Ron Hicklin Singers

The Ron Hicklin Singers var ei gruppe studiosongarar i Los Angeles organisert av Ron Hicklin. Dei er mest kjende som dei verkelege songarane bak korvokalen på innspelingane til The Partridge Family.

Frå 1960- til 1980-åra song dei korvonal på tusenvis av songar, og TV- og filmtema, i tillegg til mange radio- og fjernsynsreklamar.

Besetning
Kjernen i gruppa bestod vanlegvis av 
 Ron Hicklin - leiande tenor
 Tom Bähler  - tenor
 John Bähler - tenor
 Stan Farber - tenor
 Jim Gilstrap - tenor
 Gene Morford - bass
 Al Capps - bass
 Sally Stevens - sopran
 Sandie Hall - sopran
 Carolyn Willis - sopran
 Jackie Ward  - alt
 Debbie Hall - alt
 Myrna Matthews - alt

I tillegg hadde gruppa ofte med seg vokalistar som:
 Jim Haas - tenor
 Jerry Whitman - tenor
 Thurl Ravenscroft - bass (røysta til Kellogg's sin Tony the Tiger  |access-date=2022-04-11}}</ref>)
 Mitch Gordon - bass
 Bob Tebow - bass
 Andra Willis - sopran
 Linda Dangcil - sopran
 Bob Zwirn - baryton
 Gene Merlino - baryton

Filmar, fjernsyn og radio
 filmen M*A*S*H
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, «South American Getaway» skriven av Burt Bacharach
The Hunt For Red October, skriven av Basil Poledouris
Dances With Wolves, skriven av John Barry
Apollo 13, skriven av James Horner
Glory, skriven av James Horner
Hook, skriven av John Williams
Dirty Harry og Magnum Force, skriven av Lalo Schifrin
Out of Africa, skriven av John Barry
Death Game, «Dear Old Dad» skriven av Jimmie Haskell med tekst av Iris Rainer Dart
The Mosquito Coast, «Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us» skriven av William Batchelder Bradbury
 Rosemary's Baby

Gruppa song òg kjenningsmelodiane for store TV-show på denne tida: 
 Love, American Style, med solovokalist John Bähler (kjenningsmelodi)
 Batman, (kjenningsmelodi)
 Alvin & The Chipmunks
 Flipper
 That Girl, sesong 5 opning
 Happy Days, der Jim Haas song solo (kjenningsmelodi)
 Laverne & Shirley, i lag med solovokalist Cyndi Grecco  (kjenningsmelodi)
 Wonder Woman, med John Bähler på solovokal (sesong 2 opning)
 Angie, i lag med solovokalist Maureen McGovern  (kjenningsmelodi)

Dei song for rekalmekampanjar for selskap som:
 Kawasaki - «Kawasaki, Let the Good Times Roll»
 Datsun - «Drive a Datsun, then Decide»
 McDonald's - «You Deserve a Break Today», skriven av Kenny Karen
 Wheaties - «Go Tell Your Mama What The Big Boys Eat», Clio Award-vinnar
 California Raisins - «Yum, Yum», 2 Clio Awards
 Gatorade - «Gatorade Is Thirst Aid For That Deep Down Body Thirst»

Kjende innspelingar
Gruppa song òg på innspelingar med:
 Johnny Mandel - «Suicide Is Painless», tema frå M*A*S*H
 The Brady Kids
 Cher - «Dark Lady»
 Climax med Sonny Geraci - «Precious and Few»
 Anita Kerr Singers [Jackie Ward song òg alt på gruppa sine Dot Records-innspelingar]
 Gary Lewis & the Playboys - «This Diamond Ring», «Count Me In», «Save Your Heart For Me», «She's Just My Style», «Everybody Loves A Clown» (alle listetoppar)
 Mark Lindsay - «Arizona» (RIAA Gull) og «Silver Bird»
 The Partridge Family - «I Think I Love You»
 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - «Young Girl», «Woman, Woman»,  «Over You» og «Lady Willpower» (alle RIAA Gull)
 Paul Revere & the Raiders - «Indian Reservation» (RIAA Gull)
 Ringo Starr - «Oh My My» og «Photograph»
 Sammy Davis jr. - «The Candy Man»
 Johnny Mathis - «There I said It Again»
 Neil Diamond - «You Don't Bring Me Flowers» (RIAA Platina), «Holly Holy», «In My Lifetime»
 The Monkees - «Last Train To Clarksville», «Valleri», «Hey Hey We're The Monkees»

Diskografi 
Dels kronologisk liste over album med ein eller fleire songar med Ron Hicklin Singers:

 1960 Gene Vincent and the Blue Caps, Crazy Times (Capitol)
 1960 Along The Trail, The Eligibles (Capitol)
 1960 Love Is A Gamble, The Eligibles (Capitol)
 1961 When I Fall in Love, The Lettermen (Capitol)
 1962 Mike Fright, The Eligibles (Mercury)
 1964 Mustang!, The Zip-Codes (Liberty)
 1965 This Diamond Ring, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
 1965 Everybody Love's a Clown, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
 1965 A Session With Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
 1966 She's Just My Style, Gary Lewis & The Playboys (Liberty)
 1966 The Monkees, The Monkees (Colgems)
 1967 More Of The Monkees, The Monkees (Colgems)
 1968 Woman, Woman, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
 1968 Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
 1968 Incredible, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
 1968 On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle, Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys (Dot)
 1969 Hair, Stan Kenton (Capitol)
 1969 Moog Power, Hugo Montenegro (RCA)
 1969 Touching You, Touching Me, Neil Diamond (Uni)
 1970 Let It Be, Bud Shank With The Bob Alcivar Singers (World Pacific Jazz)
 1970 The Partridge Family Album, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1970 Young, Ralph Carmichael And The Young People (Light)
 1971 Up to Date, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1971 Sound Magazine, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1971 A Partridge Family Christmas Card, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1971 His Great Hits, Gábor Szabó, (Impulse!)
 1971 On Any Sunday, Dominic Frontiere (Bell)
 1971 Indian Reservation, Paul Revere & the Raiders (Columbia)
 1971 Gandharva, Beaver & Krause (Warner Bros)
 1971 Wings, Michel Colombier (A&M)
 1971 The Class Of Nineteen Hundred And Seventy One, Jack Daugherty (A&M)
 1972 Shopping Bag, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1972 The Partridge Family Notebook, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1972 Climax med Sonny Geraci, Climax (Rocky Road Records)
 1972 Billie Joe Thomas, B.J. Thomas (Scepter Records)
 1972 Raised on Records, P.F. Sloan (Mums)
 1972 D/B/A Crow, David Wagner (Amaretto)
 1972 Orchestra Arranged And Conducted By Michel Legrand, Sarah Vaughan (Mainstream Records)
 1973 Crossword Puzzle, The Partridge Family (RIAA Gull) (Bell)
 1973 Gram Parsons, Gram Parsons (Reprise)
 1973 Ringo, Ringo Starr (Apple)
 1973 Live At The Greek Theatre, Vikki Carr (Columbia)
 1973 The Last Thing On My Mind, Austin Roberts (Chelsea)
 1973 Miss America, Vikki Carr (Columbia)
 1973 Vagabonds Roost, Sherman Hayes (Capitol)
 1973 Naturally, Judy Lynn (Amaretto)
 1974 Grievous Angel, Gram Parsons (Reprise) 
 1974 Dark Lady, Cher, (MCA Records)
 1974 Stop And Smell The Roses, Mac Davis (Columbia)
 1974 A Little Bit Of Love, Paul Williams (A&M)
 1974 Touch Me, John Davidson (20th Century)
 1975 Rich Man's Woman, Elkie Brooks (A&M)
 1975 What I Did For Love, Jack Jones (RCA Victor)
 1975 John R. Cash, Johnny Cash (Columbia)
 1975 Introducing Sparks, Sparks (Columbia)
 1975 Ordinary Fool, Paul Williams (A&M)
 1975 Un Tonto Común, Paul Williams (A&M)
 1975 Two Sides of the Moon, Keith Moon (MCA/Polydor)
 1976 Act like Nothing's Wrong, Al Kooper (United Artists)
 1976 Making Our Dreams Come True, Cyndi Grecco (Private)
 1976 Shaun Cassidy, Shaun Cassidy (Warner Bros)
 1976 Slow Down World, Donovan (Epic)
 1976 Cry Tough, Nils Lofgren (A&M)
 1976 Blue Moves, Elton John (MCA/Rocket)
 1976 Young and Rich, The Tubes (A&M)
 1976 A Song Is A Gentle Thing, Deanna Edwards (Teleketics)
 1976 Pictures & Rhymes, Jim Weatherly (ABC)
 1976 A Little Bit Of Love, Paul Williams (A&M)
 1976 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart (Capitol)
 1977 He Touched Me, Tennessee Ernie Ford (Capitol)
 1977 Crepusculo En Oklahoma = Oklahoma Twilight, Wayne Parker (Ariola America)
 1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors (Original Music From), Dominic Frontiere (ABC)
 1977 The Full Life, Jack Jones (RCA Victor)
 1977 Born Late, Shaun Cassidy (Warner Bros)
 1978 Under Wraps, Shaun Cassidy (Warner Bros)
 1978 Dream, Captain and Tennille (A&M)
 1978 Leif Garrett, Leif Garrett (Atlantic)
 1978 Hard Love, Shaun Cassidy, (Warner Bros)
 1976 Jaded Virgin, Marshall Chapman (Epic)
 1978 Grease, Grease (RSO)
 1978 You Don't Bring Me Flowers, Neil Diamond (Columbia)
 1979 Groovin' You, Harvey Mason (Arista)
 1979 No One Home, Lalo Schifrin (Tabu)
 1979 Gershwin '79, Westside Strutters (Parachute)
 1979 Lucky Day, Alan Price (Jet)
 1979 Portrait Of Love, Jon Byron (Light)
 1979 Apocalypse Now - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Carmine Coppola & Francis Coppola (Elektra)
 1979 Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lee Lewis (Warner Bros)
 1980 Ghost Riders, Outlaws (Arista)
 1980 Roadie (Original Motion Picture Sound Track), Various (Warner Bros)
 1980 No More Dirty Deals, The Johnny Van Zant Band (Polydor)
 1980 The Lord's Prayer - Teach Us To Pray, Reba Rambo & Dony McGuire (Light)
 1980 Rising Sun, Alan Price (Jet)
 1980 Make Your Move, Captain & Tennille (RTV)
 1980 Rise Again...He's Alive, Paul Johnson Vocal Band (MCA)
 1980 Trilogy: Past, Present & Future, Frank Sinatra (Reprise)
 1981 Made in America, The Carpenters (A&M)
 1981 Dark Orchid, Sammy Nestico, (Palo Alto)
 1981 David Essex – Be-Bop The Future (Mercury)
 1982 The Dukes of Hazzard, Ymse (Scotti Bros)
 1982 So Far...So Good, Stella Parton (Town House)
 1982 The Best of Jerry Lee Lewis Featuring 39 and Holding, Jerry Lee Lewis (Elektra)
 1982 Messiah Bright Morning Star, Reba Rambo & Dony McGuire (Light)
 1983 Voices of the Heart, The Carpenters (A&M)
 1983 Got My Eye On You, Johnny Koonce (A&M)
 1984 And I Love You So, Howard Keel (PolyTel)
 1985 With Love: For Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow, Howard Keel (PolyTel)
 1993 When My Heart Finds Christmas, Harry Connick jr. (Columbia)
 1993 Swing Kids (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack), James Horner (Milan)
 1995 When You Wish Upon A Chipmunk, The Chipmunks (Chipmunk)
 1995 Casper (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack), James Horner (MCA)
 1995 Apollo 13 (Music From The Motion Picture), James Horner (MCA)
 1996 Live A Little, Love A Little & The Trouble With Girls & Charro! & Change Of Habit, Elvis Presley (RCA)
 1998 The Yellow Balloon, The Yellow Balloon (Sundazed)
 1998 Breath Of Heaven: A Christmas Collection, Vince Gill With Patrick Williams And His Orchestra (MCA)
 2004 Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults, Various (Rhino)
 2006 Here Comes Inspiration, Paul Williams (East Central One)
 2010 Carnival of Sound, Jan & Dean (Rhino)

Det var òg 25 album med Ray Conniff:

 1972 Without You, Ray Conniff Singers (CBS)
 1972 After The Lovin''', Ray Conniff Singers (Columbia)
 1972 Love Theme From The Godfather, Ray Conniff Singers (Columbia)
 1978 Ray Conniff Plays The Bee Gees & Other Great Hits,  Ray Conniff Singers (Discos CBS)
 2008 Ray Conniff Plays The Bee Gees & Other Great Hits / I Will Survive, Ray Conniff Singers (Sony BMG)
 Ray Conniff Singers (20 ekstra album)

Dei song òg mykje med artistane:
 Percy Faith Orchestra and Chorus
 Henry Mancini Orchestra and Chorus

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