[6] Ramos recalled practicing on the floor of the hotel gift shop where his mother worked and sleeping with the instrument so that he could play upon wakening.

[8] At 13, Ramos performed in the national tour of the Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II musical The King and I as understudy (to Patrick Adiarte) in the role of the crown prince of Thailand opposite Yul Brynner.

[4][6] He performed the lead role with Leonard Graves and Patricia Morison in 1955 (while the film was being produced) at the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto.

[6][11] After the birth of his twin daughters, he did not see his family again for six months, prompting him to quit the band in January 1966[8] because he "wanted to watch his children grow up.

[6] After quitting the New Christy Minstrels, Ramos worked as a studio musician and backup singer,[6] releasing a solo single in 1966,[8] "It'll Take a Little Time"[12] (later collected in the 2002 album Anthology: Just The Right Sound by the Association).

[8] Ramos left the Association in 1975 over differences regarding the band’s future musical direction, but he reunited with the surviving members in 1979.

[8] On February 24, 2014, Ramos made his final performance with the band,[2] two sold-out shows at the Blue Fox Theatre[14] in Grangeville, Idaho with proceeds to benefit a local Relay For Life.

[4] b/w "Liza Lee" b/w "The Banjo" (Non-album track) b/w "The Wheeler Dealers" b/w "Miss Katy Cruel" (Non-album track) b/w "The Far Side of the Hill" (from The Quiet Sides of The New Christy Minstrels) b/w "Same Ol' Huckleberry Finn" (Non-album track) b/w "Down the Road I Go" b/w "They Gotta Quit Kickin' My Dog Around" (from The New Christy Minstrels Sing and Play Cowboys and Indians) b/w "Se piangi, se ridi" (from In Italy...In Italian) b/w "Jim 'N I, Him 'N I, Flying in the Gemini" (Non-album track) b/w "Everybody Loves Saturday Night" (from The Wandering Minstrels) "Looking Glass" b/w "Sometime" "Requiem for the Masses" b/w "We Love Us" (from Insight Out) b/w "Birthday Morning" b/w "Like Always" (from Birthday) b/w "Enter the Young" (from And Then...Along Comes the Association) b/w "The Time It Is Today" (from Birthday) b/w "Hear in Here" (from Birthday) b/w "I Am Up for Europe" b/w "Are You Ready" b/w "Look at Me, Look at You" (from The Association) b/w "Traveler's Guide" b/w "Traveler's Guide" b/w "It's Gotta Be Real" b/w "Makes Me Cry" (alternate title for "Funny Kind of Song") b/w "Indian Wells Woman" b/w "Kicking the Gong Around" b/w "Rainbows Bent" (from Waterbeds in Trinidad!)