Ronald White

Ronald "Ronnie" White (April 5, 1939 – August 26, 1995) was an American musician, best known as the co-founder of The Miracles and its only consistent original member. White was also known for bringing Stevie Wonder to the attention of Motown Records and songwriting several hit singles for the Miracles and other artists including The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, and Mary Wells.

Biography

Born in Detroit, White began his friendship with fellow Miracles co-founder Smokey Robinson when they were kids. The pair started singing together when White was 12 and Robinson was 11. They were soon joined by a third boy, Pete Moore, and in 1955, the trio formed a quintet called The Five Chimes, with two other boys. After the inclusion of Bobby Rogers and his cousin Emerson "Sonny" Rogers, the group changed its name to the Matadors, and changed their name again to The Miracles after Claudette Rogers, of the sister group the Matadorettes, replaced "Sonny".

The quintet soon began working with Berry Gordy following a failed audition with Brunswick Records and soon found fame after signing with Gordy's Motown label under the Tamla subsidiary. During the group's early years, White and Robinson performed several songs as the duo Ron & Bill. White helped Robinson compose several hit singles including The Miracles' "My Girl Has Gone" and "A Fork in the Road" and is known as the co-writer and co-producer of The Temptations' signature song, "My Girl" and also co-wrote the same group's "Don't Look Back". He also co-wrote Mary Wells' "You Beat Me to the Punch" and Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar". White would later win awards as a songwriter from the BMI. He also helped to bring a then unknown Stevie Wonder to Motown after overhearing him playing with White's cousin; Wonder was signed immediately afterwards.

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"The fact that we've won two (championships) now is maybe more than any of us expected."
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"It was a mutual thing as to what everybody deep down wanted. A lot of times when you create a bond, you kind of do the little extra things to make things happen, or to make that other person successful."
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Delmarva Now 11 Mar 2025
Ronnie White led the way for the Rams with 19 points, while Ta'Layah Clark and Ziyon Smith put up 15 and 13, respectively, and Zion Oge scored 11 ... "Talking to them, I told them before this game, 'You've got to believe in yourself,' " White said.
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Delmarva Now 08 Mar 2025
Ronnie White led the way for Parkside with 19 points, while Ta'Layah Clark and Ziyon Smith put up 15 and 13 respectively, and Zion Oge scored 11 ... But the Eagles saw their season come to an end, losing to Southern 70-23 on the road.
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Playoff roundup: Parkside, Snow Hill girls basketball teams advance to state quarterfinals

Delmarva Now 07 Mar 2025
Here is a roundup of the regional final games for the Bayside South's boys and girls basketball teams.Girls Basketball ... Ronnie White led Parkside with 22 points on the night, and Zion Oge added 12 points on the day. Parkside is the No ... Boys Basketball.
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The Laurens County Advertiser 06 Mar 2025
Laurens, South Carolina ... White (Clifton); great-nephews, Christopher Simmons and Ronnie White; great-nieces, Rhiannon Simmons (Derek), Serenity Simmons, and Ariel White; great- great- nephews, Clay Hipps and Noah Carlton ... Jimmy Binns.
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