Ronnie McDowell

Most widely known for his visual and vocal resemblance to Elvis Presley, Ronnie McDowell enjoyed some Top Ten strikes on the united states charts through the initial fifty percent of the ’80s. McDowell was created in 1950 and elevated in the tiny city of Portland, TN, and began performing publicly while portion the Navy within the Philippines. He strike big in 1977 with “The Ruler IS FULLY GONE,” a tribute to Presley created soon after the singer’s loss of life; released within the Scorpion label, the track climbed in to the Best 20 of both pop and nation graphs. McDowell capitalized within the exposure to property another strike, the very best Five country solitary “I REALLY LIKE You, I REALLY LIKE You, I REALLY LIKE You,” in 1978. The next 12 months, he was tapped to sing the vocals for an Elvis Television film starring Kurt Russell. Scared he was getting pigeonholed, McDowell teamed up with maker Friend Killen at Epic Information hoping of broadening his design. The plan worked well, as McDowell became a regular nation hitmaker. He obtained lots one strike in 1981 with “Old Females,” which kicked off a string of 11 consecutive TOP strikes on Epic; of these, “Wandering Eye,” “Watchin’ Young ladies PASS,” “You Produced a Wanted Guy of Me,” and “In a fresh York Minute” all produced the very best Five, and 1983’s “You’re Gonna Mess up My Bad Popularity” visited number 1. 1986 discovered McDowell jumping brands to Curb, but despite obtaining some interest via duets with Conway Twitty (a remake of “It’s Just Make Believe”) and Jerry Lee Lewis (“You’re Hardly ever Too Aged to Rock and roll ‘n’ Move”), his industrial momentum ground to some halt. He offered as the performing tone of voice of Elvis for a couple more Television productions, and in addition sang some nationwide industrial jingles, while carrying on to record for Curb through the first ’90s. Toward the finish of the 10 years, he started carrying out R&B and seaside music with Expenses Pinkney’s Initial Drifters, plus they teamed up release a an recording in 2002.