Cherry Roland was born in Dartford, Kent, and is best known as an actress, starring in the 1963 UK comedy film 'Just For Fun', but she was also a recording artist signed to Decca Records, who released her first single, 'Handy Sandy', in February 1963, the same month as the film came out. With the success of the film making her name well known in the UK, and following a couple of appearance on the UK TV show 'Thank Your Lucky Stars', her second single, released in May 1963, was 'What A Guy', and it featured the title track from the film on the flip. Her third single, 'Nobody But Me', was released on Fontana Records in October under the name Cherry Rowland, possibly because she was still under contract to Decca at the time, but she soon reverted back to the original spelling for future records. Several of her singles were released in Europe, and she was particularly popular in Holland and Germany, where she had a good fan base, and so her next single was released on German Decca, with 'Another Night Alone' coming out in September 1965. Two of her performances with the Belinda Beats, which were recorded live at the Liverpool Hoop Club in Berlin, were included on a various artists album released in Germany in 1965, and by 1966 she was recording completely in the German language, with the 'Was Ist Gold, Was Ist Geld' single appearing in June of that year. After that she took some time away from the music industry, before returning some five years later with the 'Hey, Herr Kapitan' single in 1971, once again aimed at the German market. In 1974 she attempted a comeback, and released the single 'Here Is Where The Love Is' in the UK, and by the middle of the 1970's she'd joined a cabaret show which toured South Africa, where she recorded a number of singles as a solo artist whilst in that country. 'Second Time Around' did particularly well, apparently selling in excess of 200,000 copies, and it was also released in Holland and Jamaica. The success of the single led to the recording of an album of the same name, which was issued on the South African EMI label in 1976, and singles were released from it in a number of countries. While putting together this album, the only copies of the 'Another Night Alone'/'Cry Baby Cry' single that I could find were cut short after just under two minutes, so I've extended them slightly to a more reasonable length, so that they fit in better with the rest of this collection of the work of Cherry Roland.
Track listing
01 Handy Sandy (single 1963)
02 Stay As I Am (b-side of 'Handy Sandy')
03 What A Guy (single 1963)
04 Just For Fun (b-side of 'What A Guy')
05 Nobody But Me (single 1963)
06 Boys (b-side of 'Nobody But Me')
07 Another Night Alone (single 1965)
08 Cry Baby Cry (b-side of 'Another Night Alone')
09 Wishin' And Hopin' (from 'Live At The Liverpool, No 1' 1965)
10 Can I Get A Witness (from 'Live At The Liverpool, No 1' 1965)
11 Was Ist Gold, Was Ist Geld (German single 1966)
12 Schade Fur Dich (b-side of 'Was Ist Gold, Was Is Geld')
13 Hey, Herr Kapitan (single 1971)
14 Pretty Old Lady (b-side of 'Hey, Herr Kapitan')
15 Here Is Where The Love Is (single 1974)
16 Second Time Around (single 1976)
17 I'd Rather Go Blind' (b-side of 'Second Time Around')
