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Ronald, 67, of Clifton, NJ, formerly of East Rutherford NJ
passed away on March 4, 2008. Born in Passaic NJ. Ronnie. I.
was the president and founder of The United in Group Harmony
Association. (U.G.H.A.) and considered a 50's Doo-Wop Icon.
Beloved husband of Sandra. Devoted father of Ronald Jr. Doreen
DeMartino. Tammi Porzl. Dear brother of Richard, Elaine Kling,
and the late Anthony. Loving grandfather of Marissa, Jami,
Kylie, Arianna, Aaron, Jason, Justin. Funeral from the Macagna
Diffily Funeral Home 41 Ames Avenue Rutherford NJ on Saturday
March 8 at 8:30 AM thence to St. Josephs R.C. Church East
Rutherford NJ, where a funeral mass will be offered at 9:30
am. Internment to follow at St. Josephs Cemetery Lyndhurst, NJ
Visitation Thursday 7-9 PM, Friday 2-4 and 7-9 PM. In lieu of
flowers donations may be made to The Cancer Center at
Hackensack Medical University Hospital. and or Make a wish
foundation.
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Radio: Voice for harmony is silenced
By DAVID HINCKLEY
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Thursday, March 6th 2008, 4:00 AM
Sometimes the most modest radio shows have the most
interesting stories behind them, and that was surely true with
Ronnie Italiano, better known as Ronnie I, who died Monday
night after a long battle with liver cancer.
Ronnie was a champion of rhythm and blues vocal group harmony
music in the style of the 1950s, and he played it on WNWK,
WHBI and WNYE for 23 years. As recently as last year, he sat
in for Christine Vitale on WFDU (89.1 FM), where she is one of
a handful of hosts on various stations who still play that
music on "specialty" shows.
For a time, a half century ago, some of that music - think
"Earth Angel" or "Silhouettes" - made it into the popular
mainstream, particularly in New York. Frankie Lymon & the
Teenagers, or the Cadillacs, Heartbeats, Flamingos, Moonglows,
Five Satins and Harptones, were the street sound of their era,
like rap a generation or two later.
Most of the great early New York radio deejays are associated
with that sound, from Alan Freed to Jocko, Hal Jackson and Dr.
Jive. When WCBS-FM launched its oldies format in 1972, R vocal
groups were a foundation.
But as years passed and the original fans drifted away from
music, moved out of town or died, it receded more into the
past - which is what Ronnie Italiano spent his life fighting
not to let happen.
He sold the music at his record shop, Clifton Music. He worked
to reissue the most obscure R material. Perhaps most critical,
he founded the United in Group Harmony (UGHA) which, since
1976, has held monthly meetings with live shows, becoming a
place where fans could get together and know the music hadn't
died.
He tracked down vocal group singers who hadn't performed in
decades, adding immeasurably to the history of the music and,
even more important, reinforcing its stature as a living,
breathing art form.
Since music fans are as contentious as those in any other
avocation, Ronnie had his skirmishes. For starters, he hated
the term "doo-wop," which he felt trivialized and insulted his
music.
It also drove him crazy when WCBS-FM reduced and then
virtually eliminated R vocal groups. He praised WCBS-FM hosts
Don K. Reed and Bobby Jay and accused the station of
abandoning the city's music roots.
But his real focus was the larger prize: honoring and
preserving the music he grew up with. He was convinced tens of
thousands of people still loved it, and that it needed to be
kept alive for those who will love it in the future.
In that pursuit, he left everything on the field - just like
the good Yankee teams he also loved.
"We as music lovers," said Terry Stewart, president of the
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, "are all better off for his
efforts."
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