Ronald "Ronnie" Platt (born February 24, 1962) is an American singer who is best known as the current lead singer for the rock band

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

after Steve Walsh's retirement in 2014. He is also the former lead singer of the band

Shooting Star A meteor, known colloquially as a shooting star, is a glowing streak of a small body (usually meteoroid) going through Earth's atmosphere, after being heated to incandescence by collisions with air molecules in the upper atmosphere, creating a ...

. Platt started his career as a truck driver before joining Shooting Star in 2007. He also played with various cover bands in Chicago. After Walsh retired from Kansas in 2014, Platt messaged lead guitarist

Rich Williams Richard John Williams (born February 1, 1950) is an American guitarist, primarily known for being one of the only consistent original members of the Rock music, rock band Kansas (band), Kansas alongside drummer Phil Ehart. Both have appeared on ...

on Facebook and asked to be considered for the position. Platt ultimately took over lead vocals and keyboard. In 2016, he appeared on his first Kansas album, ''

The Prelude Implicit ''The Prelude Implicit'' is the fifteenth studio album by American progressive rock band Kansas, released in September 2016. It is their third studio album without founding member, lead vocalist and keyboardist Steve Walsh, who retired from the b ...

''.

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* 1962 births Living people American male singers {{US-singer-stub