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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Hoochie Coochie Man - Ronnie Jones & The Nite Life
Ronnie Jones is one of the most original and versatile singers on the european musical scene, today. Discovered by Alexis Korner in the ‘60s, of Blues Incorporated (with Cyril Davis, Johnny Parker, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker). After his military service, Ronnie united himself with Mick Eves and John Mclaughlin to form the Nightimers, and subsequently formed the BlueJays with Roger Dean. After the breakup of the group Ronnie entered the QSet Band (with Chester Simon and Tony O' Malley, known for his productions with KOKOMO). In the ‘70’s he moved to Italy where he reached the success with the song "Rock Your Baby" and subsequently as an actor of theater, sharing success (with Renato Zero, Teo Teocoli and Loredana Bertè) of the same cast in the musical “Hair”. With the same cast of Hair , he sang in the theatrical show Orfeo9 of Tito Schipa jr. Toward the end of the ‘70’s Ronnie found again work as a DJ for the radio Italian RAI, Radio Milano International 101, Radio 105, 101, RTL and 105 Classic and immediately in television on Canale 5 with the transmission Pop Corn (with Augusto Martelli) and with Maurizio Costanzo (DJ showman in Buona Domenica). In the 80’s he recorded 4 albums with Jurgen Korduletsch,on Lollipop Records of which, one with Claudja Barry, t which entered in the european charts. In Canada he reached the first place in the charts of plays with the single "Soulsister". The albums were: "Looking for action", "Me and myself", "Fox on the run" and "Games"which included "Video Games", theme from the TV program, Pop Corn. In the 90’s he returned to the live music scene with the band Blues After Dark, then later with the Seven40 (with whom he recorded the album "The Man") and finally with the Soul Syndicate with whom he still plays with. As a composer he is author more of 200 songs or more. The best known are "Bambino io bambina tu" for Zucchero Fornaciari and "Let's all dance" for Band of Jocks and of course Video Games, theme song TV for Popcorn. Ronnie is still active, and in continuous evolution.
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