- Ron Carroll
Ron Carroll is an American
singer ,songwriter and producer. He is primarily known in thehouse music circuit. Carroll has worked with many of house's most famous producers, includingE-Smoove ,Maurice Joshua andBob Sinclar . He has also produced, usually with partnerSpero Pagos , for other vocalists or his own songs.Career
Carroll was born in
Chicago in 1968. As a boy, he learned to sing while a member of his church choir. As a teenager, he was a fan of rock bandKISS , but became interested in house music when he attended a high school dance and spent time watching the DJ perform. [cite web
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quote = ] Carroll started performing as a DJ in the late 1980s in a club he himself opened. He released his first official record, "My Prayer", in 1993, a track produced by local producers Hula (from theOuthere Brothers ),Kay Fingers andRon Trent . Because of his style of singing like a preacher, he received the nickname "The Minister of Sound".In 1994, he got his first big break when he attended the
World Music Conference inMiami . Still an unknown outside Chicago, Carroll walked up toLouie Vega , who gave him a chance to write the lyrics toBarbara Tucker 's "I Get Lifted". [cite web
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quote = ] This allowed the opportunity to joinMike Dunn andByron Stingily , also from the Chicago house scene, in the Deep Soul production company as singer, songwriter and producer. [cite web
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quote = ] He wrote the lyrics for six tracks in Stingily's album "The Purist" and also wrote and produced the anthem "The Sermon". In 1996 he met Greek-American producerSpero Pagos , and the two created MOS Productions (for Ministers Of Sound), for the UC/Afterhours label.In this label, he also met Mazi Namvar, who introduced him to the European house scene. This allowed him to take part in the French house classics "My Love" (produced by
Kluster ) and "Lucky Star" (produced bySuperfunk ), both released in 2000. The following year, he opened his own label, Body Music Records. Carroll's activities as a singer in Europe brought him into contact with Dutch producersHardsoul in 2003, for whom he wrote and sang in "Back Together", followed in 2004 by "Wonderful World" forBob Sinclar , a track that appeared in Sinclar's album "Western Dream ".Discography
Albums
* 2006 "Chicago" Fact|date=December 2007
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*1993 "My Prayer" (with Hula,Kay Fingers andRon Trent )
*1993 "A New Day" (with Hula and Kay Fingers)
*1995 "Pressing On"
*1999 "Gimme Love" (withSpero Pagos )
*1999 "Soundz" (with Spero Pagos)
*1999 "Stronger" (withMazi )
*2001 "Angel"
*2001 "Get With Him" (withChurch Is One Foundation )
*2001 "Take Me Up" (withE-Smoove )
*2002 "Live In Me"
*2002 "Natural"
*2002 "Can't Give Up" (withShawn Christopher )
*2003 "Sexy Thing"
*2004 "Come Into My Life" (with Richard Grey)
*2005 "Classical Moments In Time" (withDerrick May )
*2005 "The Only Way Is Up" (with Disco Darlings)
*2006 "Just Got Paid"
*2006 "Weak", withJjah
*2007 "Come Into My Life 2007" (with Richard Grey)
*2007 "All My Life" (with Jazmina);RC Groove/RC Groove Project
*1998 "Sermon One EP", as RC Groove Project (withMike Dunn )
*2000 "The Sermon", as RC Groove Project
*2001 "Nothin' But Funk", as RC Groove
*2001 "Brighter Day", as 'RC Groove Project
*2001 "The RC Groove Project #2", as RC Groove Project
*2002 "Strings", as RC Groove
*2002 "High Again", as RC Groove (with Lady D)
*2003 "Believe", as RC Groove Project (withDawn Tallman )
*2003 "Spirit Of The Dance", as RC Groove
*2003 "Superfreaque Music", as RC Groove (withDino Vulpitta );Testament
*1999 "It Is Well"
*2000 "Work It Out" (with Spero Pagos)
*2000 "We Need Love" (withRobert Collado )
*2003 "Sun Is Shining"
*2005 "World Harmony";Other aliases
*1998 "My Way", as Subculture (withRick Garcia andLejuan )
*1998 "Feel It, Move It, Shout It", as Ron Carroll's Black Pearl (withPaul Walton )
*2000 "Beautiful", as Ground Level (with Spero Pagos andRheji )
*2000 "Got To Hold On", as Ministers Of Sound (with Spero Pagos and Paul Walton)
*2001 "Someday", as Ground Level (with Spero Pagos and Rheji)
*2001 "Can You Feel It", as Subculture (with Rick Garcia)
*2001 "Wait", as The RC Connection (withMazi andJackie Haywood )
*2002 "Deep In My Soul", as Shay Coco Butta (withJosh Collins );Production
*2000Rochele Fleming - "It's Not Over"
*2001Curtis Harman - "Call Me", withJosh Collins
*2005Sunny Larican - "Always"
*2005 Trina Tru Luv - "True Love"
*2005Vicki B - "Something Must Change"
*2005Shawn Christopher - "You Can Make It"
*2005Melba Moore - "My Heart Belongs To You"
*2006Darryl D'Bonneau - "Feel It"
*2006 Mona Lisa - "Dancin'"
*2007Ce Ce Peniston - "I'm Feelin' U", withDJ Fudge ;Appears on
*1993 House Culture - "Let The Music Set U Free"
*1996Blak Beat Niks - "Ooohhh"
*1997Michi Lange - "The Only Way Is Up"
*1998DJ Pope - "Waymaker"
*1999Rick Garcia - "Dancefloor"
*2000Superfunk - "Lucky Star"
*2000Kluster - "My Love"
*2000Rick Garcia - "Dancefloor"
*2000DJ Bam Bam - "Soundz"
*2002 Audio Soul Project - "Community"
*2002Mazi - "This Feeling" (with Josh Collins)
*2003Peter Presta - "Changes"
*2003Hardsoul - "Back Together"
*2004Bob Sinclar - "Wonderful World"
*2004 Superfunk Inc. - "Promised Land"
*2004 Superfunk Inc. - "Lover"
*2004 Bob Sinclar - "World Of Love"
*2005 Abstract Beating System - "Vibes"
*2006 Hardsoul - "My Life" (withSven Vigee )
*2007 Bob Sinclar - "Everybody Movin'" (withMz Toni )
*2007 Audio Soul Project - "Community 2007"
*2008Bob Sinclar &Axwell - "What a Wonderfull World"References
*Discogs|artist=Ron+Carroll
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