Andrew Roachford MBE | |
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 Roachford performing withMike + The Mechanics in 2011 | |
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| Born | (1965-01-22)22 January 1965 (age 60) London, England |
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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| Website | roachford |
Andrew RoachfordMBE (born 22 January 1965) is a British singer-songwriter and the main force behind the bandRoachford, who scored their first success in 1989 with the hits "Cuddly Toy" and "Family Man". He has also had a successful solo career.
He was appointedMember of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the2019 Birthday Honours for services to music.[1]
Andrew Roachford was born inLondon, England to parents of West Indian descent. A band of the same name was formed in 1987, the line-up featuring Andrew Roachford (vocals, keyboards, percussion), Chris Taylor (drums), Hawi Gondwe (guitars) and Derrick Taylor (bass guitar).[2] By 1988, the band weretouring, supporting acts such asTerence Trent D'Arby andthe Christians.[2] Shortly afterward, a seven-albumrecording contract withColumbia was signed.[2] They went on to have a string of success throughout the 1990s, becoming Columbia's biggest-selling UK act for ten years.[3]
Roachford released his first solo studio album,Heart of the Matter, in 2003. His next studio albumWord of Mouth was released in June 2005 under the band name Roachford. In 2010, Roachford joinedMike + The Mechanics along withTim Howar. The following year the band's seventh studio albumThe Road was released featuring Roachford and Howar as lead vocalists, as well as their eighth studio albumLet Me Fly (2017).
Roachford collaborated withBeverley Knight on his studio albumTwice In a Lifetime, which was released in September 2020. It charted at number 31 on the UK Albums Chart. This was the first Roachford album to chart in the top 40 after a 23-year absence, last charting in 1997 withFeel.
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certification | |||||||
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| UK [4][5] | AUS [6] | AUT [7] | GER [8] | NZ [9] | SWE [10] | SWI [11] | US [12] | |||
| 1988 | Roachford
| 11 | — | — | — | — | 48 | — | 109 | |
| 1991 | Get Ready!
| 20 | 176 | — | 36 | — | 49 | — | — | |
| 1994 | Permanent Shade of Blue
| 25 | 2 | — | 52 | 11 | — | — | — | |
| 1997 | Feel
| 19 | 61 | 47 | 37 | — | — | 50 | — | |
| 2000 | The Roachford Files
| 88 | 316 | — | — | — | — | 100 | — | |
| 2003 | Heart of the Matter
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| 2005 | The Very Best of Roachford
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Word of Mouth
| — | — | — | 88 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011 | Where I Stand
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Addictive
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| 2013 | This Beautiful Moment
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| 2016 | Encore
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| 2020 | Twice in a Lifetime
| 31 | — | — | 68 | — | — | 72 | — | |
| 2024 | Than And Now
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| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [4][5] | AUS [6] | AUT [7] | FRA [14] | GER [15] | IRE [16] | NED [17] | NZ [9] | SWI [18] | US [19] | |||
| 1988 | "Family Man" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Roachford |
| "Cuddly Toy" | 61 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Find Me Another Love" | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | "Cuddly Toy"(re-release) | 4 | — | — | — | 49 | 7 | 17 | — | — | 25 | |
| "Family Man"(re-release) | 25 | 157 | — | — | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Kathleen" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | "Get Ready!" | 22 | — | — | 35 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | Get Ready! |
| "Stone City" | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | — | ||
| "Innocent Eyes" | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Higher" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994 | "Only to Be with You" | 21 | 18 | — | — | 57 | — | 44 | 24 | — | — | Permanent Shade of Blue |
| "Lay Your Love on Me" | 36 | 26 | — | — | 55 | — | — | 7 | — | — | ||
| "This Generation" | 38 | 53 | — | — | 60 | — | — | 32 | — | — | ||
| "Cry for Me" | 46 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995 | "I Know You Don't Love Me" | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1997 | "The Way I Feel" | 20 | 105 | — | — | 91 | — | — | — | 46 | — | Feel |
| 1998 | "How Could I? (Insecurity)" | 34 | 198 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Naked Without You" | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | 71 | — | — | — | ||
| "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (MOBO Allstars)+ | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Walk Away" (PF Project feat. Roachford) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2000 | "From Now On" | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Roachford Files |
| 2001 | "Run Baby Run" (Bustafunk feat. Roachford) | — | — | — | 11 | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | Bustafunk(Bustafunk album) |
| 2003 | "The Pressure" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Heart of the Matter |
| 2004 | "Pop Muzak" (Mousse T. with Roachford) | — | — | 14 | — | 19 | — | — | — | 73 | — | Word of Mouth |
| 2005 | "River of Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 85 | — | — | — | |
| "Tomorrow" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2007 | "Ride the Storm" (Roachford & M.Y.N.C. Project) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Ride the Storm" (Remix) (Carl Kennedy vs M.Y.N.C Project feat. Roachford) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2010 | "Survive" (Laurent Wolf feat Andrew Roachford) | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Harmony(Laurent Wolf album) |
| 2011 | "Wishing You Knew" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Addictive |
| "Complicated" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "Love Remedy" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Twice in a Lifetime |
| 2020 | "What We Had" (featuringBeverley Knight)[20] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||||
