Alan Garrity is a musician who had a number of hits in South Africa and Rhodesia.
This was followed up by I Need Someone which reached No 2 on Springbok Top 20 and spent 33 weeks on the charts[1] and won the 1972 South African Recording Industry (SARI) Award for Best Song of the Year.
[2][3] In 1973, he won SARI awards for Best Album of the Year and Best Male Vocalist.
His next single, a cover of Home Isn't Home Anymore, reached no 5 on the charts.
[4][5] In 1975 he won a second SARI Award for Best Male Vocalist and his third in 1981 along with a SARI for Top Twenty Artist of the Year.