Ronnie Hilton
Wikimp3 information about the music of Ronnie Hilton. On our website we have 23 albums and 70 collections of artist Ronnie Hilton. You can find useful information and download songs of this artist.
Biography
[Edit]An old-style singer/crooner along the lines of Bing Crosby, Eddie Fisher and Perry Como, Ronnie Hilton was born Adrian Hill in Hull on the 26th of January, 1926. He left school aged only 14 to work in an aircraft factory during World War II before being called up into the Highland Light Infantry. After the war, he began working in a sewing-machine plant in Leeds, but singing was always his first love and he managed to get a second job, performing in the evenings with the Johnny Addlestone Band at the club the Starlight Roof.
Spotted one night by Walter Ridley, the A&R manager for HMV Records, he signed a solo deal and by the early '50s began to enjoy some singles success, like virtually all of his contemporaries, singing covers of American hits including "I Still Believe", "Veni Vedi Vici", "A Blossom Fell", "Stars Shine In Your Eyes", "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" and "Young And Foolish". In 1956, he had his only chart-topper with the song "No Other Love," but the coming of rock & roll swept away most of his type of old fashioned crooning and although he continued to have single hits throughout the 1950s and even made a comeback with the children's song "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" in 1965, his days as a major pop singer were behind him. This paved the way for his only ever success on the album charts, a recording of the songs from the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang which was a budget release on the specialist MFP label and thus only eligible for the separate budget charts in 1970.
He continued to appear in variety shows and summer seasons and by the 1990s he had developed a new career on radio as the voice of BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the Fifties series, a nostalgic look back at the decade which even gave him the opportunity to play several of his own records. He died on the 21st of February, 2001, aged 75, but not forgotten by everyone as in 2007, his old label, EMI Gold (which had formally been the MFP label) released a double CD of his work, Ultimate Collection with 50 tracks including most of his hits.
Title: I'm Beginning to See the Light (feat. Frank Cordell and His Orchestra)
Artist: Ronnie Hilton
Genre: Pop
Collections
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 22
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1961 British Hit Parade: The B Sides Pt. 3 Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Chart Busters, Vol. 4
Genre: Rock
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 10
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1962, Vol. 32
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Favorites of the 1950's
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1959 British Hit Parade the B Sides, Pt. 2, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Love Vocabulary
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 6)
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 3)
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1958, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1958 British Hit Parade: The B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Hits of All Time, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: We All Love Our Mums (Classic Mother's Day Songs, Vol. 4)
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits of the Fifties 2
Genre: Alternative
Title: Fabulous 50's Pop & Doo Wop, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Hits of All Time, Vol. 6
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1950's Number 1 Hits, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Best Hits of 1959, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1954
Genre: Pop
Title: Hits from the Brits
Title: Guys and Dolls of the 1950's & 1960's
Genre: Pop
Title: A Mix of Popular Hits, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1957, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: The 1959 British Hit Parade the B Sides, Pt. 1, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Britain's Greatest Hits 1956
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: Jubilee Favourites from the Fifties
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 13
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest St. Valentines Day Love Songs, Vol. 8
Genre: Pop
Title: The Greatest Hits of 1959, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 14
Genre: Pop
Title: Street Party Sing-a-Longs
Genre: Pop
Title: Two Way Family Favourites, Vol. 1
Genre:
Title: 50's Favorite Love Songs Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 19
Genre: Pop
Title: 1950's Hits & Highlights, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 56 Greatest Jazz & Swing Hits Of 1961
Genre: Jazz
Title: Greatest Jazz & Swing Hits of 1961, Vol. 1
Genre: Jazz
Title: Popular Classics Vol 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Fabulous No. 1's of the 50's
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: British Hits of the 1950'S
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1955 Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1954, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Big Hits of 1961, Vol. 17
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits and Highlights of 1956, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 5
Genre: Pop
Title: 50's Favorite Love Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 20
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1959, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: Big Hits & Highlights of 1958, Vol. 9
Genre: Pop
Title: The Ultimate Collection
Genre: Pop
Title: 1000 Original Hits 1956
Genre: Rock
Title: This Is My Song 115 Classic Favourites CD 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 50'S CD3
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock & Roll
Title: Greatest Hits Of The 50'S CD5
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Rock & Roll
Title: Greatest Hits Of The Millenium! 1955 - 1959 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: Best Of Easy Listening - Disc 2
Genre: Country, Pop, Country Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Best Of Easy Listening (Disc 6)
Genre: Electronica, Soul, Country, Pop, Country Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Instrumental, Lounge
Title: A Time To Remember - 1954
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1955
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1956
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1957
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Title: A Time To Remember - 1958
Genre: Rock & Roll, Pop
Featuring albums
