Legendary Cindy Alter celebrates her birthday on the Scenic Drive

Cindy Alter is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning, singer and songwriter from South Africa.

As the front lady of bands including Clout, Zia and Alter Irving, her four-decade music career has been packaged with no fewer than 13 albums and has taken her to all corners of the globe including Germany, Holland, England and America. 

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Cindy Alter is also a published poet and spent 15-years living and working on the music scene in Los Angeles. Alter returned to South Africa after beating leukaemia.

Although based in Johannesburg, Alter frequently travels to America, Europe and England and is a full-time working musician who continues to write, perform and record and release new music.

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Alter is especially well-known for the hit single, 'Substitute'.

After years of success, Alter celebrated her 64-year-old birthday and her brand new single, 'Last One Standing' with the Scenic Drive team. 

"We were more overseas than in South Africa because our music went viral at that time." 

"At 20 my dream came true. At the age of 20, I was a pop star."

"It never went to my head because it was so real and it was always about the music for me." 

"I've been blessed with my journey." 

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Image: Jacaranda FM/ Cindy Alter