Ronnie Carroll
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Ronnie Carroll (born Ronald Cleghorn, 18 August 1934 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British singer and entertainer.
Through work in variety theatre he met his first wife, Millicent Martin. He scored his first hit in 1956 with "Walk Hand In Hand". He was chosen as the singer for Britain's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1962 and with the song "Ring-A-Ding Girl" achieved fourth place, the same UK singles chart placing he reached in 1963 with "Say Wonderful Things". This success was 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.
In the 2005 British General Election, he stood for the Vote For Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket Party, in Belfast. He is close friends with the party leader, Rainbow George.
