Ral Donner

Ralph Stuart Donner was born in Chicago, in February of 1943. Like many artists of that era, the church provided him with his principal introduction to singing. After the advent of rock and roll, he formed bands of his own. His first entry to the charts was a cover of Elvis Presley’s recording, “Girl Of My Best Friend”.

Ral’s biggest hit, “You Don’t Know What You’ve Got (Until You Lose It)”, in 1961, peaked at No.4 in the United States and at No.25 in Great Britain. His only other success of note came in the following year when “She’s Everything (I Wanted You To Be)” ascended to No.18.

In 1981, Ral provided the voice of Elvis Presley in the film, ‘This Is Elvis’. Ral Donner died from cancer of the lung, in April of 1984.

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