Chords for Ron Hicklin Singers Demo - TM Productions - 1974

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_ _ _ [Bb] _ Hmm, the [Ab] Ron Hicklund Singers.
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ The Ron Hicklund Singers?
[Eb] Uh huh, yep.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _
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_ _ [D] Ron [E] Hicklund?
Hmm.
_ [C] Do _ you know where your children [Gbm] are?
Ron [Ab] Hicklund?
[C] No, no I don't think so.
_ Hey, [F] the Ron Hicklund [C]
Singers?
Ron Hicklund always did like [Bb] this.
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_ _ There's an [C] easier way to do this, [Gm] you know.
Oh, really?
_ [Dm] Do what?
[C]
Oh, show them who the Ron Hicklund Singers are.
[F] And tell them that, well, they can get the same [G] vocal group on products from TM Productions.
Uh huh, [Bbm] well, what's the better way?
Well, first of all, [F] we turn off the set.
_ [N] _ _ Hey, what kind of a set is that?
Uh, don't worry about it.
Now we turn on the 16 track.
_ You've got a 16 track recorder in your dining room?
Don't worry about that either.
We can take certain liberties.
Two, _ one.
Now, what I want to do is play this TM [F] cut for you.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ People who make [D] a good day _ better, [A] _ _ _ _ [D] WSBA. _ _
_ [A] You're deep in company [G] with people who [Eb] care.
It's like [Ab] this, TM makes custom [F] products.
You can choose the type of music and you can choose the type [Bb] of vocal.
That's the message.
[D] _
_ _ _ [Cm] WSBA, _ _ yeah, you.
And [Gb] the optional group is the Ron Hicklund Singers, huh?
You got it.
[Bb] Now, all we have to do is describe the group a little further.
Oh, [Eb] sure.
Well, [Gbm] Hicklund has a [Bb] mustache.
He's about [Gb] six foot.
No, no, no, no, no.
He's got a big_
Let's try it this [Eb] way.
_ [Ab] Roger, acting like a teeny [Eb] bopper on the way to Chi-Ha.
[Ebm] What, uh, what are we listening to [Ab] Mark Lindsay for in the middle of this demo? Hold on.
[Bbm] We're listening to our group, too. _
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[Eb] Those are the Ron Hicklund Singers, huh?
Yeah.
[C] They've been the backup group [Eb] for Mark Lindsay, [D] the Raiders, Andy Williams, Ringo.
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_ _ _ _ And, uh, [Ab] Wayne Newton, Gary Puckett, Bobby [B] Sherman, [Dbm] Cher. _
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_ _ _ Then there's Neil Diamond, [Bb] Michael Jackson.
[G] That's pretty impressive.
Well, [C] check this out.
Those [G] are performers they've backed up.
[C] And now, I'm about [G] to reveal a startling [C] industry secret.
_ [G] Ron Hicklund and company were [D] also the group for the Monkees.
[G] Then I saw her face.
[C] _ _ [G]
[C] Now [G] I'm a believer. _ _
The group, essentially.
[C] Most of the voices [G] you've heard on Monkees records have [Db] really been the Ron Hicklund Singers.
And it's the [Ab] same with everything this group has done.
I think [Eb] I love you. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Now there's David Cassidy.
But the rest is [Eb] pure Hicklund. Pure Ari.
[Bb] Did you know that Gary Lewis is really mostly Ron Hicklund?
[Cm] No, and did you know that Sonny Bono is really Connie Stevens?
[Gb] It's no put on.
[E] _ _
[Am] _ [Dm] Now, you [Gm] may ask, [E] what about movie scores?
[D] I was [B] just thinking I might ask that.
[Bb] Well, it's our old friends again, doing [A] the vocal parts and the theme [Eb] from Rosemary's Baby, Dirty Harry, May, and [F] Lady in Cement.
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_ [E] _ _ The music [C] man, MASH, [F] Daryl Cuckoo, Guide [G] for the Married Man, [Bb] Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Hang Em [C] High. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Ab] _ Now, Ray Charles, [Bb] Burt Bacharach, ten [E] different [Db] chorus leaders have used the Ron Hicklund [Cm] Singers as their vocal sound at some time.
And you know, [Bb] we're only [C] scratching the surface here.
[Fm] Well, you've got to learn how to take care [C] of your records.
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But you see, they've [E] all heard the Ron Hicklund [Bb] Singers before.
They may not have known them by name, but the sound's been there, coast to coast.
And after you catch these little items they've done, you're going to say, oh, they're the ones.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
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Oh, she's had [E] everything. _
[D] Paris in Reno, _ Paris [Db] at _ Tahoe.
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[D] Kids heard [Gm] the break [Bb] _
today.
_ _ [Eb] We're [G] close _ by, [Cm] right on your _ [F]
way.
[Bb] At _ _ McDonald's.
Well, _ oh, they're the ones.
My perception amazes [E] me.
_ _ Well, that's Ron Hicklund.
And the singers.
And the singers.
What do you think?
Well, it's what they think that counts.
You're going to tell [Em] them about Hicklund's most valuable player awards, or the write-up in the Wall Street Journal?
_ [A] No, I won't coyly allow you to sneak that in right there.
[D] Oh, right.
[A]
Then I guess what you're trying to say is that these [E] singers are available [A] to _ _ anyone from TM, huh?
[E] I think that says it pretty well.
Good times, good vibes, and feeling fine.
Can you dig it?
Can you dig it?
The Ron Hicklund Singers, the vocal alternative.
Got it all in line.
Available now on TM Products.
For the country, for broadcasters, and you.
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