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Ronnie Carroll

Name:Ronald Cleghorn
Born:18-8-1934
Deceased:13-4-2015
Nationality:British
   
National Finals:UK National Final 1963, 1962, 1960
ESC Entries:Say wonderful things (1963)
Ring-a-ding girl (1962)
   
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Biography

Ronnie Carroll was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate. He scored his first hit in 1956 with “Walk Hand in Hand”. He is the only singer to have represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest two years in succession.  Thiese successes were 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. Carroll subsequently worked on cruise ships, and he played a pop musician named ‘Ronnie’ in the 1963 film Blind Corner.In 2005, he released a comeback album, “Back on Song”

Ronnie Carroll died on April 13, 2015, at age 80.

Entries

Country:United Kingdom
Year:1963
Language:English
   
Artist:Ronnie Carroll
Song:Say wonderful things
Lyrics:Norman Newell
Composer(s):Philip Green
Conductor:Eric Robinson
   
Backings:Unknown
Results 
Points:28
Position:4
Running order:1
Country:United Kingdom
Year:1962
Language:English
   
Artist:Ronnie Carroll
Song:Ring-a-ding girl
Lyrics:Syd Cordell
Composer(s):Stan Butcher
Conductor:Wally Stott
   
Backings:
Results 
Points:10
Position:4
Running order:13