I recently completed a very special new song, co-written with my dear friend and prolific lyricist, Dawn Sinclair. The song is called "The Babes In The Wood", and is a true story.
Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows, both aged nine, were strangled in Wild Park not far from their homes in Moulescomb, Brighton, England in 1986. A man was subsequently suspected and taken into custody but when he was later acquitted in court through lack of evidence, the police admitted they had no other suspects. And although more than 20 years have passed since that tragic event, no one has been held accountable for their murders. Ever since then, the families of the two little girls have struggled to have the case re-opened, incurring much hard work, heartache and expense.
Working together with Dawn and Nigel Heffron (uncle of Nicola Fellows), efforts have been made to have CD copies of the song released. A production company have agreed an extremely good deal for a run of 2,000 CD's which will be on sale initially at both HMV and Virgin stores in Brighton, so if anyone from the UK is reading this, I urge them to buy a copy. Dawn and I have agreed to forego any royalties, so all of the money is going to a charity. As soon as I have any more details, I'll post it here, and anyone requiring more information can contact me by clicking
Update: The CD is now on sale at HMV superstore in Brighton. ALL proceeds will be going to the registered childrens' charities, Children In Need, Childline and the Rockinghorse Appeal. Please buy a copy if you live in this area, to support Nicola and Karen and help provide protection to others like them.
An accompanying video of the song can be viewed here:-
Ron Gletherow has recently received this message and quote from his friend, world renowned singer/songwriter/actor, Paul Williams, concerning the upcoming release of the song, "The Babes In The Wood".Paul writes: Every act of kindness is a little bit of love we leave behind. I hope Ron and Dawn's song touched someone enough to jog a memory and provide the information that will end this mystery. The tragedy remains. We can only fight to keep our own children safe, and to lovingly remember Nicola and Karen once ran joyfully together. Just "Babes in the Wood"
We would like to sincerely thank Paul for his kindness and support in this project.
Media News
"From England to New England", the title track from Ron's latest CD, was featured on the "Cousin Johnny" show, on
WNLC radio, 98.7FM of New London, Connecticut. The song is also to be included on an upcoming WNLC compilation CD, featuring local
artists. Several other of Ron's songs have recently been featured on Connecticut College radio at WCNI, 90.9FM.
Three new sites at Soundclick, Mixposure and Song Planet
Ron Gletherow now has a second web site at
www.soundclick.com . This is a site used by many other unsigned singer songwriters for the purpose of promoting their songs.The site contains charts under various genres and can be accessed by clicking
here, or access the music page by clicking
here, or by going to the "Soundclick" home page and searching for "Ron Gletherow" under
"Artists". Here you'll be able to listen to and vote for Ron's songs, and maybe help push some of them up into the charts. Sal Joseph, Ron's long time friend and mentor (and the writer of Jim Croce's "Thursday" from the "I Got A Name" album)
also has a site at "Soundclick", which can be accessed by clicking
here, and another friend, Tom Orecchio has a site here. The other new sites are at "Song Planet" and "Mixposure". You can access Ron's "artist page" at Song Planet by clicking here, and the other site at Mixposure by clicking
here
Ron on TV
In 1998, Ron appeared on Granada TV's "Stars In Their Eyes" as his idol, Jim Croce. This meant so much to Ron, to be given the chance to
portray someone who he'd been a lifelong fan of, before an audience of millions.
- Click on the photo to view a
short clip of Ron's TV performance as Jim Croce
(this may take a few minutes to download for dial-up subscribers)
Guitar Lessons
As part of another new venture, Ron Gletherow is now giving guitar lessons on a "one-to-one" basis. Ron is a registered
guitar tutor at RGT, associated to the London College of Music, and is also the New England representative for the organisation. He will be teaching both electric and acoustic guitar styles, plus bass guitar from
beginner to intermediate level. He will be working from home in the S.E Connecticut area. For details, please go to Ron's "sister" web site at www.rongletherow.net by clicking here.
- Click on
this link to take you to the Registry Of Guitar Tutors official site. RGT this year held their first ever successful exam schedule in the USA. Ron is the US representative of RGT for New England and surrounding areas.
New CD's at &
Ron's first CD, simply entitled "Ron Gletherow", is now available at CD Baby, priced at $9 for a physical CD or $7 for a digital download. The digital downloads are now also available at iTunes and will be available at several similar outlets in the near future. Click on "Buy CD" logo to go to Ron's CD Baby site.
Ron Gletherow's second CD, entitled "From England to New England", is now completed and will also be available on CD Baby very shortly. It includes original songs,
written by Ron, plus others co-written with great lyricists and good friends, Debra Foster from Nashville, Tennessee, Dawn
Sinclair from Brighton, England, Dawn Diamond from Fife, Scotland and David Bethune from St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada.
Ron is also hoping to have a third CD, entitled "Who Do You Think You Are?" completed by summer, 2008.
Preview clips from the album, "From England to New England" can be heard on the "Music Clips" page.
I recently completed a very special new song, co-written with my dear friend and prolific lyricist, Dawn Sinclair. The song is called "The Babes In The Wood", and is a true story.
Karen Hadaway and Nicola Fellows, both aged nine, were strangled in Wild Park not far from their homes in Moulescomb, Brighton, England in 1986. A man was subsequently suspected and taken into custody but when he was later acquitted in court through lack of evidence, the police admitted they had no other suspects. And although more than 20 years have passed since that tragic event, no one has been held accountable for their murders. Ever since then, the families of the two little girls have struggled to have the case re-opened, incurring much hard work, heartache and expense.
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