Terry Ronald
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Terry Ronald is a songwriter
and producer
from London
who has worked with a variety of different singers and bands.
's record of the week on Radio One
. He then became a solo artist and signed to MCA Records
during the early 1990s. He moved on to songwriting and production. Together with Ian Masterson
, he founded the production company Thriller Jill.
Ronald's diverse range of work includes songwriting and production for Lulu
, Sheena Easton
, Kim Wilde
, Atomic Kitten
, Girls Aloud
, Geri Halliwell
, Kylie Minogue
, Lorie
and most extensively Dannii Minogue
.
In 2007 he collaborated with the French singer Lorie
at her fifth studio album 2Lor de moi?
.
on a European tour in 1990 in order to promote his solo material. After each of the performances, Studio Sessions, a mini 10" album containing live studio recordings from Roma and two cover songs was distribued for free. During his time with MCA
he became good friends with Australian pop diva Dannii Minogue
and it was the start of over a decade of friendship.
in 1992, Ronald embarked upon a successful career in production and songwriting. Working with a diverse range of artists demonstrated his production and songwriting abilities.
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
and producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
from London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
who has worked with a variety of different singers and bands.
Biography
Ronald started out as lead singer with band "Gun Shy" who released on single "Just To Be Your Secret", which was Peter PowellPeter Powell (disc jockey)
Peter Powell is a former disc jockey, popular on BBC Radio 1 in the late 1970s and 1980s, who has a second career in talent management.-Early career:...
's record of the week on Radio One
BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
. He then became a solo artist and signed to MCA Records
Music Corporation of America
MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...
during the early 1990s. He moved on to songwriting and production. Together with Ian Masterson
Ian Masterson
Ian Masterson is a media composer, electronic musician and pop producer. Since the early 90s he has produced and remixed songs for a range of pop acts including Dannii Minogue, Kylie Minogue, Girls Aloud, Sheena Easton, Atomic Kitten, Geri Halliwell, Bananarama, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Lorie and the...
, he founded the production company Thriller Jill.
Ronald's diverse range of work includes songwriting and production for Lulu
Lulu (singer)
Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
, Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton
Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop...
, Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
, Atomic Kitten
Atomic Kitten
Atomic Kitten were an English girl group from Liverpool, first established in 1997. Created by Andy McCluskey, the final line-up, and most commercially successful, consisted of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost...
, Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
, Geri Halliwell
Geri Halliwell
Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic...
, Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing...
, Lorie
Lorie
Laure Pester, professionally known as Lorie, is a French singer. Her fame can be attributed to producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams and her father–manager Dominique Pester...
and most extensively Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
.
In 2007 he collaborated with the French singer Lorie
Lorie
Laure Pester, professionally known as Lorie, is a French singer. Her fame can be attributed to producer, songwriter and composer Johnny Williams and her father–manager Dominique Pester...
at her fifth studio album 2Lor de moi?
2lor en moi ?
- Collector's EditionThe collector's edition contains a DVD with 12 episodes consisting on the preparation and the making of the album:* L'auto-portrait* Le challenge* Le coaching vocal* Le studio* Le coaching sportif* L'image* La séance photo...
.
Solo career
In the early 1990s Ronald released an album, a live EP and four singles, none of which charted. He joined Robert Palmer and Hall & OatesHall & Oates
Hall & Oates are an American musical duo composed of Daryl Hall and John Oates. They achieved their greatest fame in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. Both sing and play instruments. They specialized in a fusion of rock and roll and rhythm and blues styles, which they dubbed "rock and soul."...
on a European tour in 1990 in order to promote his solo material. After each of the performances, Studio Sessions, a mini 10" album containing live studio recordings from Roma and two cover songs was distribued for free. During his time with MCA
Music Corporation of America
MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...
he became good friends with Australian pop diva Dannii Minogue
Dannii Minogue
Danielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
and it was the start of over a decade of friendship.
A new career
Upon departing with his record label MCAMusic Corporation of America
MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business...
in 1992, Ronald embarked upon a successful career in production and songwriting. Working with a diverse range of artists demonstrated his production and songwriting abilities.
Current projects
- Thriller Jill, the production partnership between Ronald and Ian Masterson, is also currently recording an album. It is set to be a collection of eclectic electronic cover songs featuring various artists. Dannii MinogueDannii MinogueDanielle Jane "Dannii" Minogue is an Australian singer-songwriter, actress, television personality, radio personality, fashion designer and model...
has recorded an electro-ballad version of the Olivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-JohnOlivia Newton-John AO, OBE is a singer and actress. She is a four-time Grammy award winner who has amassed five No. 1 and ten other Top Ten Billboard Hot 100 singles and two No. 1 Billboard 200 solo albums. Eleven of her singles and 14 of her albums have been certified gold by the RIAA...
hit "Xanadu". The album, titled Road Trip and released on Petrol Records, will also feature vocals by Ronald. - Ronald has very recently been working on live vocal arrangements for Irish boyband WestlifeWestlifeWestlife are an Irish boy band established on 3 July 1998. They are to disband in 2012. The group's line-up was Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, Shane Filan, and Brian McFadden . The group are the only act in British and Irish history to have their first seven singles peak at number one...
and British girlband Girls AloudGirls AloudGirls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor...
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- Terry is currently working with production team LMC and Dannii Minogue
Discography
"What the Child Needs" was featured on the European version of Roma, released on 14 January 1992. Although not a major chart success in the UK it remained at number one in the Kiss Chart for many weeks. It is still cited by soul DJ Chris Hill as his biggest crowd pleaser.Solo albums
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Roma (album) Roma was the debut studio album by British singer and producer Terry Ronald released in 1991.-Track listing:#"Chains of Love"#"Calm the Rage"#"One More Dollar"#"Sweet Sounds of Love"#"Save Me From Myself"#"Live Forever"#"Red"... |
Calm the Rage "Calm The Rage" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in June 1990.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.European CD single# "Calm the Rage"... " One More Dollar "One More Dollar" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in May 1991.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.European CD single... " What the Child Needs "What The Child Needs" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in October 1991 and was a smash hit across Europe.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.... " |
Solo singles
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Calm the Rage "Calm The Rage" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in June 1990.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.European CD single# "Calm the Rage"... " (Ronald/Lowis) |
| 1991 |
Music Corporation of America MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business... |
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| 1991 |
One More Dollar "One More Dollar" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in May 1991.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.European CD single... " Music Corporation of America MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business... |
One More Dollar "One More Dollar" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in May 1991.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.European CD single... " (Ronald/Lowis/Donovan/Perrin) |
| 1991 |
What the Child Needs "What The Child Needs" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in October 1991 and was a smash hit across Europe.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.... " Music Corporation of America MCA, Inc. was an American talent agency. Initially starting in the music business, they would next become a dominant force in the film business, and later expanded into the television business... |
What the Child Needs "What The Child Needs" was a single released from singer Terry Ronald's 1991 album Roma. The single was released in October 1991 and was a smash hit across Europe.-Track listing:This is the track listing from the released single.... " (Ronald/Hallawell) |
Vocal production and arrangement
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This Is the Way (song) "This Is the Way" is a dance-pop song written by Eliot Kennedy, Cary Baylis and Michael Ward for Dannii Minogue's second album Get into You... " |
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Get into You (song) "Get Into You" is a Dance-pop song written by Mike Percy and Tim Lever for Dannii Minogue's second album Get Into You . The song was produced by Tim Lever & Mike Percy and received a mixed reception from music critics... " |
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Get into You Get Into You is the second album by Australian pop singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by MCA Records on 4 October 1993 in the United Kingdom.The track "Hold On" was supposed to close the album as track 14 but was scrapped at the last minute... |
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Confide in Me (song) "Confide in Me" is a dance–pop song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and written by Steve Anderson, Dave Seaman and Owain Barton. It was produced by Brothers in Rhythm, and received a good overall reception from music critics when it was released as the first single from Minogue’s... " Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing... |
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Kylie Minogue Kylie Ann Minogue, OBE - often known simply as Kylie - is an Australian singer, recording artist, songwriter, and actress. After beginning her career as a child actress on Australian television, she achieved recognition through her role in the television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing... |
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Lulu (singer) Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day... |
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This Time Baby "This Time Baby" is a 1979 disco single by Jackie Moore, a cover of a song by The O'Jays of their 1978 album So Full of Love. The single was number one on the U.S. disco chart for one week in August 1979. It also reached the top 30 on the soul singles chart... " |
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Where Is the Feeling? "Where Is the Feeling?" is a song by Kylie Minogue, released as the third and final single from her 1994 album Kylie Minogue. The single was released on 10 July 1995 and was produced by Brothers in Rhythm.-Background:... " |
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All I Wanna Do (Dannii Minogue song) "All I Wanna Do" is a dance-pop song written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennan, Tim Powell and Matt Gray for Dannii Minogue's third studio album Girl .The song was produced by Higgins and Gray.... " |
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Everything I Wanted "Everything I Wanted" is a pop–dance song written by Dannii Minogue, Mark Taylor and Steve Torch for Minogue's third studio album Girl . The song was produced by Metro and received a positive reception from music critics. It was released as the second single in the fourth quarter of 1997... " |
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Disremembrance "Disremembrance" is a pop–dance song written by David Green and Ian Masterson for Dannii Minogue's third studio album Girl . The song was produced by Flexifinger and received a positive reception from music critics.... " |
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Good Humor (album) Good Humor is an album by Saint Etienne released in 1998. The American spelling 'humor' is used in the title as the band were, according to Sarah Cracknell, "fed up with the 'quintessentially English' tag, so there was a bit of a backlash against that."... Saint Etienne (band) Saint Etienne are an English Pop group comprising Sarah Cracknell, Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs. They are named after the French football team AS Saint-Étienne.-History:Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs were childhood friends and former music journalists... |
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Who Do You Love Now? "Who Do You Love Now?" is a trance song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue and Dutch dance DJs Zki & Dobri, performing under the group name Riva.Originally released only as a single, it was later included on Minogue's album Neon Nights... " Zki & Dobri Zki & Dobre , are a Dutch house music duo from Haarlem, Netherlands. They comprise Gaston Steenkist and René ter Horst... featuring Dannii Minogue |
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Everlasting Night "Everlasting Night" is a pop–dance song written by Australian singer Dannii Minogue, Mark Percy, Tim Lever, Ian Masterson and Terry Ronald for the compilation Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras of 1999 . The song was produced by Ian Masterson and received a mixed reception from music critics... " |
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Sweet Release "Sweet Release" is a song by alternative rock group Live, which was released as the second single from their 2003 album, Birds of Pray. It was only released in Australia.-Australian CD single:#"Sweet Release" – 3:04... " Trouser Enthusiasts Trouser Enthusiasts was an electronic dance music production group, active during the 1990s, formed by Belfast-born Ian Masterson and David Green. The group was best known as producers of pop and dance remixes, having worked for, most prominently, Pet Shop Boys, Dannii Minogue, and Saint Etienne... |
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Sheena Easton Sheena Easton is a Scottish recording artist. Easton became famous for being the focus of an episode in the British television programme The Big Time, which recorded her attempts to gain a record contract and her eventual signing with EMI Records.Easton rose to fame in the early 1980s with the pop... |
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Stella Soleil Stella Katsoudas is an American pop and rock singer better known for stage names Stella Soleil and Sister Soleil. Katsoudas also fronts Dirty Little Rabbits.- Early life and career beginnings :... |
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Kim Wilde Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"... |
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S Club 8 S Club 8, previously known as S Club Juniors, was a spin-off of the UK pop group S Club 7. The group's members, Jay Asforis, Daisy Evans, Calvin Goldspink, Stacey McClean, Aaron Renfree, Hannah Richings, Rochelle Wiseman and Frankie Sandford, were all in their early teens or younger when they were... |
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Atomic Kitten Atomic Kitten were an English girl group from Liverpool, first established in 1997. Created by Andy McCluskey, the final line-up, and most commercially successful, consisted of Natasha Hamilton, Liz McClarnon, and Jenny Frost... |
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Girls Aloud Girls Aloud are a British and Irish pop girl group based in London. They were created through the ITV1 talent show Popstars The Rivals in 2002. The group consists of Cheryl Cole , Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. They are signed to Fascination Records, a Polydor... |
Girls on Film "Girls on Film" is the third single by Duran Duran, released on 13 July 1981.The single became Duran Duran's Top 10 breakthrough in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at Number 5 in August 1981... " - Produced |
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Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling "Don't Wanna Lose This Feeling" is a dance-pop for Minogue's 2003 album Neon Nights. The song was released as the album's fourth single in June 2003. The single reached the top twenty in multiple countries, and topped the club charts in the United Kingdom... " |
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Neon Nights Neon Nights is the fourth studio album by Australian dance-pop singer Dannii Minogue. It was released by London Records on 17 March 2003 and was primarily produced by Ian Masterson, Korpi & Blackcell, Neïmo and Terry Ronald... |
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Yes Sir, I Can Boogie "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" is a 1977 hit single by the Spanish vocal duo Baccara.Written by Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja, and produced by Soja, this typical slice of disco was a major hit across Europe and became the duo's sole number one single in the UK, spending a single week at the top in October 1977... " by Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Ellis-Bextor Sophie Michelle Ellis-Bextor is an English singer, songwriter, model and occasional DJ. She first came to prominence in the late 1990s, as the lead singer of the indie rock band Theaudience. After the group disbanded, Ellis-Bextor went solo, achieving widespread success in the early 2000s... - Produced |
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Speck of Gold Speck of Gold is an album by Afterlife, released on 1 June 2004 .The album was re-released in Australia on December 2008 with a revised tracklisting, now featuring both versions of Dannii's "Take Me Inside" on the same disc.... Afterlife (musician) Afterlife is UK chillout producer/writer/remixer Steve Miller. He has had a number of tracks on the Cafe Del Mar series.Rachel Lloyd was one of the earliest vocalists on Miller's albums, including the track "Dub In Ya Mind"... |
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One (Dirty Vegas album) One is the second album by British house music trio Dirty Vegas, released 18 October 2004 in the UK .-Reception:Initial critical response to One was very negative... Dirty Vegas Dirty Vegas is a Grammy Award-winning British house music trio made up of Ben Harris and Paul Harris on instruments and production and Steve Smith on vocals... |
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Desire (Geri Halliwell song) "Desire" is a song by English recording artist Geri Halliwell from her third studio album, Passion . The song metaphorically describes the persona as a feline with sexual desires... " Geri Halliwell Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell is an English pop singer-songwriter, author and actress. After coming to international prominence in the late 1990s as Ginger Spice, a member of the girl group the Spice Girls, Halliwell launched her solo career in 1998 and released her album Schizophonic... |
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Passion (Geri Halliwell album) Passion is the third album by English pop singer Geri Halliwell, released on 6 June, 2005) in Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Canada. Two singles were released from the album, "Ride It" and "Desire", which both made the UK top 30... |
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Drama (Bananarama album) Drama is the ninth studio album by the British female vocal duo Bananarama. It features eleven newly recorded tracks, along with a remix of their 1986 smash hit "Venus" and a 2005 remix of their 1982 hit "Really Saying Something", an underground bootleg club hit produced by Solasso.Drama is a... Bananarama Bananarama are an English female pop duo who have had success on the pop and dance charts since 1982. Rather than relying on a two part harmony, the duo generally sings in unison, as do their background vocalists. Although there have been line-up changes, the group enjoyed their most popular... |
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So Under Pressure "So Under Pressure" is an dance pop song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, Terry Ronald and LMC, and produced by Lee Monteverde for Minogue's fifth album Club Disco and was also used as the lead-single for her greatest hits compilation The Hits & Beyond... " |
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The Hits & Beyond The Hits & Beyond is a compilation album by Australian pop–dance singer Dannii Minogue, released by All Around the World Records on 19 June 2006. It was a compilation of greatest hits and new tracks... |
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