Label: Dream Ticket Cat No: DTR 001 

Musicians

Gilad Atzmon: Saxophone

Frank Harrison: Piano

Yaron Stavi: Double Bass

Asaf Sirkis: Drums

Produced by Philip Bagenal

My Funny Valentine (Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart)

The Very Thought Of You (Ray Noble)

Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars (Antonio Carlos Jobim)

Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez)

In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning (David Mann & Bob Hilliard)

Someone to Watch Over Me (George Gershwin)

Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen & Edgar Yip Harburg)

Danny Boy (Lyric by Frederic Edward Weatherly)

September Song (Maxwell Anderson & Kurt Weill)

Stardust (Mitchell Parish & Hoagy Carmichael) 

Ronnie Carroll has always been credited as a fine singer who could deliver a quality song effortlessly. ‘Back On Song’ proves this fact and is easily his best album since the Phillips label released the critically acclaimed ‘Carroll Calling’ in 1965.

Throughout the late fifties and early sixties Ronnnie was rarely off our television screens or out of the media limelight. The dramatic change to the UK musical landscape between 1963 and 1966 put paid to the careers of many entertainers.

Ronnie enjoyed seven top fifty singles (2 Top 10) and represented Britain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1962 with Ring A Ding Ding Girl and again in 1963 with ‘Say Wonderful Things To Me.’ Both entries were voted into fourth position.

After a long absence he returns with an album of standards all hand picked by Ronnie who is very much “Back On Song”

Ronnie Carroll Time Line:

1934    Born Ronald Cleghorn (Aug 18) Roslyn St, Belfast, E. Belfast N. Ireland

1949    Left school, drifted in and out of numerous jobs lasting five minutes, five days, five weeks such as baker, plumber, greengrocer etc. However his mothers funding of singing lessons during his teenage years paid off as he started to enter talent shows and win. His first pay packet from performing helped him to make up his mind to pursue a career as an entertainer.

1950    Starts working in shows promoted by Ruby Murray’s father and becomes known as “The Minstrel.”

1952    Wins talent competition, the prize is a week working in ‘Eddie Lees       Hollywood’s Doubles Show.’ Ronnie ends up touring with the show for three years performing impressions of Sinatra, Nat King Cole & Billy Eckstein. 

1955    A/R man Johnny Franz discovers Ronnie performing on stage at the
Metropolitan Edgware Road,   London and signs him to the Phillips label.    Franz records Ronnie almost straight away and by a strange coincidence just prior to his first TV appearance. BBC TV producer Albert Stevenson who was also in the Edgware Rd audience invites Ronnie to make his first TV appearance on ‘Camera One’ a BBC TV talent show hosted by Kenneth Horne (Jan 6 1955)

1956    First single ‘My Believing Heart’ is issued but fails to make the charts.
He cuts another single ‘Forever Darling’ which also fails but at the third attempt that year ‘Walk Hand In Hand’ reaches 13 in the UK singles charts.  

1957    ‘Wisdom Of A Fool’ reaches number 20 in the singles charts

1958    Booked by Jack Good to appear on the first six shows of ‘Oh Boy’. Ronnie then joined the BBC’s rival show ‘Six Five Special.’  

1959    Married Millicent Martin Singer/Actress, TV/Stage/Film) Ronnie appeared on Jack Good’s ‘Oh Boy’ March 28.  
 
1960 ‘Footsteps’ reaches number 36 in the UK singles charts

1962 Eurovision Song Contest “Ring A Ding Girl” comes 4th & but only climbs to 46 in the UK singles chart  whilst ‘Roses Are Red’ goes to number 3  and ‘If Only Tomorrow’ reaches 33.

1963  ‘Say Wonderful Things’ is the UK entry for The Eurovision Song Contest held at BBC Television Centre in London introduced by David Jacobs and Katie Boyle. The song is voted into fourth place but reaches number 6 in the UK singles chart.

1964    ATV make series of TV specials named after pop stars of the day.
Ronnies show was named ‘Call In On Carroll’ which developed into the spin off series Carroll Calling in 1965

1965    Separates from Millicent Martin (Still friends)

1966    Ronnie highlights this year as the end of the big time for him.

1968    Danny Blanchflower introduces Ronnie to Olympic Sprinter June Paul

1970    Ronnie marries June (Children Jamie & Luke)

1971    Ronnie & June emigrate to Grenada to set up home and open a night club.
A political situation develops on the Island driving the tourists away and as a result Ronnie & June lose everything. 

1972    Ronnie returns to the UK ahead of June. Despite having lost everything they decide to start again from scratch.

1973    June and Ronnie start a food business in London’s Camden Market before it became a trendy place to visit. The business sells homemade food and over a period of time develops into six restaurants. They also take a lease on the Everyman Theatre in Hampstead. Ronnie gives June all the credit for the business saying he was just her helper. Although June & Ronnie later divorced they continued to work together for many years and are still good friends. 

1979    On a singing engagement in South Africa Ronnie meets Glenda Kentridge  
 
1983    Ronnie marries Glenda. (Children Harry & Chloë)
Ronnie continued to work in the food business with June and accept the regular singing engagements in South Africa & Far East where variety shows still exist via the major hotel chains. 

1996    Ronnie & Glenda separate   

1997    Stood for Parliament on Home Rule for Hampstead against Glenda Jackson 

2004    Starts recording Back On Song with Gilad Atzmon for Rainbow George Weiss’s Dream Ticket Label. 

2005    Back On Song is released in the UK.

Today Ronnie lives quietly in Hampstead in North West London. He makes regular excursions back into the world of show business. 

Ronnie Carroll Singles 1956 to 1964

Philips PB553 1956 My Believing Heart / Last Live

Philips PB576 1956 Forever Darling / This Same Heart

Philips PB605 1956 Walk Hand In Hand / Sweet Heartaches (13)

Philips PB623 1956 It Only Hurts For A Little While / Love Me As Though There Were No Tomorrow

Philips PB665 1957 The Wisdom Of A Fool / Without Love (20)

Philips PB695 1957 Around The World / Let There Be You

Philips PB801 1958 To Be Loved / You're The Greatest

Philips PB856 1958 Woman In Love / Dormi Dormi Dormi

Philips PB944 1959 The Wonder Of You / Wonderful Love

Philips PB1004 1960 Footsteps / Where Walks My True Love (36)

Philips PB1060 1961 Chain Gang / Move The Mountains

Philips PB1222 1962 Ring-A-Ding Girl / The Girls In Their Summer Dresses (46)

Philips 326532BF 1962 Roses Are Red (My Love) / Wishing Star (3)

Philips 326550BF 1962 If Only Tomorrow / Think Of Her (33)

Philips 326574BF 1963 Say Wonderful Things / Please Tell Me Your Name (6)

Philips BF12621963 Mary Rose / Speak Once

Philips BF1288 1963 When Somebody Thinks You're Wonderful / I Am

Philips BF1329 1963 Tell Me All About It /

Philips BF1343 1964 Tears And Roses / About You

Philips BF1359 1964 Clinging Vine / The Shifting Sands Of Time

Philips BF1386  1964 Dear Heart/

Philips BF1426 1964Without Love/

Albums 1956 to 2005

Philips.             From Ten Till One 1956.

Philips.             Lucky Thirteen 1959.

Philips.             Sometimes I'm Happy, Sometimes I'm Blue 1963.

Philips.             Mr & Mrs Is The Name 1964.

Philips.             Carroll Calling 1965.

Wing                Wonderful Things And Other Favourites 1967. (WL1108)

Fontana.           Phil The Fluter 1969.

Fontana            Promises Promises 1970. (Fontana SFL13192 Could be 1968)

Dream Ticket    Back On Song 2005.

Diamond.         Roses Are Red: The Ronnie Carroll Story 1996.

Diamond          Carroll Calling Sometimes I’m Happy Sometimes I’m Blue 2000.

Pye                  Roses Are Red 2003. 

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