Terry Ronald

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Terry Ronald

| birth_name = Terry Maxwell Ronald

| origin = South London, England

| occupations = Songwriter, producer, musician, author

| years_active = 1987–present

| label = MCA (1987–1992)

| website = {{URL|terryronald.com}}

}}

Terry Maxwell Ronald is an English author, songwriter, music producer and singer.

Biography

Born in South London, Ronald was a founder member and lead singer with the pop band Gun Shy, who released one single, "Just to Be Your Secret",{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Gun-Shy-Just-To-Be-Your-Secret/release/1757743 |title=Gun Shy - Just To Be Your Secret (Vinyl) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= 17 September 1987|accessdate=2014-06-06}} which was Peter Powell's record of the week on Radio One. In the early 1990s, Ronald released the solo album Roma on MCA Records,{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Terry-Ronald-Chains-Of-Love/release/2095464 |title=Terry Ronald - Roma (CD, Album) at Discogs |publisher=Discogs.com |date= 17 September 1991|accessdate=2014-06-06}} from which four singles were released.

Ronald developed his career as a melody writer and lyricist, usually working with another writer. His musical work includes songwriting, production and vocal arranging for Kylie Minogue, Dannii Minogue, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Girls Aloud, the Wanted, Westlife, the Saturdays, Lulu, Sheena Easton, Kim Wilde, Atomic Kitten, Geri Halliwell, Elouise and French pop starlet Lorie. In 2007, he appeared as a guest judge on the Judges' Homes section of The X Factor, alongside Dannii Minogue.{{cite web|url=http://www.terryronald.com/biography/ |title=» Biography Terry Ronald |publisher=Terryronald.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-06}} He has worked as a vocal coach on music TV shows including The Voice, The Voice Kids, All Together Now and Let's Sing & Dance for Comic Relief.

Ronald has worked on the creative team of several West End theatre productions, including Rent Remixed, which starred Denise Van Outen, Siobhan Donaghy and Luke Evans,{{cite web|url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=5034 |title=Rent Remixed - from www.classicalsource.com |publisher=Classicalsource.com |date=2007-10-16 |accessdate=2014-06-06}} and The Hurly Burly Show.{{cite web|url=http://sosogay.co.uk/2011/interview-terry-ronald/|title=Interview: Terry Ronald|author=Alasdair Spiv|publisher=So So Gay|date=16 March 2011|accessdate=25 January 2014}} In 2013, Ronald co-wrote the musical one-woman play Some Girl I Used to Know with Denise Van Outen.{{cite web|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/birmingham-theatre/news/10-2013/denise-van-outen-tours-one-woman-show-next-year_32317.html |title=Denise Van Outen tours one-woman show next year - Theatre News - 16 Oct 2013 |publisher=Whatsonstage.com |date= 16 October 2013|accessdate=2014-06-06}}

In 2010, he wrote his first novel Becoming Nancy,{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/authors/terry-ronald|title=Author: Terry Ronald|publisher=Random House|accessdate=25 January 2014}} published in April 2011 by Transworld and described by Suzy Feay in The Independent as "a deliciously camp rites of passage novel".{{cite web|author=Suzi Feay |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/max-wallis-and-the-award-for-savage-wit-goes-to-8348229.html |title=Max Wallis: 'And the award for savage wit goes to ...' - Features - Books |work=The Independent |date=2012-11-25 |accessdate=2014-06-06}}{{cite web|url=http://www.between-the-lines.co.uk/?p=1284 |title=What Shall I Read? » Dannii dazzles at best friend Terry Ronald's launch party |publisher=Between-the-lines.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-06-06}} The book was shortlisted for the 2012 Polari First Book Prize, and in January 2014 it was announced that director and choreographer Jerry Mitchell had bought the rights to the stage musical adaptation which opened in the U.S. in 2019 at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta.{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Jerry-Mitchell-to-Adapt-Terry-Ronalds-BECOMING-NANCY-to-Stage-Musical-20140124 |title=Jerry Mitchell to Adapt Terry Ronald's BECOMING NANCY to Stage Musical |publisher=Broadwayworld.com |date= |accessdate=2014-06-06}} The first UK production of Becoming Nancy opened at Birmingham Rep in October 2024, for which Ronald has written seven new songs along with Elliot Davis and George Stiles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/becoming-nancy/|title=Becoming Nancy|website=Birmingham Rep}}

Personal life

Ronald lives in East Dulwich, South London with his civil partner, Mark.

Discography

=Solo albums=

Studio Sessions (1990)
Roma (1991)
Underworld Gospel EP (2019)

=Solo singles=

"Calm the Rage" (June 1990), MCA
"Chains of Love" (February 1991), MCA
"One More Dollar" (May 1991), MCA
"What the Child Needs" (October 1991), MCA (re-released in 1992 with new mixes)

References

External links

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