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- John Rowles was born on March 26, 1947 in Whakatane, New Zealand. He is an actor, known for Crossplot (1969), Travelling Light (2003) and The Almighty Johnsons (2011).
- He was the feature of a 2008 documentary entitled The Secret Life of John Rowles.
- Rowles had another Top 20 hit in the UK with "Hush . . . Not a Word to Mary", also in 1968. This song also charted in the Netherlands.
- Rowles was born in Whakatane, New Zealand, and is part Maori.
- In the US, "Cheryl Moana Marie" got noticed in the summer of 1970 by some West Coast radio stations, but it took until the end of 1970 for the song to chart nationally, peaking at number 64 in the Billboard Hot 100 and number 78 in the Cash Box Top 100 respectively, in early 1971.
- Rowles is best known in New Zealand and Australia, though he has also performed in the United States, particularly Las Vegas, Nevada and Hawaii, where he was managed by Kimo Wilder McVay.
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