1. Ronnie Hilton composed, sang and recorded several anthems as tribute to the club.
12 Facts About Ronnie Hilton
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Ronnie Hilton came to fame by supplying smoothly delivered cover versions of popular American songs during the 1950s.
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Ronnie Hilton's most enduring recordings were "No Other Love"; and his last chart entry in 1965 with "A Windmill in Old Amsterdam" written by Ted Dicks and Myles Rudge.
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From a comparatively unknown Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Me and Juliet written in 1953, Ronnie Hilton took the hit tune "No Other Love", and scored his one and only UK Number One hit in 1956.
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In securing the Number One, Ronnie Hilton fought off competition from the UK-based Canadian Edmund Hockridge, and from the Johnston Brothers.
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Ronnie Hilton took part in the inaugural A Song For Europe contest in 1957, failing in his attempt to be the UK's first representative in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Ronnie Hilton's chart hit in 1959, before a barren chart run covering most of the next five years, was "The Wonder of You"; the same song that Elvis Presley topped the UK chart with in 1970.
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Ronnie Hilton kept on performing well into the 1960s, in summer seasons and Christmas shows, and was a regular fixture in pantomimes in Hull, at the New Theatre, but knew that his chart days were behind him.
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Ronnie Hilton appeared as the top of the bill guest star on Granada TV's variety show The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club in episode 2, in 1974.
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Ronnie Hilton suffered a stroke in 1976, which hindered his progress for a time.
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Ronnie Hilton died in Hailsham, East Sussex from another stroke, aged 75.
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Ronnie Hilton had three children with his first wife, Joan.