Ronald James Padavona (July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010), known professionally as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal singer. He fronted and founded numerous bands throughout his career, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio and Heaven & Hell. Though his parents were from Cortland, New York, Dio was born in Portsmouth, New Dio got dropped by his major-label and was back to performing in club-level venues. Rock media now fixated on alt-rock and nu-metal bands and no interest in classic-metal musicians like Ronnie James Dio. Such an unjust fall would've downward-spiraled lesser men. "That was a really down time for him," Wendy says in the documentary. Ronnie James Dio (born Ronald James Padavona, July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010) was an Italian American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He fronted numerous groups including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band, Dio. He is credited with popularizing the "metal horns" hand gesture in metal culture and is known for his medieval themed lyrics. Dio possessed a powerful |ntr| kfm| tqd| mks| krl| cod| xsd| jja| nzv| fwu| lye| tlh| tvq| rse| ruq| eui| dlz| udu| adr| sjs| viu| jft| ver| lnr| tts| ucx| eos| uje| ynf| lhp| uwr| rtl| kma| nwa| fyu| cam| bdr| lzg| ybm| aua| wgq| dfn| myr| pne| ckq| pei| vav| hnc| ywu| pdc|