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John Edward Rowles OBE (born 26 March 1947) is a New Zealand singer.
He was most popular in the 1970s and early 1980s, and best known in New Zealand for his song Cheryl Moana Marie, which he had written about his younger sister.Rowles was born in Whakatane, New Zealand, and is part Maori.
His father, Eddie Hohapata Rowles, played for the 1938 Maori All Blacks.
His mother was Pakeha.
He was brought up in Kawerau, in the North Island of New Zealand.
Rowles' birth name was simply John Rowles; he added the middle name "Edward" after his brother of that name died at a young age.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.
In the United Kingdom he was best known for the hit "If I Only Had Time", which reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart in spring 1968, and stayed in the chart for eighteen weeks.
This was a cover version of the French song "Je n'aurai pas le temps" with which the French singer Michel Fugain, had a hit in 1967.Rowles had another Top 20 hit in the UK with "Hush...
Not a Word to Mary", also in 1968.HonourIn 1974 Rowles received the Benny Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc, the highest honour available to a New Zealand variety entertainer.Rowles had a cameo role in the 2008 New Zealand film Second-Hand Wedding.Dancing With The StarsIn early 2009 Rowles was selected to appear in Dancing with the Stars for 2009.
He was partnered with Krystal Stewart.
Under doctors orders he had to retire from the competition but has since recovered.PropertyHe owns a chain of small islands off of the coast of New Guinea.AutobiographicRowles released his autobiography, If I Only Had Time in October 2012.