Ronnie Carroll wurde am 18.08.1934 in Belfast, Nordirland, geboren. Er sammelte erste Bühnenerfahrungen als Sänger bei verschiedenen Varieté-Shows. 1956 erhielt er seinen ersten Schallplattenvertrag. Sein erster Hit in Großbritannien folgte noch im gleichen Jahr mit Walk Hand In Hand- (1956, Platz 13). Es folgten weitere Hits mit -The Wisdom Of A Fool- (1957, Platz 20) und -Footsteps- (1960, Platz 36). Carroll nahm mit -Ring-A-Ding Girl- 1962 für England am Eurovision Song Contest teil und belegte den 4. Platz. In den britischen Charts erreichte der Titel nur Platz 46. 1962 gelang ihm sein größter Hit mit der Coverversion von -Roses Are Red- (Platz 3). Ein weiterer Erfolg in England war -If Only Tomorrow- (1962, Platz 33). 1963 folgte mit -Say Wonderful Things- noch ein 6. Platz in der englischen Hitparade.
CD 1 | |||
1 | Roses are red (My love) | 00:02:41 | |
2 | Ring-a-ding girl | 00:02:51 | |
3 | Wonderful you | 00:02:32 | |
4 | Runaway | 00:02:15 | |
5 | Dormi-dormi-dormi (Sleep-sleep-sleep) | 00:03:06 | |
6 | Wishing star | 00:02:56 | |
7 | If only tomorrow (Could be like today) | 00:02:35 | |
8 | Where Walks My True Love? | 00:03:31 | |
9 | Love is here to stay | 00:02:55 | |
10 | Stay as sweet as you are | 00:03:21 | |
11 | Think Of Her | 00:03:05 | |
12 | It only hurts for a little while | 00:02:46 | |
13 | The Girls In Their Summer Dresses | 00:02:35 | |
14 | Footsteps | 00:02:12 | |
15 | My believing heart | 00:02:21 | |
16 | Forever Darling | 00:03:01 | |
17 | April in Paris | 00:02:54 | |
18 | The nearness of you | 00:03:58 | |
19 | Last love | 00:02:44 | |
20 | This same heart | 00:02:46 | |
Weitere 5 Tracks anzeigen | |||
21 | Canadian sunset | 00:02:38 | |
22 | The Wisdom Of A Fool | 00:03:10 | |
23 | This is only the beginning | 00:03:04 | |
24 | Around the world | 00:02:40 | |
25 | Sweet heartaches | 00:02:15 | |
CD 2 | |||
1 | Blue moon | 00:03:02 | |
2 | That's my girl | 00:01:28 | |
3 | Stella by starlight | 00:03:39 | |
4 | This can't be love | 00:01:57 | |
5 | Chain Gang | 00:03:12 | |
6 | Orange coloured sky | 00:02:17 | |
7 | Sweet Lorraine | 00:02:39 | |
8 | You go to my head | 00:03:49 | |
9 | Have you met Miss Jones? | 00:02:03 | |
10 | Moonlight becomes you | 00:03:23 | |
11 | Love me as though there were no tomorrow | 00:02:35 | |
12 | That's when you'll know | 00:02:57 | |
13 | My own | 00:02:39 | |
14 | Try again | 00:03:08 | |
15 | I must have done something wonderful | 00:02:46 | |
16 | Walk with faith in your heart | 00:02:27 | |
17 | Someone somewhere | 00:02:33 | |
18 | The wonder of you | 00:02:55 | |
19 | Sweet music | 00:02:45 | |
20 | Each little thing that happens | 00:02:21 | |
Weitere 5 Tracks anzeigen | |||
21 | Women in love | 00:02:50 | |
22 | Desire me (Embrasse-moi, oh mon amour) | 00:02:51 | |
23 | Walk Hand In Hand | 00:03:12 | |
24 | Esther | 00:02:54 | |
25 | Bon voyage | 00:02:20 |