Ronnie

Ronnie McNeir is an American singer and songwriter born Lewis Ronald McNeir on December 14, 1951 in Camden, Alabama. As a solo artist, he recorded for the De-to, RCA, Prodigal, Motown, Capitol, Expansion and Motor City labels, recording his first song when he was seventeen. His friendship with Kim Weston, for whom he was musical director, led to his recording for RCA, then for moonlighting Motown Vice-President Barney Ales, the owner of the Prodigal label. When Ales went back to Motown, McNair became a Motown artist, recording the 1976 album "Love's Comin' Down". He would later duet with Teena Marie on the song "We've Got To Stop Meeting Like This" from her 1984 Epic album, Starchild and serve as the musical director for The Four Tops for several years. He became an official member of the Tops in 1999 when lead singer Levi Stubbs was too ill to continue singing with the group. He has been with the group ever since. He also was nominated for a Grammy in the Gospel Music category in 1981 for his collaboration with Rance Allen and in 2007, he released “Ronnie Mac & Company,” which features collaborations with Kirk Whalum, Kathy Lamar and fellow Four Top Theo Peoples. Throughout his career, Ronnie has also worked with Bobby Womack, David Ruffin, Smokey Robinson, Angela Winbush, the Whispers, Carrie Lucas and Eddie Kendricks.

Ronnie Cuber - In A New York Minute (1995) {SteepleChase SCCD31372}
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Jazz / Bop / Post Bop / Baritone Saxophone

In A New York Minute is good enough. Drew is an elegant foil, Cuber brought five originals to the date, and the playing is felicitous. By the end, though, the record's run out of steam, and "Sophisticated Lady" and "Caravan," the most overworked pieces of Ellingtonia, are unwelcome choices.

The Best Of Ronnie Milsap is a 12-track collection of chart-topping favorites from the country legend’s extensive catalog. The album, which primarily spotlights Milsap’s crossover hits of the late ‘70s-‘80s, features 12 of his 35 #1 Billboard Country hits. In his liner notes, Joe Marchese writes that this collection of songs “Celebrates Ronnie Milsap’s rich legacy as both an interpretive singer and a musician,” adding that the selections, “Are imbued with indomitable spirit and abundant heart. Elegant, emotional, and expressive: This is the sound of Ronnie Milsap. His life is almost like a song… but not one that’s much too sad to write. Rather, it’s one of pure triumph.” Audio for the CD and digital edition was remastered by the GRAMMY® Award-winning engineer Paul Blakemore.

With "Somebody Up There Likes Me," the film about the 50-year career of the legendary guitarist of the Rolling Stones will be released on October 09. The film about Ronnie Wood was directed by Oscar-nominated director Mike Figgis (Leaving Las Vegas). The film ran at both the BFI London Film Festival 2019 and the Tribeca Film Festival 2020…

Artist, author, producer and raconteur Ronnie Wood returns to his greatest love, music, with the release of his new album Ronnie Wood with His Wild Five - Mad Lad: A Live Tribute to Chuck Berry.

The accent is on R&Bish rhythms during this CD. Baritonist Ronnie Cuber teams up with altoist David Sanborn and a five-piece rhythm section (which includes bassist Will Lee and drummer Steve Gadd) for a variety of rhythmic originals plus "On Green Dolphin Street."

The worldwide fame of the jazz club which bears his name tends to obscure the fact that Ronnie Scott was an excellent musician, who maintained his playing career almost to the end of his life in 1996. Sadly, being far more of a perfectionist than some of the club's visiting players, he was not fond of record sessions and, during the whole LP era, left a minimal legacy on disc. This reissued album (though not brilliantly recorded) exudes a tremendous atmosphere and commemorates the short-lived nine-piece band Ronnie led in 1968-69. At this point Scott took the bold step of including some players of a younger generation - John Surman, Ray Warleigh, Gordon Beck and Tony Oxley - along with his contemporaries such as Kenny Wheeler and Kenny Clare (which meant having two drummers, an unusual idea in itself)…