Andrew Roachford

Roachford with Mike and the Mechanics

Andrew Roachford (born January 22, 1965 in London ) is a British musician of West Indian descent.

biography

He started playing the piano as a young boy. According to his own statements, his career began in 1979. He was then accompanied by his uncle Bill Roachford, a well-known jazz saxophonist. During the 1990s he was the driving force behind the band Roachford, with whom he achieved the greatest success in 1989 when the single Cuddly Toy reached number four in the UK charts . He released his first solo album Roachford in 1988. In 2005, the album Word of Mouth , which was produced by Mousse T. 's label Peppermint Jam , followed. The album Addictive was released in Germany in September 2011.

Andrew Roachford has been the singer with Mike & the Mechanics since 2010, succeeding Paul Carrack . He shares the vocals with the Canadian singer Tim Howar and released the album The Road with the band in 2011 .

In June 2019 Andrew Roachford was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his achievements . He was awarded the medal in January 2020.

Discography

Studio albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1988	Roachford	-	-	-	UK11 gold (27 weeks)UK	US109 (12 weeks) US	First published: July 1988
1991	Get ready!	DE36 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK20 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: May 1991
1994	Permanent shade of blue	DE52 (24 weeks) DE	-	-	UK25th gold (25 weeks)UK	-	First published: March 1994
1997	Feel	DE37 (6 weeks) DE	AT47 (2 weeks) AT	CH50 (1 week) CH	UK19 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1997
2000	The Roachford Files	-	-	CH100 (1 week) CH	UK88 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 2000
2005	Word of Mouth	DE88 (1 week) DE	-	-	-	-	First published: June 2005

more publishments

• 2003: Heart of the Matter
• 2005: The Very Best of Roachford
• 2008: Roachford Raw
• 2011: Addictive
• 2011: Live from Schlachthof 1991
• 2011: Live at Rockpalast
• 2011: Where I Stand (EP)
• 2013: The Beautiful Moment
• 2016: Encore
• 2020: Twice in A Lifetime

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1988	Cuddly Toy Roachford	DE49 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK4 (16 weeks) UK	US25 (14 weeks) US	First published: June 1988
	Find Me Another Love Roachford	-	-	-	UK100 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 1988
1989	Family Man Roachford	-	-	-	UK25 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1989
	Kathleen Roachford	-	-	-	UK43 (5 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1989
1991	Get ready! Get ready!	DE43 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	UK22 (8 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1991
1994	Only to Be with You Permanent Shade of Blue	DE57 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK21 (7 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1994
	Lay Your Love on Me Permanent Shade of Blue	DE55 (13 weeks) DE	-	-	UK36 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1994
	This Generation Permanent Shade of Blue	DE60 (10 weeks) DE	-	-	UK38 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: August 1994
	Cry For Me Permanent Shade of Blue	-	-	-	UK46 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: November 1994
1995	I Know You Don't Love Me Permanent Shade of Blue	-	-	-	UK42 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: March 1995
1997	The Way I Feel Feel	DE91 (6 weeks) DE	-	CH46 (6 weeks) CH	UK20 (4 weeks) UK	-	First published: September 1997
1998	How could I? (Insecurity) Feel	-	-	-	UK34 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 1998
	Naked (Without You) Feel	-	-	-	UK53 (2 weeks) UK	-	First published: June 1998
2000	From Now On The Roachford Files	-	-	-	UK90 (1 week) UK	-	First published: October 2000
2001	Run Baby Run Bus radio	-	-	CH60 (7 weeks) CH	-	-	First published: December 2001 with bus radio
2004	Pop Muzak All Nite Madness	DE19 (15 weeks) DE	AT14 (21 weeks) AT	CH73 (12 weeks) CH	-	-	First publication: August 2004 with Mousse T.

More singles

• 1991: Stone City
• 1991: Innocent Eyes
• 1991: Higher
• 1999: Walk Away (with The PF Project)
• 2003: The Pressure
• 2005: River of Love
• 2005: Tomorrow
• 2007: Ride The Storm (with MYNC Project)
• 2010: Survive (with Laurent Wolf )
• 2011: Wishing You Knew
• 2011: Complicated
• 2013: Overcome
• 2013: Something Beautiful
• 2014: Real Again
• 2016: Family Affair
• 2016: Ain't No Sunshine
• 2019: Love Remedy
• 2020: Too Much to Lose
• 2020: High on Love
• 2020: What We Had (with Beverley Knight )

With Mike and the Mechanics

• 2011: The Road
• 2017: Let Me Fly
• 2019: Out of the blue

Web links

Commons : Andrew Roachford  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Roach Ford at Discogs (English)

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1. ↑ Page B20 | Supplement 62666, 8 June 2019 | London Gazette | The Gazette In: thegazette.co.uk , accessed January 29, 2020.
2. ^ Catherine Wylie: 'Emotional' experience as Cuddly Toy singer Andrew Roachford picks up honor. In: independent.ie. January 29, 2020, accessed on January 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
4. ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK