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}})
* 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
**[[filmen The Mosquito Coast|The Mosquito Coast]]*, «Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us» skriven av William Batchelder Bradbury
* *[[filmen Rosemary's Baby|Rosemary's Baby]]*

Gruppa song òg kjenningsmelodiane for store TV-show på denne tida: 
* *[[Love, American Style]]*, med solovokalist John Bähler (kjenningsmelodi)
* *[[TV-serienBatman|Batman]],* (kjenningsmelodi)
* Alvin & The Chipmunks
* *[[TV-serien Flipper (1964)|Flipper]]*
* *[[That Girl]]*, sesong 5 opning
* *[[Happy Days]]*, der Jim Haas song solo (kjenningsmelodi)
* *[[Laverne & Shirley]]*, i lag med solovokalist Cyndi Grecco  (kjenningsmelodi)
* *[[TV-serien Wonder Woman|Wonder Woman]]*, med John Bähler på solovokal (sesong 2 opning)
* *[[TV-serien Angie|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|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|More Of The Monkees]]*, The Monkees (Colgems)
* 1968 *[[Woman, Woman av Gary Puckett|Woman, Woman]]*, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
* 1968 *[[Young Girl av Gary Puckett|Gary Puckett & The Union Gap]]*, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
* 1968 *[[Incredible av Gary Puckett & The Union Gap|Incredible]]*, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap (Columbia)
* 1968 *[[On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle|On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bott]]**[[On Tap, in the Can, or in the Bottle|le]]*, 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 av Bud Shank|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 (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)|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 *[[GP av Gram Parsons|Gram Parsons]]*, Gram Parsons (Reprise)
* 1973 *[[Ringo av Ringo Starr|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 av Cher|Dark Lady]]*, Cher, (MCA Records)
* 1974 ''Stop And Smell The Roses'', Mac Davis (Columbia)
* 1974 *[[A Little Bit of Love av Paul Williams|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|Act like Nothing's Wrong]]*, Al Kooper (United Artists)
* 1976 *[[Making Our Dreams Come True av Cyndi Grecco|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 *[[Bugsy Malone|A Little Bit Of Love]]*, Paul Williams (A&M)
* 1976 Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart, Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart (Capitol)
* 1977 *[[He Touched Me av Tennessee Ernie Ford|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 av Captain & Tennille|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 (RSO)
* 1978 *[[You Don't Bring Me Flowers (album)|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 av Outlaws|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 (album)|Make Your Move]]*, Captain & Tennille (RTV)
* 1980 *Rise Again...He's Alive*, Paul Johnson Vocal Band (MCA)
* 1980 **', [[Frank Sinatra]] ([[Reprise Records|Reprise]])
* 1981 [[Made in America (The Carpenters album)|''Made in America'']], [[The Carpenters]] ([[A&M Records|A&M]])
* 1981 ''Dark Orchid'', [[Sammy Nestico]], ([[Palo Alto Records|Palo Alto]])
* 1981 ''[[David Essex]]'' – Be-Bop The Future ([[Mercury Records|Mercury]])
* 1982 ''[[The Dukes of Hazzard]]'', Ymse ([[Scotti Brothers Records|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 Records|Elektra]])
* 1982 ''Messiah Bright Morning Star'', Reba Rambo & Dony McGuire ([[Light Records|Light]])
* 1983 [[Voice of the Heart|''Voices of the Heart'']], [[The Carpenters]] ([[A&M Records|A&M]])
* 1983 ''Got My Eye On You'', Johnny Koonce ([[A&M Records|A&M]])
* 1984 ''And I Love You So'', [[Howard Keel]] ([[PolyGram|PolyTel]])
* 1985 W''ith Love: For Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow'', [[Howard Keel]] ([[PolyGram|PolyTel]])
* 1993 [[When My Heart Finds Christmas|''When My Heart Finds Christmas'']], [[Harry Connick Jr.|Harry Connick jr.]] ([[Columbia Records|Columbia]])
* 1993 ''[[Swing Kids|Swing Kids (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]'', [[James Horner]] ([[Milan Records|Milan]])
* 1995 ''[[When You Wish Upon a Chipmunk|When You Wish Upon A Chipmunk]]'', [[The Chipmunks]] (Chipmunk)
* 1995 ''[[filmen Casper|Casper (Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]'', [[James Horner]] ([[MCA Records|MCA]])
* 1995 ''[[filmen Apollo 13|Apollo 13 (Music From The Motion Picture)]]'', [[James Horner]] ([[MCA Records|MCA]])
* 1996 ''Live A Little, Love A Little & The Trouble With Girls & Charro! & Change Of Habit'', [[Elvis Presley]] ([[RCA Records|RCA]])
* 1998 ''The Yellow Balloon'', [[The Yellow Balloon (band)|The Yellow Balloon]] ([[Sundazed Records|Sundazed]])
* 1998 ''Breath Of Heaven: A Christmas Collection'', Vince Gill With Patrick Williams And His Orchestra ([[MCA Records|MCA]])
* ''2004 Come To The Sunshine: Soft Pop Nuggets From The WEA Vaults'', Various ([[Rhino Records|Rhino]])
* ''2006 [[Here Comes Inspiration]]'', [[Paul Williams (låtskrivar)|Paul Williams]] (East Central One)
* 2010 [[Carnival of Sound|''Carnival of Sound'']], [[Jan and Dean|Jan & Dean]] ([[Rhino Records|Rhino]])

Det var òg 25 album med [[Ray Conniff]]:

* 1972 ''Without You'', [[Ray Conniff Singers]] ([[CBS Records International|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

## Kjelder

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