Elvis Don Ringo

Back around 1965, a dapper gentleman calling himself Elvis Don Ringo walked in off the streets of Nashville to record a few tunes at Globe Recording Studio.

Besides wrangling, mangling and, finally, strangling the standards "Beautiful Dreamer" and "I Cried For You" (the lyrics of which were written by the brother of the owner of Preview Records), Mr. Don Ringo also recorded an original composition entitled "I'm The Real Ringo," a mostly-spoken number with only a tinkly peanner for accompaniment.

"I'm The Real Ringo" is a tough-talkin' cowboy song closer in spirit to Legendary Stardust Cowboy than to anyone else I can think of -- Gene Autry it surely ain't... http://www.songpoemmusic.com/news.htm#ringo