1. John Rowles was most popular in the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, and he is best known in New Zealand for his song from 1970, "Cheryl Moana Marie", which he wrote about his younger sister.
15 Facts About John Rowles
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John Rowles was brought up in Kawerau in the Bay of Plenty of New Zealand, and spent much of his early childhood in Te Atatu South in West Auckland.
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Rowles' birth name was simply John Rowles; he added the middle name "Edward" after his brother of that name died at a young age.
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John Rowles is best known in New Zealand and Australia, though he has performed in the United States, particularly Las Vegas, Nevada and Hawaii, where he was managed by Kimo Wilder McVay.
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John Rowles was the feature of a 2008 documentary entitled The Secret Life of John Rowles.
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John Rowles had a cameo role in the 2008 New Zealand film, Second Hand Wedding.
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John Rowles appeared in the 2009 New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars.
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In 1974, John Rowles received the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, the highest honour available to a New Zealand variety entertainer.
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John Rowles was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1979 New Year Honours, for services to entertainment and New Zealand interests in the United States.
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John Rowles was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to entertainment, in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours.
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John Rowles's older brother Wally Rowles was a solo singer with his own career, and for a while went under the name of Frankie Price.
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John Rowles later changed his name again to Frankie Rowles due to an artist "Price" who was working in Australia.
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John Rowles's sister Tania Rowles was a recording artist whose single "Don't Turn Around" was released on the RCA label in 1986.
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John Rowles was the winner of the New Zealand Music Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year in 1986.
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John Rowles released his autobiography, If I Only Had Time, in October 2012.