millicent Martin, to whom he was married from 1958 to 1960. His second wife was the Olympic runner June Paul with whom he ran an unsuccessful nightclub in Grenada. He was declared bankrupt in 1974 and his second marriage ended. Carroll later married and divorced a third wife, South African-born Glenda Kentridge. He latterly lived in Hampstead, north London, and was a regular caller to phone-in shows on BBC London 94.9. He died in London on 13 April 2015, at age 80. He was survived by two sons with June and a daughter and son, his children with Glenda. Singles discography "Walk Hand in Hand" – (1956) – UK Singles Chart - No. 13 "The Wisdom of a Fool" – (1957) – No. 20 "Footsteps" - (1960) – No. 36 "Ring-A-Ding Girl" – (1962) – No. 46 "Roses Are Red" – (1962) – No. 3 "If Only Tomorrow" – (1962) – No. 33 "Say Wonderful Things" – (1963) – No. 6 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.