Ronaldo Nogueira (born July 17, 1944), better known as Ronnie Von, is a Brazilian singer, businessman and TV show host. Ronnie became known in the 1960s associated with

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, and between 2004 until 2019 presents currently between Mondays and Fridays the TV night show ''Todo Seu'' ( Portuguese for "''All Yours''") on TV Gazeta.

Biography

Some of his greater successes include the hits ''Meu Bem'' – a Portuguese version of

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'' – and ''A Praça''. He quickly earned the nickname ''O pequeno príncipe'', or Little Prince, after participating in an interview with Hebe Camargo. Ronnie started hosting his own television program in 1966, ''O Pequeno Mundo de Ronnie Von''.

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became a regular guest band on the show. Besides opening the door for the band, Ronnie Von also brought

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to appear on the show regularly, which would be the beginnings of the

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movement, even though he was never part of the movement. During this period, the press tried to create a supposed rivalry between him and

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. In 1968, he released a self-titled album that broke from the naïveté of his previous work and ventured in more psychedelic and experimental sounds. Following this release came ''A Misteriosa Luta do Reino de Parassempre Contra o Império de Nuncamais'' (1969) and '' Máquina Voadora'' (1970). Though it did not meet with much success, today Ronnie's experimental work is being rediscovered by a new generation of rock listeners, rendering him a high degree of underground

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Discography

*1966 – ''Ronnie Von – Meu Bem'' *1967 – ''O Novo Ídolo'' *1967 – ''Ronnie Von nº3'' *1968 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1969 – ''A Misteriosa Luta do Reino de Parassempre Contra o Império de Nuncamais'' *1970 – ''Máquina Voadora'' *1972 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1973 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1973 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1977 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1977 – ''Deje mi Vida'' – in Spanish *1978 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1981 – ''Sinal dos Tempos'' *1984 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1987 – ''Vida e Volta'' *1988 – ''Ronnie Von'' *1996 – ''Estrada da Vida'' *2019 – ''One Night Only''

References

External links

Senhor F – 40 Years of "O Pequeno Mundo de Ronnie Von"
(Portuguese)
Complete discography of Ronnie Von
(Portuguese)
Ronnie Von in CliqueMusic
(Portuguese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Von, Ronnie 1944 births Living people 20th-century Brazilian male singers 20th-century Brazilian singers Brazilian rock musicians Brazilian businesspeople Brazilian television presenters Jovem Guarda People from Niterói Brazilian rock singers Brazilian people of German descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent