Top Songs Day Late and a Dollar Short (feat. Uli Jon Roth & Ronnie James Dio) Gillan's Inn (feat. Joe Satriani, Janick Gers, Uli Jon Roth, Ronnie James Dio, Steve Morse, Johnny Rzeznik, Jeff Healey, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Tony Iommi, Michael Lee Jackson & Joe Elliot...
to forming his own band, Ronnie James Dio appeared to have metal's Midas touch, spinning gold from whatever lineup he was a part of. Taking drummer Vinny Appice with him after leaving Sabbath, he re-enlisted his former Rainbow bandmate, bassist ...
In 1974, Dio sang on the Roger Glover conducted and produced concept album The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast. Along other guest-singers, the album featured Deep Purple alumni Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale. Dio provided vocals for the songs “Homeward”, “Sitting in a Dream”...
Ronnie James Dio’s name used the Parchment font, which provided a gothic feel similar to the logo used on his solo albums (the use of this logo and photograph was contemplated but rejected due to lack of suitable non-copyrighted images). One of Dio’s signature songs wasMan on the Silve...
Metal overlord Ronnie James Dio passed away yesterday, May 16, according to a message from his wife Wendy on his official website. A cause of death was not given, though Dio was diagnosed with stomach cancer late last year, according to The New York Times. He was 67. Dio sang in ...
At the next dressing room unit was Ronnie James Dio.I walked over to him and introduced myself. Imagine my surprise when he mentioned some Satan and Blitzkrieg song titles and said that he liked the songs. We chatted about the "old days" for about one and a half hours and he shared ...
Rainbow (1978):Ritchie Blackmore’s restless soul drove him closer to the mainstream once again, to the frustration of soon-to-be-ex-singer Ronnie James Dio. But along with the irresistible title track, there were still timeless head-bangers like the frantic “Kill the King” and majestic ...
Ronnie James Dio Remembered by Fans, Friends “Unlike most rock’n’roll frontwomen, the majority of my early influences were men. And the man at the top of that list was Ronnie James Dio. There was something magnetic about him. His voice flowed through him, from his soul t...
The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund has annually staged the Bowl for Ronnie, along with their annual spring concert, as fundraisers to continue aiding cancer research advancements in honor of the late Dio singer, who lost his life due to gastric cancer in 2010. To date, th...
Ronnie James Dioleft this world on May 16th, 2010. He passed fighting the dragon known as gastric cancer. Anyone who ever played one of his songs, sees a performance, or felt his presence knows he was a musician whose talent, charisma, and legend was among the highest of anyone who walk...