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Elf was an American rock band founded in 1967 by singer and bassist Ronnie James Dio, [2] keyboardist Doug Thaler, [3] drummer Gary Driscoll, [2] and guitarists Nick Pantas [3] and David Feinstein [2] (Dio's cousin). [3]
Ronnie James "Dio" Padavona was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to Italian-American parents [4] Patrick and Anna from Cortland, New York.His family moved to Portsmouth from Cortland as part of his father's service in the U.S. Army during World War II, [14] and they resided there for only a short time before returning to Cortland.
Elf is the first studio album by Ronnie James Dio's blues rock band called Elf. Produced by Ian Paice and Roger Glover of Deep Purple , the record was released in 1972. On this album, Dio is credited by his birth name, Ronald Padavona.
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The Elf Albums (Connoisseur VSOP CD 167) is a CD compilation released in 1994. It consists of Elf 's second and third albums, Carolina County Ball (titled LA 59 in the US) and Trying to Burn the Sun , in their entirety on a single CD.
In early 1975, Soule and the rest of Elf (minus guitarist Steve Edwards) transformed into Rainbow, featuring Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. During this time the third and final Elf album, Trying to Burn the Sun, was recorded when the former Elf were not in the studio recording Rainbow's debut album. Elf had effectively dissolved by ...
Newhart also acted in the films Hot Millions (1968), Catch-22 (1970), Cold Turkey (1971), In & Out (1997), and Elf (2003), and voiced Bernard in the Disney animated film The Rescuers (1977). Newhart played Professor Proton on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory from 2013 to 2018, for which he received his first ever career Emmy Award , for the ...
Elf disbanded in 1975 when Gary Driscoll, [3] Ronnie James Dio, [3] Micky Lee Soule (Elf's keyboardist), [3] and Craig Gruber (their bassist) [3] were recruited by Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore to form the rock band Rainbow. [3] Driscoll was dismissed from Rainbow shortly after their debut album, entitled Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow ...