Ronney Abramson is a Canadian singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 born in France

France

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.

Early life

Ronney Abramson was born in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, but in her early childhood moved to Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 and grew up in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

. She enrolled at McGill University

McGill University

Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

 and completed a classic guitar course.

Musical career

After finishing school, she began performing in the coffee houses of Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

 and Ontario

Ontario

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, before recording her first album in 1971 produced by Andre Perry, which was released in 1972 by Capitol Records

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

.

For her second album Stowaway she signed contract with True North Records. This album contained her first hit "Your Love Gets Me Around".

In 1978 she released her third album Jukebox of Paris featuring the song "Trouble" with guest star David Clayton-Thomas

David Clayton-Thomas

David Clayton-Thomas is a Canadian musician and singer best known as the lead vocalist for the American band; Blood, Sweat & Tears...

 of the Blood Sweat & Tears, and hit "Light Up Your Love".

Later career and current life

Over the next years Abramson was one of the principals of The Rugrats

The Rugrats

The Rugrats were a Canadian children's musical group created by Ronney Abramson, Ron Garant and Fred Mollin. The group's made the show to debut, Rugrat Rock won the Best Children's Album category at the 1984 Juno Awards.-Discography:...

, a children's music group which recorded the 1983 album Rugrat Rock which won in the Best Children's Album category at the 1984 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 1984

The Juno Awards of 1984, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 5 December 1984 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by Joe Flaherty and Andrea Martin of SCTV at Exhibition Place Automotive Building...

. Its sequel, The Rugrats Rock On was released in 1985 and featured Fred Mollin.

Since 1986 Abramson is a licenced Real Estate seller and owner of a real estate firm in Toronto, Canada. She isn't currently signed to any recording company.

Discography

• 1972 Ronney Abramson (Capitol)
• 1977 Stowaway (True North)
  • Tracks:

1. "Your Love Gets Me Around"
2. "Moon's Memory/Sometime"
3. "Long Lonely Winter"
4. "S-T-O-Please"
5. "Baby Brown Eyes"
6. "Two Faces Of Woman"
7. "As Time Sneaks By"
8. "Never Seem To Get Along Without You"
9. "Song For Canaan"
10. "The Best Friend I've Ever Known"
    • 1978 Jukebox of Paris (True North)
      • Tracks:
11. "Trouble" (with David Clayton-Thomas
    David Clayton-Thomas
    David Clayton-Thomas is a Canadian musician and singer best known as the lead vocalist for the American band; Blood, Sweat & Tears...
    
    )
12. "Sweet Love in Your Eyes"
13. "Where Are We Going"
14. "Walking Me Home"
15. "He Needs You Anyway"
16. "Beggar on Fire"
17. "Jukebox of Paris"
18. "Rocking Your Way Through School"
19. "A Million Miles Away"
20. "Wake Me This Time"
21. "Light Up Your Love"

Singles

• 1977 "Question For An Answer" (True North)
• 1977 "Your Love Gets Me Around" (True North)
• 1977 "Never Seem To Get Along Without You" (True North)
• 1979 "Light Up Your Love" (True North)
• 1979 "Trouble" (True North)
• 1980 "I'm a Big Girl" (True North)
• 1980 "Je Suis Libre" (True North)

External links

• Ronney Abramson official website
• Ronney Abramson official myspace profile