Talk:Ronald & Ruby

"Lollipop"
The following text was placed at Talk:Julius Dixson by User:Dimdimbaby in 2007:-
 * Julius Dixson ... had greatest success co-writing with Beverly Ross, a rare musical pairing of an African-American male and a white female in the 1950s. Their first major hit was "Dim, Dim The Lights"....  Also with Ross, he co-wrote "Lollipop" for the duo Ronald and Ruby, who were in fact Ronald Gumps (a Black male teenager) and Ross herself.  The recording was originally for the purpose of a demo to shop the song.  But RCA got a hold of it and Dixson, who owned the master and produced the demo, agreed to let RCA release it. Their version soared up the chart reaching #20, but when it was learned that Ronald and Ruby were an interracial duo, television appearances that had been previously booked got cancelled and the song’s interest waned.  Thanks to the cover version by The Chordettes, Lollipop reached # 2 and #3 on the pop and R&B charts, respectively.  In the UK the song was successfully covered by The Mudlarks and became a world wide hit reaching #1 in many countries in the free world...

Through direct correspondence I established beyond doubt that User:Dimdimbaby is Julius Dixson's son and the comments - although unverified according to a strict interpretation of WP:V - are noteworthy. Ghmyrtle (talk) 17:05, 16 November 2008 (UTC)