Ronnie Ronalde
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Ronald Charles Waldron (born June 29, 1923), known professionally as Ronnie Ronalde, was a British music hall singer and siffleur from Islington, London. Ronalde joined Arturo Steffani's Silver Songsters at age 15 and subsequently studied singing and yodelling. He released the recording âIf I Were a Blackbirdâ in 1950, which reached number 20 on the British charts. Ronalde signed with labels including EMI, Pye, and Columbia. His discography included the recordings âTritsch Tratsch Polkaâ and âBells Across the Meadowâ. His recording of âIn a Monastery Gardenâ sold over 1 million copies. In 1949, Ronalde hosted the BBC Radio program The Voice of Variety. He received the North Carolina Louisburg Hall of Fame Award in 1995 and published the autobiography Around the World on a Whistle in 1998. He released the album The Magic of Ronnie Ronalde in 2003. Ronalde died on January 13, 2015. A commemorative blue plaque was unveiled at his childhood home in 2021.
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- Plaisir D'Amour
- Silver Threads Among The Gold
- The Umbrella Man
- Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme)
- The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
- Hair Of Gold, Eyes Of Blue
- The Dream Of Olwen
- Bells Across The Meadow
- Happy Trails
- I Found My Romance In Vienna
- Song Of The Mountains
- Last Night (The Nightingale Song)
- Mariandl
- If Those Lips Could Only Speak
- Springtime
- I Miss My Swiss My Swiss Misses Me
- With All My Heart
- Lady From Luxembourg
- On Wings Of Song
- Rose Of The Mountain
- Stars Are The Windows Of Heaven
- Foxtrot/ Have You Ever Been Lonely/ Tip Toe Through The Tulips/ Who's Sorry Now/ The Birth Of The Bl
- Lo Hear The Gentle Lark
- The Yarmouth Song
