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Ronnie Carroll
Ronnie Carroll with his first wife, Millicent Martin. Photograph: Rex Shutterstock
Ronnie Carroll (1934-2015)
Lived at: Hampstead Garden Suburb
Profession: Singer
Other links: Politician maybe, but his candidacies were meant as a joke
Ronald Cleghorn was born in Belfast; in the evenings he sang in local clubs, using Carroll as his stage name. He moved to London in 1953 and enlivened show business pages in the tabloid press during the 1950s and 1960s. He had his first hit record in 1956; his 1962 Roses Are Red (My Love) hit the top 10 in the charts. He represented the UK in the 1962 and 1963 Eurovision song contests, achieving fourth place in both. His 1959 marriage to Millicent Martin was the highlight of the show business calendar for that year; they divorced in 1965 partly due to Carroll’s compulsive gambling. He declared bankruptcy in 1974 and opened a food stall in Camden market. In later life Carroll was renowned as a spectacularly unsucces
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Ronnie Carroll
Northern Irish singer (1934–2015)
Musical artist
Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate.
Music career
[edit]Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber.[1]
In January 1954, 19-year-old Ronnie Cleghorn was appearing in a variety show at the Town ingångsrum , Portadown billed as Belfast's Nat King Cole[2] and the show went on to play at several locations in Northern Ireland. Coming across to England, Cleghorn joined a show called "Hollywood Stars" at the Queen's in Blackpool in March 1954[3] in which the cast gave impressions of trans-Atlantic screen personalities. He sang in the style of Nat King Cole in blackface.[4] Cleghorn adopted the stage name of "Carroll" in May 1954 and the show toured the UK for the next eighteen months. He made his first television ap
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Ronnie Carroll facts for kids
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ronald Cleghorn |
| Born | (1934-08-18)18 August 1934 Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Died | 13 April 2015(2015-04-13) (aged 80) Hampstead, London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn; 18 August 1934 – 13 April 2015) was a Northern Irish singer, entertainer and political candidate.
Career
Carroll was born Ronald Cleghorn in 116 Roslyn Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1934, the son of a plumber.
In January 1954, 19-year-old Ronnie Cleghorn was appearing in a variety show at the Town Hall, Portadown billed as Belfast's Nat King Cole and the show went on to play at several locations in Northern Ireland. Coming across to England, Cleghorn joined a show called "Hollywood Stars" at the Queen's in Blackpool in March 1954 in which the cast gave impressions of