Monday 31 March 2014

Malcolm Roberts born 31 March 1944

 
Malcolm Roberts (31 March 1944 — 7 February 2003) was an English singer, who enjoyed three hit singles from 1967 to 1969 in the UK Singles Chart.
 
Born in Blackley, Manchester, Roberts arrived in the music industry through a previous career in acting - even appearing briefly in a tiny role in ITV's soap opera, Coronation Street. It was while appearing as Tony in West Side Story  that he received his big break. Composer  Lionel Bart spotted his potential and cast him in appear in his West End production of Maggie May at the Adelphi Theatre, in 1964.
 
His powerful singing voice may have had great appeal only with the older generation- but they certainly went out and bought his records in great numbers. His first single, "Time Alone Will Tell" reached number 45 in May 1967, followed by his biggest hit, "May I Have the Next Dream With You" in November 1968, reaching number 8 and staying on the charts for 15 weeks. His final hit, in November 1969, was "Love is All", which reached number 12. According to the sleeve notes of his 2001 retrospective CD collection, his recording career continued in Brazil, where he scored many hits.
 

 
Perhaps it was because Malcolm Roberts began to spend more time abroad instead of cultivating his home audience, but no further 1970s UK chart hits followed his heady 1960s beginnings. He did however maintain a high profile in musical shows and continued as a popular stage performer throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s. More recently, he was able to establish himself a niche at 1960s nostalgia concerts.
 
He also appeared on American television on 6 November 1970, via The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He had previously sung on both The Morecambe and Wise Show (1969) and The Kenneth Williams Show on the UK's BBC Television. Roberts later appeared in pantomime, starring opposite Ronnie Corbett and Clodagh Rodgers in the 1971 production of Cinderella at the London Palladium. In 1985, he joined a six-member group to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song, "Children, Kinder, Enfants" was written by Ralph Siegel, Bernd Meinunger and Jean-Michel Beriat, all of whom had written Eurovision entries before, with Seigel and Meinunger writing the 1982 German winner. The group consisted of an international line-up of the UK's Roberts and Ireen Sheer, Dutch singer Margo, Frenchman Franck Olivier, German Chris Roberts and Canadian Diane Solomon. The song was performed mainly in French, with a counterpane sung in English and German. They got 37 points and finished in 13th place.
                          
In 1991, Roberts attempted alone to represent the UK, with his own composition, "One Love", but finished last in the A Song For Europe contest. Numerous stage appearances in various shows across the country followed, and his back catalogue of recordings was re-released for a new audience. The highpoint in his private life came in April 1995 when his son, Oliver, was born.
 
In 2001 Malcolm started to appear in more shows but because of the need for a new hip had to curtail several other shows that he had lined up.The operation took place in May 2002 and by July Malcolm was back on stage at Blackpool. Work was also on a brand new CD that contained songs that Malcolm had written. But on February 7 2003 Malcolm’s many fans were left shattered when they heard the news he had suffered a fatal heart attack near his home in Chertsey, Surrey. He was found collapsed at the wheel of his car in the car park of council offices in Addlestone, near Chertsey. He was only 58.
 
 
His funeral took place at Henley-on-Thames, and he was buried at Remenham Cemetery near Henley on 20 February 2003. (Info edited from Wikipedia & 45rpm)
 

9 comments:

boppinbob said...

Rose M. Grimshaw commented on my original Multiply post in 2010..
I remember him at the Rio International Festival in 1969
when he won the first premium singing "Love Is All"....
It was a huge success in Brazil...
Great singer !
Thanks Robert !
31 March 2010 11:21


For The Voice Of Malcolm Roberts LP go here:

http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/31352004/file.html


1. We Can Make It Girl
2. Love Is All
3. Lovingly
4. I Love Her
5. Without A Song
6. After The Rain
7. My Way
8. Sophia
9. I'm Losing Tina
10.How Does A Man Become A Puppet
11. And This Is My Beloved
12. Because Your Mine
13. Cantiga Por Luciana
14. More

A big thank you to Luigi's 50's & 60's Vinyl Corner for this great album


For Malcolm Roberts - Bienvenido go here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/64967717/d4728157/MALCOLM_ROBERTS.html


01-All the things you are
02-By my love
03-Laura
04-Love is many splendored thing
05-Misty
06-My foolish heart
07-Our song
08-The night we said goodbye
09-There will never be another you
10-Time alone will tell
11-Tonigth
12-Where or when
Bônus tracks:
13. Love is All
14. Cantiga por Luciana (em Inglês)


For Malcolm Roberts - The Best Of The EMI Years (1993) go here:

http://www.mediafire.com/download/vjrkylama0k4243/malrtsbst.7z

password NXNXUJ

01 - Love Is All
02 - We Can Make It Girl
03 - Why Did I Fall For Love
04 - You, No One But You
05 - Please Forgive Me
06 - And This Is My Beloved
07 - Because You're Mine
08 - May I Have The Next Dream With You
09 - Where Did I Go Wrong
10 - My Way
11 - Lovingly
12 - Tra La La
13 - This Is My Life
14 - Ebb Tide
15 - Medley: (They Long To Be) Close To You/We've Only Just Begun
16 - I Thought I Knew
17 - The Impossible Dream
18 - If Ever I Would Leave You
19 - When There's No You
20 - Let's Begin Again
21 - Living For Life
22 - If
23 - Let Me Be The One
24 - Ave Maria

Gazz Gazeer said...

Nice one Bob ty

albeire said...

dear boppinbob,

i'm albert from Belgium

i wonder if you could repost The Voice Of Malcolm Roberts LP please

i lost my record a long time ago, i gave it to a friend and never got it back

it means a lot to me if you could repost it

best regards, albert






boppinbob said...

Hello Albert, sorry for the delay. The album you are after was posted by Espo on his old blog. I never downloaded the album, I only gave the active link at the time. I am sure that if you contact Espo (aka Luigi)and explain your plight he will re-up it for you.

Go here : https://mickluigi.blogspot.co.uk/ and use his Cbox for your request.
Regards, Bob

albeire said...

hi bob,

many thanks for the info .
i try to make contact with espo

thanks again

regards
albert

midluz said...

All Links is DEAD! Please NEW LINKS!

boppinbob said...

Hello midluz,

I have found only two of the 3 albums posted way back in 2014. So I have added the self titled 2011 CD as well.

The Voice of Malcolm Roberts (1970)

https://mega.nz/file/0gU2BRpA#jD0BBWDJ1J2iyYzYU34bWs6QnsweXEYWRZd4O9QG2_s

The Best Of The EMI Years (1993)

https://mega.nz/file/osVi1T5T#VJ1hJHM19FsU0kEepXkkOHqVS2rlBKYZz31eNPcFwKs

Malcolm Roberts (2011)

https://mega.nz/file/ttc0HL7Q#bg1VS22fkCYU72gxIKsHPkR-b2fYBKoKe9o-lYKmvrQ

A big thank you goes to Qzzieguy who loaned above CD's

midluz said...

ВЫ просто чудесник! Спасибо ВАМ огромно! С рождеством и новым годом!!!

boppinbob said...

Пожалуйста
Regards, Bob