Ronnie Prophet

b. Ronald Lawrence Victor, 26 Dec 1937, Hawkesbury, Ontario, Canada. Prophet, whose second cousin is certainly Canadian country vocalist Orval Prophet, grew up on a plantation but spent his adolescence playing night clubs in Montreal. In the past due 60s Ronnie, choosing that Prophet needed a lot more than honour in his very own country, set up himself on the Carousel Membership in Nashville. Along with his humor and impressions, he stood aside from various other nation performers. Chet Atkins known as him ‘the ideal one-man present I’ve noticed’ and Prophet himself responses, ‘I think that if an market would go to a live present, they should get yourself a live present. I’m annoyed by performers who are strolling jukeboxes.’ In reality, Prophet hasn’t had enough nation hits to be always a taking walks juke-box, and he provides just had five small successes on the united states country graphs, including ‘Sanctuary’ (amount 26) and ‘Glow On’ (amount 36). His critical information resemble Conway Twitty at his most mannered. In 1978, Prophet was a significant success in the united kingdom on the Wembley Nation Music Celebration, which resulted in further performances, UK travels and his very own television programs. In 1977 and 1978 he gained the Juno Prize for Nation Man Vocalist Of THE ENTIRE YEAR, and in 1984 the Canadian Nation Music Association honours for Duo Of THE ENTIRE YEAR along with his wife Glory-Anne (b. 1947, Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, Canada) and Entertainer Of THE ENTIRE YEAR. In 1999 he was inducted in to the Canadian Nation Music Hall of Popularity.