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Ronnie Bright - "Mr. Bass Man" & the Coasters, 77
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Ironman
Nov 29, 2015, 9:15:31 PM11/29/15
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Singer Ronnie Bright passed away on Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2015 at age 77.
Born Ronald David Bright October 18, 1938 in New York and like Earl, an early member of the "street corner" circuit in Sugar Hill.
He became the Valentines´ first bass singer as a youngster in 1954 (on Old Town) and sang and recorded with that group for Rama through 1957.
Was a member of Earl Carroll´s new Cadillacs´ group in 1960.
During the early ´60s Ronnie was heavily engaged as a studio bass vocalist, a.o. on Jackie Wilson´s "Baby Workout" and Barry Mann´s "Who Put The Bomp", and was "Mr. Bassman" on Johnny Cymbal´s pop hit.
Ronald also recorded as "Ronnie & The Schoolmates" and toured the world with the Deep River Boys in the late ´60s, before replacing "Dub" Jones in the Coasters as bass singer.
Bright was a true Coaster member from April 1968 - November 2009.
He was featured on Peter Gabriel´s "Sledgehammer" album "So" in 1986.
A New Yorker, he lead the live-versions of "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" (in later years with Carl Gardner, Sr. or J.W. Lance doing the former Gunter/Carroll second lead).
Born Ronald David Bright October 18, 1938 in New York and like Earl, an early member of the "street corner" circuit in Sugar Hill.
He became the Valentines´ first bass singer as a youngster in 1954 (on Old Town) and sang and recorded with that group for Rama through 1957.
Was a member of Earl Carroll´s new Cadillacs´ group in 1960.
During the early ´60s Ronnie was heavily engaged as a studio bass vocalist, a.o. on Jackie Wilson´s "Baby Workout" and Barry Mann´s "Who Put The Bomp", and was "Mr. Bassman" on Johnny Cymbal´s pop hit.
Ronald also recorded as "Ronnie & The Schoolmates" and toured the world with the Deep River Boys in the late ´60s, before replacing "Dub" Jones in the Coasters as bass singer.
Bright was a true Coaster member from April 1968 - November 2009.
He was featured on Peter Gabriel´s "Sledgehammer" album "So" in 1986.
A New Yorker, he lead the live-versions of "Zing! Went The Strings Of My Heart" (in later years with Carl Gardner, Sr. or J.W. Lance doing the former Gunter/Carroll second lead).
radioacti...@gmail.com
Nov 30, 2015, 10:15:33 AM11/30/15
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So I guess as the bass singer on "Who Put the Bomp?", he's the one who provided that lovely one-word hook to Barry Mann' vocal, "Yeahhhhhhh ! " ?
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
BRYAN STYBLE/Florida
MJ Emigh
Nov 30, 2015, 12:03:17 PM11/30/15
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On Monday, November 30, 2015 at 9:15:33 AM UTC-6, radioacti...@gmail.com wrote:
he's the one who provided that lovely one-word hook >
Yup. The Coasters used it as part of an onstage joke sometimes. When I was doing some work with them (and I use the term "them" loosely, since there weren't any real Coasters for decades)in the early eighties, it seemed like every show had a different set of Coasters. Mr. Bright, although the low key (both personality and voice) Coaster, was the only constant. He definitely fit the showbiz description of "a real trouper."
he's the one who provided that lovely one-word hook >
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