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Message: [QUOTE="Husky Alien, post: 4013484, member: 11361"] [HEADING=1][MEDIA=youtube]ZYTIbB7YURI[/MEDIA][/HEADING] [HEADING=1][FONT=times new roman][B]One of the best rock singers. [/B][/FONT][/HEADING] [HEADING=1]Ronnie James Dio[/HEADING] [HEADING=1]Early life:[/HEADING] Ronald James "Dio" Padavona was born in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth,_New_Hampshire']Portsmouth[/URL], New Hampshire, to Italian-American parents from [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortland,_New_York']Cortland, New York[/URL]. His family moved to Portsmouth from Cortland as part of his father's service in the U.S. Army during World War II,[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-G_obit-9'][9][/URL] and they resided there for only a short time before returning to Cortland. Padavona listened to a great deal of opera while growing up, and was influenced vocally by American [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenor']tenor[/URL] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Lanza']Mario Lanza[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-usatoday_chat-10'][10][/URL] His first formal musical training began at age 5, learning to play the trumpet.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-usatoday_chat-10'][10][/URL] Padavona participated in his high school's band program and was one of the youngest members selected to play in the school's official dance band.[[I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] It was also during high school that Padavona formed his first rock-n-roll group, The Vegas Kings, which would later be named Ronnie and the Rumblers and then Ronnie and the Red Caps. Though Padavona began his rock-n-roll career on trumpet, he added singing to his skill set and also assumed bass guitar duties for the groups.[[I][URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] Padavona graduated from Cortland High School in 1960. He was allegedly offered a scholarship to the prestigious [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juilliard_School']Juilliard School[/URL] of Music but did not take up the offer due to his interest in rock music.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-11'][11][/URL] He instead attended the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_at_Buffalo,_The_State_University_of_New_York']University at Buffalo[/URL] to major in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacology']pharmacology[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-12'][12][/URL] There he played trumpet in the university's concert band; however, he only attended the university from 1960 to 1961 and did not graduate.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-G_obit-9'][9][/URL] Then he enrolled at [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_University_of_New_York_College_at_Cortland']Cortland State College[/URL] but dropped out as well.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-13'][13][/URL] In a 2000 interview, he stated that he majored in history and minored in [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_studies']English[/URL].[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-14'][14][/URL] Despite being known for his powerful singing voice, Padavona claimed to have never received any vocal training.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-HM_97_65-15'][15][/URL] He instead attributed his singing ability to the use of breathing techniques he learned while playing trumpet.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie_James_Dio#cite_note-16'][16][/URL][IMG alt="rock on lol GIF"]https://media0.giphy.com/media/c0CwWaZAiZ5ZK/200.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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