Ronald F. "Ronnie" Dawson (born August 11, 1939 in Dallas, Texas — September 23, 2003, Dallas) was an American rockabilly musician, although he was more popular in the United Kingdom than the United States. Events 2492 BC - Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of Rock and roll music and emerged in the early 1950s A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was nicknamed "The Blonde Bomber. "

<1988 - from Ronnie Dawson, for school report>

"Born in Dallas, 1939. After 2 years moved to Waxahachie, Texas. Then to Corsicana, Texas where I went to 1st grade at Robert E. Lee school. After 1 year of school there, to Navarro, Texas living 4 or 5 years and then moving back to Waxahachie where I remained the rest of 12 years of school and typical life in a small Texas town. "

"My music really started with my family. My father was a bass fiddle player having his own western swing band and radio program back in the 30's in and around Dallas. I barely remember hearing dad on the radio, early in the mornings on radio station WRR and KRLD in Dallas. "

"Later in my life I started to play the bass fiddle and guitar myself in the Assembly of God church services in Waxahachie. later in high school I formed my own group called Ronnie Dee & the D Men. After playing the usual high school hops and parties I entered the Big D Jamboree Talent Program. After winning that several times I was offered a regular spot on the show. "

"After about 6 months a record contract was offered and I signed my first contrat with Backbeat Records in Houston, Texas. "

(The payola scandal came after this point)

"While not performing and writing music, I've made a comfortable living singing, playing and announcing commercials for such produtcs as Aunt Jemimah and Hungry Jack. "

"Its really wild at times when my work is kinda leveling off here in Texas, I have albums selling all over Europe and London, England. It's all about a style of music we did here 30 or 35 years ago called Rockabilly, R&B or Texas Rock & Roll. All very popular with the age group from about 15 to 25. These fans dress exactly like kids did here in the fifties. "

Dawson was the son of a big band leader, and started working in music in his teens. A big band is a type of Musical ensemble associated with playing jazz music and which became popular during the Swing Era from the early 1930s until the late He was signed to the Swan label, owned by Dick Clark, but Clark's involvement in the 1950s radio payola scandal ended the Swan label, and left Dawson without a record contract. Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based Record label, founded in 1957, based in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Richard Wagstaff "Dick" Clark (born November 30, 1929) is an American Television, Radio personality, Game show host The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. Payola, in the American Music industry, is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on Music As a studio musician, he can be heard playing drums on the hit records "Hey! Baby" by Bruce Channel and "Hey Paula" by Paul and Paula. A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. Ideally the space is specially designed by an acoustician to achieve the desired acoustic properties (sound Session musicians are musicians available for hire as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical outfit or who have acquired fame in their own right The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone. A Hit record is a Sound recording, usually in the form of a single or Album, that sells a large number of copies or otherwise becomes broadly popular or " Hey! Baby " is a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, who recorded the song in 1961. Bruce Channel (pronounced "shuh-NELL" (born Bruce McMeans 28 November 1940, Jacksonville, Texas) is an American Singer " Hey Paula " is a song recorded by Paul & Paula. It hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending February 9 1963 Paul & Paula ( Ray Hildebrand born December 21 1940, in Joshua Texas, and Jill Jackson born May 20 1942, in McCamey Texas

Dawson succumbed to throat cancer at the age of 64 in 2003. Esophageal cancer is malignancy of the Esophagus. There are various subtypes