Ron Hicklin Singers

The Ron Hicklin Singers var ei gruppe studiosongarar i Los Angeles organisert av Ron Hicklin. Dei er mest kjende som dei verkelege songarane bak korvokalen på innspelingane til The Partridge Family.

Frå 1960- til 1980-åra song dei korvonal på tusenvis av songar, og TV- og filmtema, i tillegg til mange radio- og fjernsynsreklamar.

Besetning

Kjernen i gruppa bestod vanlegvis av

• Ron Hicklin - leiande tenor
• Tom Bähler - tenor
• John Bähler - tenor
• Stan Farber - tenor
• Jim Gilstrap - tenor
• Gene Morford - bass
• Al Capps - bass
• Sally Stevens - sopran
• Sandie Hall - sopran
• Carolyn Willis - sopran
• Jackie Ward - alt
• Debbie Hall - alt
• Myrna Matthews - alt

I tillegg hadde gruppa ofte med seg vokalistar som:

• Jim Haas - tenor
• Jerry Whitman - tenor
• Thurl Ravenscroft - bass (røysta til Kellogg's sin Tony the Tiger |access-date=2022-04-11}}</ref>)
• Mitch Gordon - bass
• Bob Tebow - bass
• Andra Willis - sopran
• Linda Dangcil - sopran
• Bob Zwirn - baryton
• Gene Merlino - baryton

Filmar, fjernsyn og radio

• filmen M*A*S*H
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, «South American Getaway» skriven av Burt Bacharach
• The Hunt For Red October, skriven av Basil Poledouris
• Dances With Wolves, skriven av John Barry
• Apollo 13, skriven av James Horner
• Glory, skriven av James Horner
• Hook, skriven av John Williams
• Dirty Harry og Magnum Force, skriven av Lalo Schifrin
• Out of Africa, skriven av John Barry
• Death Game, «Dear Old Dad» skriven av Jimmie Haskell med tekst av Iris Rainer Dart
• The Mosquito Coast, «Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us» skriven av William Batchelder Bradbury
• Rosemary's Baby

Gruppa song òg kjenningsmelodiane for store TV-show på denne tida:

• Love, American Style, med solovokalist John Bähler (kjenningsmelodi)
• Batman, (kjenningsmelodi)
• Alvin & The Chipmunks
• Flipper
• That Girl, sesong 5 opning
• Happy Days, der Jim Haas song solo (kjenningsmelodi)
• Laverne & Shirley, i lag med solovokalist Cyndi Grecco (kjenningsmelodi)
• Wonder Woman, med John Bähler på solovokal (sesong 2 opning)
• Angie, i lag med solovokalist Maureen McGovern (kjenningsmelodi)

Dei song for rekalmekampanjar for selskap som:

• Kawasaki - «Kawasaki, Let the Good Times Roll»
• Datsun - «Drive a Datsun, then Decide»
• McDonald's - «You Deserve a Break Today», skriven av Kenny Karen
• Wheaties - «Go Tell Your Mama What The Big Boys Eat», Clio Award-vinnar
• California Raisins - «Yum, Yum», 2 Clio Awards
• Gatorade - «Gatorade Is Thirst Aid For That Deep Down Body Thirst»

Kjende innspelingar

Gruppa song òg på innspelingar med:

• Johnny Mandel - «Suicide Is Painless», tema frå M*A*S*H
• The Brady Kids
• Cher - «Dark Lady»
• Climax med Sonny Geraci - «Precious and Few»
• Anita Kerr Singers [Jackie Ward song òg alt på gruppa sine Dot Records-innspelingar]
• Gary Lewis & the Playboys - «This Diamond Ring», «Count Me In», «Save Your Heart For Me», «She's Just My Style», «Everybody Loves A Clown» (alle listetoppar)
• Mark Lindsay - «Arizona» (RIAA Gull) og «Silver Bird»
• The Partridge Family - «I Think I Love You»
• Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - «Young Girl», «Woman, Woman», «Over You» og «Lady Willpower» (alle RIAA Gull)
• Paul Revere & the Raiders - «Indian Reservation» (RIAA Gull)
• Ringo Starr - «Oh My My» og «Photograph»
• Sammy Davis jr. - «The Candy Man»
• Johnny Mathis - «There I said It Again»
• Neil Diamond - «You Don't Bring Me Flowers» (RIAA Platina), «Holly Holy», «In My Lifetime»
• The Monkees - «Last Train To Clarksville», «Valleri», «Hey Hey We're The Monkees»

Diskografi

Dels kronologisk liste over album med ein eller fleire songar med Ron Hicklin Singers:

• 1960 Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, Crazy Times (Capitol)
• 1960 Along The Trail, The Eligibles (Capitol)
• 1960 Love Is A Gamble, The Eligibles (Capitol)
• 1961 When I Fall in Love, The Lettermen (Capitol)
• 1962 Mike Fright, The Eligibles (Mercury)
• 1964 Mustang!, The Zip-Codes (Liberty)
• 1965 This Diamond Ring, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
• 1965 Everybody Love's a Clown, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
• 1965 A Session With Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
• 1966 She's Just My Style, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
• 1966 The Monkees, The Monkees (Colgems)
• 1967 More Of The Monkees, The Monkees (Colgems)
• 1968 Woman, Woman, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
• 1968 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
• 1968 Incredible, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
• 1968 On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle, Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys (Dot)
• 1969 Hair, Stan Kenton (Capitol)
• 1969 Moog Power, Hugo Montenegro (RCA)
• 1969 Touching You, Touching Me, Neil Diamond (Uni)
• 1970 Let It Be, Bud Shank With The Bob Alcivar Singers (World Pacific Jazz)
• 1970 The Partridge Family Album, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1970 Young, Ralph Carmichael And The Young People (Light)
• 1971 Up to Date, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1971 Sound Magazine, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1971 A Partridge Family Christmas Card, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1971 His Great Hits, Gábor Szabó, (Impulse!)
• 1971 On Any Sunday, Dominic Frontiere (Bell)
• 1971 Indian Reservation, Paul Revere & the Raiders (Columbia)
• 1971 Gandharva, Beaver & Krause (Warner Bros)
• 1971 Wings, Michel Colombier (A&M)
• 1971 The Class Of Nineteen Hundred And Seventy One, Jack Daugherty (A&M)
• 1972 Shopping Bag, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1972 The Partridge Family Notebook, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1972 Climax med Sonny Geraci, Climax (Rocky Road Records)
• 1972 Billie Joe Thomas, B.J. Thomas (Scepter Records)
• 1972 Raised on Records, P.F. Sloan (Mums)
• 1972 D/B/A Crow, David Wagner (Amaretto)
• 1972 Orchestra Arranged And Conducted By Michel Legrand, Sarah Vaughan (Mainstream Records)
• 1973 Crossword Puzzle, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
• 1973 Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons (Reprise)
• 1973 Ringo, Ringo Starr (Apple)
• 1973 Live At The Greek Theatre, Vikki Carr (Columbia)
• 1973 The Last Thing On My Mind, Austin Roberts (Chelsea)
• 1973 Miss America, Vikki Carr (Columbia)
• 1973 Vagabonds Roost, Sherman Hayes (Capitol)
• 1973 Naturally, Judy Lynn (Amaretto)
• 1974 Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons (Reprise)
• 1974 Dark Lady, Cher, (MCA Records)
• 1974 Stop And Smell The Roses, Mac Davis (Columbia)
• 1974 A Little Bit Of Love, Paul Williams (A&M)
• 1974 Touch Me, John Davidson (20th Century)
• 1975 Rich Man's Woman, Elkie Brooks (A&M)
• 1975 What I Did For Love, Jack Jones (RCA Victor)
• 1975 John R. Cash, Johnny Cash (Columbia)
• 1975 Introducing Sparks, Sparks (Columbia)
• 1975 Ordinary Fool, Paul Williams (A&M)
• 1975 Un Tonto Común, Paul Williams (A&M)
• 1975 Two Sides of the Moon, Keith Moon (MCA/Polydor)
• 1976 Act like Nothing's Wrong, Al Kooper (United Artists)
• 1976 Making Our Dreams Come True, Cyndi Grecco (Private)
• 1976 Shaun Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy (Warner Bros)
• 1976 Slow Down World, Donovan (Epic)
• 1976 Cry Tough, Nils Lofgren (A&M)
• 1976 Blue Moves, Elton John (MCA/Rocket)
• 1976 Young and Rich, The Tubes (A&M)
• 1976 A Song Is A Gentle Thing, Deanna Edwards (Teleketics)
• 1976 Pictures & Rhymes, Jim Weatherly (ABC)
• 1976 A Little Bit Of Love, Paul Williams (A&M)
• 1976 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart (Capitol)
• 1977 He Touched Me, Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
• 1977 Crepusculo En Oklahoma = Oklahoma Twilight, Wayne Parker (Ariola America)
• 1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors (Original Music From), Dominic Frontiere (ABC)
• 1977 The Full Life, Jack Jones (RCA Victor)
• 1977 Born Late, Shaun Cassidy (Warner Bros)
• 1978 Under Wraps, Shaun Cassidy (Warner Bros)
• 1978 Dream, Captain and Tennille (A&M)
• 1978 Leif Garrett, Leif Garrett (Atlantic)
• 1978 Hard Love, Shaun Cassidy, (Warner Bros)
• 1976 Jaded Virgin, Marshall Chapman (Epic)
• 1978 Grease, Grease (RSO)
• 1978 You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Neil Diamond (Columbia)
• 1979 Groovin' You, Harvey Mason (Arista)
• 1979 No One Home, Lalo Schifrin (Tabu)
• 1979 Gershwin '79, Westside Strutters (Parachute)
• 1979 Lucky Day, Alan Price (Jet)
• 1979 Portrait Of Love, Jon Byron (Light)
• 1979 Apocalypse Now - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Carmine Coppola & Francis Coppola (Elektra)
• 1979 Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis (Warner Bros)
• 1980 Ghost Riders, Outlaws (Arista)
• 1980 Roadie (Original Motion Picture Sound Track), Various (Warner Bros)
• 1980 No More Dirty Deals, The Johnny Van Zant Band (Polydor)
• 1980 The Lord's Prayer - Teach Us To Pray, Reba Rambo & Dony McGuire (Light)
• 1980 Rising Sun, Alan Price (Jet)
• 1980 Make Your Move, Captain & Tennille (RTV)
• 1980 Rise Again...He's Alive, Paul Johnson Vocal Band (MCA)
• 1980 Trilogy: Past, Present & Future, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
• 1981 Made in America, The Carpenters (A&M)
• 1981 Dark Orchid, Sammy Nestico, (Palo Alto)
• 1981 David Essex – Be-Bop The Future (Mercury)
• 1982 The Dukes of Hazzard, Ymse (Scotti Bros)
• 1982 So Far...So Good, Stella Parton (Town House)
• 1982 The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis Featuring 39 and Holding, Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra)
• 1982 Messiah Bright Morning Star, Reba Rambo & Dony McGuire (Light)
• 1983 Voices of the Heart, The Carpenters (A&M)
• 1983 Got My Eye On You, Johnny Koonce (A&M)
• 1984 And I Love You So, Howard Keel (PolyTel)
• 1985 With Love: For Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Howard Keel (PolyTel)
• 1993 When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick jr. (Columbia)
• 1993 Swing Kids (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack), James Horner (Milan)
• 1995 When You Wish Upon A Chipmunk, The Chipmunks (Chipmunk)
• 1995 Casper (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack), James Horner (MCA)
• 1995 Apollo 13 (Music From The Motion Picture), James Horner (MCA)
• 1996 Live A Little, Love A Little & The Trouble With Girls & Charro! & Change Of Habit, Elvis Presley (RCA)
• 1998 The Yellow Balloon, The Yellow Balloon (Sundazed)
• 1998 Breath Of Heaven: A Christmas Collection, Vince Gill With Patrick Williams And His Orchestra (MCA)
• 2004 Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults, Various (Rhino)
• 2006 Here Comes Inspiration, Paul Williams (East Central One)
• 2010 Carnival of Sound, Jan & Dean (Rhino)

Det var òg 25 album med Ray Conniff:

• 1972 Without You, Ray Conniff Singers (CBS)
• 1972 After The Lovin', Ray Conniff Singers (Columbia)
• 1972 Love Theme From The Godfather, Ray Conniff Singers (Columbia)
• 1978 Ray Conniff Plays The Bee Gees & Other Great Hits, Ray Conniff Singers (Discos CBS)
• 2008 Ray Conniff Plays The Bee Gees & Other Great Hits / I Will Survive, Ray Conniff Singers (Sony BMG)
• Ray Conniff Singers (20 ekstra album)

Dei song òg mykje med artistane:

• Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus
• Henry Mancini Orchestra and Chorus

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