Ron Carroll

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{{Short description|American DJ, singer and songwriter (1968–2025)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Ron Carroll
|image = Ron Carroll 2008.jpg
|caption = Carroll in 2008
|birth_name = Ronald Michael Carroll
|birth_date = April 20, 1968
|birth_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and given age|2025|09|21|57}}
|death_place =
|occupation = DJ, singer, producer and songwriter
|instruments = Vocals
|years_active = 1994–2025
}}

'''Ronald Michael Carroll''' (April 20, 1968 – September 21, 2025) was an American DJ, singer, songwriter and music producer. He was primarily active in the [[house music]] circuit and openly gay. Ron was a proponent fot the LGBTQ+ and HIV Positive communities, having disclosed his own diagnosis just weeks before his death.

Carroll worked with many of house's most famous producers, including [[Eric Miller (musician)|E-Smoove]], [[Maurice Joshua]], [[Bob Sinclar]] and [[Rod Carrillo]]. He also produced, usually with partner Spero Pagos, for other vocalists or his own songs.

==Musical career==
Carroll was born in [[Chicago]] in 1968. As a boy, he learned to sing while a member of his church choir. As a teenager, he was a fan of rock band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], but became interested in house music when he attended a high school dance and spent time watching the DJ perform.<ref name="Carl's Garage 2002">{{cite web
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|title = Mr.Ron Carroll, Chicago, Usa - The Official Interview, 2002
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}}</ref> Carroll started performing as a DJ in the late 1980s in a club he himself opened. He released his first official [[12 inch single|record]], "My Prayer", in 1993, a track produced by local producers Hula (from the [[Outhere Brothers]]), [[Kay Fingers]] and [[Ron Trent]].

In 1994, he got his first big break when he attended the [[Winter Music Conference]] in [[Miami]]. Still an unknown outside Chicago, Carroll walked up to [[Louie Vega]], who gave him a chance to write the lyrics to [[Barbara Tucker]]'s "I Get Lifted".<ref name="Carl's Garage 2002"/> This allowed the opportunity to join [[Mike Dunn (DJ)|Mike Dunn]] and [[Byron Stingily]], also from the Chicago house scene, in the Deep Soul production company as singer, songwriter and producer.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/RON_CARROLL/
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}}</ref> He wrote the lyrics for six tracks in Stingily's album ''The Purist'' and also wrote and produced the anthem "The Sermon". In 1996 he met Greek-American producer Spero Pagos, and the two created MOS Productions (for Ministers Of Sound), for the UC/Afterhours label.

On the label, he also met Mazi Namvar, who introduced him to the European house scene. This allowed him to take part in the French house classics "My Love" (produced by Kluster) and "Lucky Star" (produced by Superfunk), both released in 2000. The following year, he opened his own label, Body Music Records. Carroll's activities as a singer in Europe brought him into contact with Dutch producers [[Hardsoul]] in 2003, for whom he wrote and sang in "Back Together", followed in 2004 by "What a Wonderful World" for [[Bob Sinclar]] and [[Axwell]], a track that appeared on Sinclar's 2004 album ''Enjoy''.

Carroll died from a heart attack on September 21, 2025, at the age of 57.<ref>[https://it.ra.co/news/83635 Legendary Chicago vocalist and DJ Ron Carroll dies aged 57]</ref>

==Discography==

===Albums===
* 2006 ''Chicago''{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}}

===Singles===
'''Ron Carroll'''
*1993 "My Prayer" (with [[Outhere Brothers|Hula]], [[Kay Fingers]] and [[Ron Trent]])
*1993 "A New Day" (with Hula and Kay Fingers)
*1995 "Pressing On"
*1999 "Gimme Love" (with [[Spero Pagos]])
*1999 "Soundz" (with Spero Pagos)
*1999 "Stronger" (with [[Mazi Namvar|Mazi]])
*2001 "Angel"
*2001 "Get With Him" (with [[Church Is One Foundation]])
*2001 "Take Me Up" (with [[E-Smoove]])
*2002 "Live in Me"
*2002 "Natural"
*2002 "Can't Give Up" (with [[Shawn Christopher]])
*2003 "Sexy Thing"
*2004 "Come Into My Life" (with [[Richard Grey (record producer)|Richard Grey]])
*2004 "World of Love" ( With Bob Sinclar)
*2005 "Classical Moments In Time" (with [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]])
*2005 "The Only Way Is Up" (with [[Hoxton Whores|Disco Darlings]])
*2006 "Just Got Paid"
*2006 "Weak", with [[Jjah]]
*2007 "Come Into My Life 2007" (with Richard Grey)
*2007 "All My Life" (with [[Leslie Oliver|Jazmina]])
*2007 "The Nike Song"
*2010 "Lucky Star"
*2010 "[[In Love with a DJ]]" (with [[CeCe Peniston]])
*2010 "Freak E.P."
*2013 "Bang Bang (Explode 3)" (with DS&F & Ceresia)
*2018 "It's You" (with [[Julien Scalzo]])

'''RC Groove/RC Groove Project'''
*1998 "Sermon One EP", as '''RC Groove Project''' (with Mike Dunn)
*2000 "The Sermon", as '''RC Groove Project'''
*2001 "Nothin' But Funk", as '''RC Groove'''
*2001 "Brighter Day", as ''''RC Groove Project'''
*2001 "The RC Groove Project #2", as '''RC Groove Project'''
*2002 "Strings", as '''RC Groove'''
*2002 "High Again", as '''RC Groove''' (with [[Darlene Jackson|Lady D]])
*2003 "Believe", as '''RC Groove Project''' (with [[Dawn Tallman]])
*2003 "Spirit Of The Dance", as '''RC Groove'''
*2003 "Superfreaque Music", as '''RC Groove''' (with [[Dino Vulpitta]])

'''Testament'''
*1999 "It Is Well"
*2000 "Work It Out" (with Spero Pagos)
*2000 "We Need Love" (with [[Robert Collado]])
*2003 "Sun Is Shining"
*2005 "World Harmony"

'''Other aliases'''
*1998 "My Way", as '''Subculture''' (with Rick Garcia and [[Lejuan]])
*1998 "Feel It, Move It, Shout It", as '''Ron Carroll's Black Pearl''' (with [[Paul Walton]])
*2000 "Beautiful", as '''Ground Level''' (with Spero Pagos and [[Rheji]])
*2000 "Got to Hold On", as '''Ministers Of Sound''' (with Spero Pagos and Paul Walton)
*2001 "Someday", as '''Ground Level''' (with Spero Pagos and Rheji)
*2001 "Can You Feel It", as '''Subculture''' (with Rick Garcia)
*2001 "Wait", as '''The RC Connection''' (with [[Mazi Namvar|Mazi]] and [[Jackie Haywood]])
*2002 "Deep in My Soul", as '''Shay Coco Butta''' (with Josh Collins)

'''Production'''
*2000 [[Rochele Fleming]] - "It's Not Over"
*2001 [[Curtis Harman]] - "Call Me", with Josh Collins
*2001 [[CeCe Peniston]] - "[[My Boo (CeCe Peniston song)|My Boo]]"
*2005 [[Sunny Larican]] - "Always"
*2005 Trina Tru Luv - "True Love"
*2005 [[Vicki B]] - "Something Must Change"
*2005 [[Shawn Christopher]] - "You Can Make It"
*2005 [[Melba Moore]] - "My Heart Belongs To You"
*2006 Mona Lisa - "Dancin'"
*2007 [[Ce Ce Peniston]] - "[[I'm Feelin' U]]", with [[DJ Fudge]]

'''Appears on'''
*1993 [[Maurice Joshua|House Culture]] - "Let The Music Set U Free"
*1996 [[Blak Beat Niks]] - "Ooohhh"
*1997 Michi Lange - "The Only Way Is Up"
*1998 [[DJ Pope]] - "Waymaker"
*1999 Rick Garcia - "Dancefloor"
*2000 Superfunk - "Lucky Star"
*2000 Kluster - "My Love"
*2000 Rick Garcia - "Dancefloor"
*2000 [[DJ Bam Bam]] - "Soundz"
*2002 [[Mazi Namvar|Audio Soul Project]] - "Community"
*2002 [[Mazi Namvar|Mazi]] - "This Feeling" (with Josh Collins)
*2003 [[Peter Presta]] - "Changes"
*2003 [[Hardsoul]] - "Back Together"
*2004 [[Bob Sinclar]] - "Wonderful World"
*2004 Superfunk Inc. - "Promised Land"
*2004 Superfunk Inc. - "Lover"
*2004 Bob Sinclar - "World of Love"
*2005 [[Mazi Namvar|Abstract Beating System]] - "Vibes"
*2006 Hardsoul - "My Life" (with [[Sven Vigee]])
*2007 Bob Sinclar - "Everybody Movin'" (with [[Mz Toni]])
*2007 Audio Soul Project - "Community 2007"
*2008 [[Bob Sinclar]] & [[Axwell]] - "What a Wonderful World"
*2015 Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman - "Running"
*2016 Felicity - "Heaven"

==References==
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==External links==
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