Ronald Eugene Dove (born September 7, 1935) is an American pop and country music singer who had a string of hit pop records in the mid to late 1960s and several country chart records in the 1970s and 1980s.
During his stint in the Coast Guard, Dove began his singing career in the clubs of Baltimore, where he was stationed.
In 1961, they released a cover of the Buddy Knox hit "Party Doll" on Decca Records, but it failed to chart.
They issued one more single on Jalo Records before the group broke up and Dove went solo.
The next single, a cover of Wanda Jackson's "Right Or Wrong," put him into the Top 20.
[3] Shortly thereafter, he went to the independent Wrayco Records and released a Bobby Hebb cover of the song "Sunny”.
He briefly revived the Diamond record label in 1987 to release a couple of singles and an album.
These two singles managed to reach the lower rungs of Billboard's Country charts.
[5] There have been several compilations issued on CD, including The Complete Original Chart Hits: 1964-69, available from Real Gone Music.
[8] In 2019, Ronnie’s song “Happy Summer Days” was featured in an Amazon commercial.