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  2. Ronald Dean McDowell Sr. (born March 25, 1950) [2] is an American country music artist, songwriter. McDowell charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts.

    • “Older Women”
    • “Personally”
    • “The King Is Gone”
    • “It’s only Make Believe”
    • “You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation”
    • “Wandering Eyes”
    • “You Made A Wanted Man of Me“
    • “Watchin’ Girls Go By”
    • “In A New York Minute”
    • “I Dream of Women Like You”

    The first out of his two No. 1 tracks on the country chart, “Older Women,” celebrates ladies who never let their age decide their actions and let social standards put an end to their youth. McDowell admitted that he was at first reluctant to record the song as he thought it would be damaging to women, which he later proved to be wrong. In fact, it ...

    Before “Personally” became a hit for McDowell, peaking at No. 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, it was first a Top 40 hit single for singer-songwriter Karla Bonoff. Bonoff revealed that she learned the song through Eagles’ lead singer Glen Frey, who was supposed to send “Personally” to Bonnie Raittto record for herself. But for some unknow...

    “The King Is Gone” was written by McDowell and Lee Morgan as a tribute to Elvis Presleyright after the singer’s death. It was released as McDowell’s debut song, and it became popular almost immediately. It has since sold over five million copies. The song has forever established McDowell’s remarkable vocal similarities to Elvis Presley. In fact, he...

    Originally recorded and released by Conway Twitty in 1958, “It’s Only Make Believe”became a No. 1 hit on both Billboard Hot 100 and UK Singles chart for Twitty, who was then an unknown rock n’ roll singer. Three decades later, McDowell recorded the country ballad with Twitty joining in on the last verse. It reached No. 8 on the Billboard country ch...

    How could you ruin someone’s bad reputation? Well, only McDowell knows! The song tells the tale of a man who was “a hell-raiser, heartbreaker, footloose and fancy-free.” But with a woman’s good love, his crazy days ended overnight. He’s now settling down, and the news is all over the town. What a way to ruin one’s bad reputation, isn’t it?

    McDowell peaked at No. 2 with “Wandering Eyes,” his first Top Ten entry at Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. It was written by Nashville singer-songwriter Jamie O’Hara, and it tells the tale of a man giving assurance to the woman he loves that there’s no need to be jealous whenever she’d caught him looking at other ladies. His eyes may wander of...

    Another chart-topper for McDowell, the song finds the singer crooning about the woman whose heart he has stolen, as she said. The feisty woman made him like a fugitive, but instead of running away and leaving her lonely, he returned the love he’d taken. They both ended up in a courthouse, saying their “I dos.”

    McDowell wrote “Watchin’ Girls Go By” with Buddy Killen, which finds him spending the afternoon watching girls pass-by, picking out the ones he’d like to make love to. There’s one that’s a bit older, one that’s tamer, but he much prefers those sexy lasses. It’s a pastime he finds lovely.

    McDowell released the song as the first single of the album of the same name. It tells the tale of a man longing for a woman who now belonged to someone else. The country ballad peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart but achieved bigger success in Canada, reaching No. 1 on Canadian RPM Country Tracks.

    Reaching No. 7 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart, the song finds McDowell himself falling in love at first sight. And he fell in love so hard and fast that he feels all choked up and doesn’t know where to begin, so he’ll just pour out his heart.

    • Male
    • January 25, 1986
  3. Ronnie McDowell was born on 26 March 1950 in Portland, Tennessee, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Twilight Zone (1985), Welcome to Paradise (2007) and Elvis Meets Nixon (1997). He has been married to Karen McDowell since 15 May 1973.

    • March 26, 1950
  4. Following the death of Elvis Presley in 1977, Ronnie McDowell came out of nowhere to dazzle the world with his heartfelt and self-penned tribute song “The King Is Gone” on the independent Scorpion label.

  5. Ronnie McDowell’s age is 74. American country music artist who had a debut song called ‘The King is Gone,’ which was a tribute to Elvis Presley, in 1977 and went on to release more than twenty studio albums. The 74-year-old country singer was born in Tennessee, United States.

    • Male
    • Country Singer
    • American
    • Tennessee, United States
  6. Ronnie McDowell, Nashville, TN. 47,712 likes · 1,196 talking about this. "Ronnie McDowell: Country music legend” 40 Top Billboard Hits | Known for hits like 'The King Is Gone' and 'Older...

  7. On September 28th, 2024, Ronnie McDowell, accompanied by the Ronnie McDowell Band, mesmerized the audience at his world-famous Audubon Drive home in Memphis with an unforgettable performance of Elvis Presley's iconic 1956 hits.