Cindy Alter and Liza Bronner – Substitute (Duet)

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Cindy Alter and Liza Bronner – Substitute (Duet)

"Substitute" is a song by Willie H. Wilson, first recorded by The Righteous Brothers and released as single from their album The Sons of Mrs. Righteous in 1975. In 1978, the song became a big hit for the South African band Clout, reaching #2 in the UK charts in August and being certified Gold by the BPI. It fared even better in the rest of Europe where it reached #1 in Germany and Ireland, as well as #2 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The song reached #1 in New Zealand but only reach #12 in Australia. Clout toured Europe for four years, sharing stages with the top recording artists of the time, The Police, Thin Lizzy, Supertramp, Dire Straights, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor and the Village People, to name a few. Cindy had been writing songs for a few years, and two of these were recorded by Clout, but her efforts to contribute more were met with indifference, which marked the beginning of the band’s long struggle to redeem royalties from their management & record company. Cindy's personal life took a turn when her mother was diagnosed with leukemia; the ill-feelings between band members and management escalated, the pressures finally took their toll and after four monumental years, Clout disbanded.

Cindy Alter was born to a musical family in Johannesburg, South Africa, but even so she claims that "music chose her". She picked up a guitar at age 10, wrote her first song at 15 then joined a heavy-rock, cover-band, playing everything from Zeppelin to Grand Funk. Her strong childhood dream to write songs and live in the U.S.A. was reinforced by listening to James Taylor & Carol King and later, Cat Stevens and other prolific songwriters. After graduating from High School and working as a girl-Friday for a local recording studio, she recorded her first single, "Schoolboy", then spent the next few years touring South Africa, opening for various big-name acts, until 1977 when she auditioned for an all-girl band and was suddenly catapulted into the world of pop-stardom, constant touring and recording, playing huge arena 's and concert halls in Europe and Africa, as she spearheaded the band Clout, selling over ten million albums worldwide, earning gold records and Sarie Awards (South Africa's Grammy equivalent).

Liza Brönner is an Afrikaans singer and songwriter. Her debut album, Onderstebo was released on 21 September 2009 by EMI. This album was repacked on 29 March 2010 with four new songs as Asemloos and also released by EMI. Her third album, Vir eers is dit net ek... was released on 1 September 2011 by HIT Records.

“Substitute” is a song by Willie H. Wilson, first recorded by The Righteous Brothers and released as single from their album The Sons of Mrs. Righteous in 1975. In 1978, the song became a big hit for the South African band Clout, reaching #2 in the UK charts in August and being certified Gold by the BPI. It fared even better in the rest of Europe where it reached #1 in Germany and Ireland, as well as #2 in Belgium, the Netherlands and Switzerland. The song reached #1 in New Zealand but only reach #12 in Australia. Clout toured Europe for four years, sharing stages with the top recording artists of the time, The Police, Thin Lizzy, Supertramp, Dire Straights, Blondie, Gloria Gaynor and the Village People, to name a few. Cindy had been writing songs for a few years, and two of these were recorded by Clout, but her efforts to contribute more were met with indifference, which marked the beginning of the band’s long struggle to redeem royalties from their management & record company. Cindy’s personal life took a turn when her mother was diagnosed with leukemia; the ill-feelings between band members and management escalated, the pressures finally took their toll and after four monumental years, Clout disbanded.

Cindy Alter was born to a musical family in Johannesburg, South Africa, but even so she claims that “music chose her”. She picked up a guitar at age 10, wrote her first song at 15 then joined a heavy-rock, cover-band, playing everything from Zeppelin to Grand Funk. Her strong childhood dream to write songs and live in the U.S.A. was reinforced by listening to James Taylor & Carol King and later, Cat Stevens and other prolific songwriters. After graduating from High School and working as a girl-Friday for a local recording studio, she recorded her first single, “Schoolboy”, then spent the next few years touring South Africa, opening for various big-name acts, until 1977 when she auditioned for an all-girl band and was suddenly catapulted into the world of pop-stardom, constant touring and recording, playing huge arena ‘s and concert halls in Europe and Africa, as she spearheaded the band Clout, selling over ten million albums worldwide, earning gold records and Sarie Awards (South Africa’s Grammy equivalent).

Liza Brönner is an Afrikaans singer and songwriter. Her debut album, Onderstebo was released on 21 September 2009 by EMI. This album was repacked on 29 March 2010 with four new songs as Asemloos and also released by EMI. Her third album, Vir eers is dit net ek… was released on 1 September 2011 by HIT Records.