Which actor had a hit record in 1964 with 'Ringo'?
Ringo (song) The 2005 short film "Ringo", which used the song along with public-domain footage of John Wayne and Roy Rogers, won the Short Film Award for animated film at the 2005 Seattle International Film Festival. Ringo (song) "Ringo" is a popular song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair. It was a hit single for Canadian-born actor Lorne Greene in 1964. It reached #1 on the U.S. "Billboard" charts on December 5, 1964, as well as garnering the same spot on the "Easy Listening" chart, where it retained the position for six weeks. The single also peaked at #21 on the
Ringo (song) the front jacket, FEATURING THE BIG HIT "RINGO". A completely sung version of the song was recorded by Riders in the Sky. Their version is a remake of the version done years earlier by the Sons of the Pioneers in which member Tommy Doss sang the lead. In December 1964 the first parody of the song was issued; "Gringo", written by Marty Cooper and H.B. Barnum. Cooper himself would record it under the name "El Clod", a name he had used in 1962 to record a parody on the Challenge label for the song "Wolverton Mountain", which was called "Tiajuana