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Ronnie James Dio was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire U.S.A., on July 10, 1940. Hesoon moved to Cortland, New York and was raised there. That was where he started his musical career with the Vegas Kings. He played trumpet, bass, and some vocals. After that came Ronnie and the Rumblers, Ronnie and the Redcaps, and Ronnie and the Prophets. Ronnie and the Prophets produced at least seven singles before splitting up.
Ronnie formed the Electric Elves, a gritty rock band with honky-tonk influences, in 1967. David Feinstein, Ronnie's cousin, was involved as well. The Electric Elves guitarist, Nick Pantas, died in a car crash in 1970. That same year, the band's name was changed to Elf. Elf released a couple of albums, and caught the attention of Roger Glover of Deep Purple. Roger wanted to produce Elf's songs. In 1973-74, Elf was support to Deep Purple's tours.
Ritchie Blackmore, who had recently left Deep Purple, got together with Ronnie and eventually formed a band. ...