Ron Carroll

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Ron Carroll
Carroll in 2008
Carroll in 2008
Background information
Birth nameRonald Michael Carroll
Occupation(s)songwriter
InstrumentsVocals
Years active1994-present

Ronald Michael Carroll is an American DJ, singer, songwriter and producer. He is primarily known in the house music circuit. Carroll has worked with many of house's most famous producers, including E-Smoove, Maurice Joshua and Bob Sinclar. He has also produced, usually with partner , for other vocalists or his own songs.

Musical 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 band Kiss, but became interested in house music when he attended a high school dance and spent time watching the DJ perform.[1] 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 the Outhere Brothers), and Ron 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 Winter Music Conference in Miami. Still an unknown outside Chicago, Carroll walked up to Louie Vega, who gave him a chance to write the lyrics to Barbara Tucker's "I Get Lifted".[1] This allowed the opportunity to join Mike Dunn and Byron Stingily, also from the Chicago house scene, in the Deep Soul production company as singer, songwriter and producer.[2] 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 producer Spero Pagos, and the two created MOS Productions (for Ministers Of Sound), for the UC/Afterhours label.

On the 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 by Superfunk), 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 producers Hardsoul in 2003, for whom he wrote and sang in "Back Together", followed in 2004 by "What a Wonderful World" for Bob Sinclar and Axwell, a track that appeared on Sinclar's 2004 album Enjoy.

Discography[]

Albums[]

  • 2006 Chicago[citation needed]

Singles[]

Ron Carroll

  • 1993 "My Prayer" (with Hula, and Ron Trent)
  • 1993 "A New Day" (with Hula and Kay Fingers)
  • 1995 "Pressing On"
  • 1999 "Gimme Love" (with )
  • 1999 "Soundz" (with Spero Pagos)
  • 1999 "Stronger" (with )
  • 2001 "Angel"
  • 2001 "Get With Him" (with )
  • 2001 "Take Me Up" (with E-Smoove)
  • 2002 "Live in Me"
  • 2002 "Natural"
  • 2002 "Can't Give Up" (with Shawn Christopher)
  • 2003 "Sexy Thing"
  • 2004 "Come Into My Life" (with )
  • 2004 "World of Love" ( With Bob Sinclar)
  • 2005 "Classical Moments In Time" (with Derrick May)
  • 2005 "The Only Way Is Up" (with )
  • 2006 "Just Got Paid"
  • 2006 "Weak", with
  • 2007 "Come Into My Life 2007" (with Richard Grey)
  • 2007 "All My Life" (with )
  • 2007 "The Nike Song"
  • 2010 "Lucky Star"
  • 2010 "In Love with a DJ" (with CeCe Peniston)
  • 2010 "Freak E.P."
  • 2013 "Bang Bang (Explode 3)" (with DS&F & Ceresia)
  • 2018 "It's You" (with )

RC Groove/RC Groove Project

  • 1998 "Sermon One EP", as RC Groove Project (with Mike 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 )
  • 2003 "Believe", as RC Groove Project (with Dawn Tallman)
  • 2003 "Spirit Of The Dance", as RC Groove
  • 2003 "Superfreaque Music", as RC Groove (with )

Testament

  • 1999 "It Is Well"
  • 2000 "Work It Out" (with Spero Pagos)
  • 2000 "We Need Love" (with )
  • 2003 "Sun Is Shining"
  • 2005 "World Harmony"

Other aliases

  • 1998 "My Way", as Subculture (with Rick Garcia and )
  • 1998 "Feel It, Move It, Shout It", as Ron Carroll's Black Pearl (with Paul Walton)
  • 2000 "Beautiful", as Ground Level (with Spero Pagos and )
  • 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 (with and )
  • 2002 "Deep in My Soul", as Shay Coco Butta (with Josh Collins)

Production

Appears on

  • 1993 House Culture - "Let The Music Set U Free"
  • 1996 - "Ooohhh"
  • 1997 Michi Lange - "The Only Way Is Up"
  • 1998 DJ Pope - "Waymaker"
  • 1999 Rick Garcia - "Dancefloor"
  • 2000 Superfunk - "Lucky Star"
  • 2000 Kluster- "My Love"
  • 2000 Rick Garcia - "Dancefloor"
  • 2000 - "Soundz"
  • 2002 - "Community"
  • 2002 - "This Feeling" (with Josh Collins)
  • 2003 - "Changes"
  • 2003 Hardsoul - "Back Together"
  • 2004 Bob Sinclar - "Wonderful World"
  • 2004 Superfunk Inc. - "Promised Land"
  • 2004 Superfunk Inc. - "Lover"
  • 2004 Bob Sinclar - "World of Love"
  • 2005 - "Vibes"
  • 2006 Hardsoul - "My Life" (with )
  • 2007 Bob Sinclar - "Everybody Movin'" (with )
  • 2007 Audio Soul Project - "Community 2007"
  • 2008 Bob Sinclar & Axwell - "What a Wonderfull World"
  • 2015 Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman - "Running"
  • 2016 Felicity - "Heaven"

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Carl's Garage" (2002). "Mr.Ron Carroll, Chicago, Usa - The Official Interview, 2002". Retrieved December 1, 2007.
  2. ^ The DJ List. "Ron Carroll's page in TheDJList.com". Retrieved December 1, 2007.

External links[]

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