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Ronnie Singer
Background information
Born	(1928-06-09)June 9, 1928 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	September 12, 1953(1953-09-12) (aged 25) New York City
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Guitar
Years active	1940s–1953

Ronnie Singer (June 9, 1928 – September 12, 1953) was an American jazz guitarist from Chicago. Singer was influential on other jazz musicians, and was considered "just as good as Jimmy Raney", according to Jimmy Gourley who played with both guitarists in Chicago. He was heavily addicted to heroin. At the age of 25, he and his wife committed suicide together in a hotel room in New York City.

References

1. Ingram, Adrian (August 2001). A Concise History of the Electric Guitar. Mel Bay Publications. p. 31. ISBN 0-7866-4982-8.
2. ^ Cotterrell, Roger (1983). "The Jimmy Gourley Story". Jazz Forum (82). Warsaw: International Jazz Federation: 40.
3. Gitler, Ira (May 1987). Swing to Bop: An Oral History of the Transition in Jazz in the 1940s. Oxford University Press. pp. 268–269. ISBN 0-19-505070-3.

• 1928 births
• 1953 suicides
• 1953 deaths
• 20th-century American guitarists
• American jazz guitarists
• Bebop guitarists
• Guitarists from Chicago
• Jazz musicians from Illinois
• Jewish American musicians
• Jewish jazz musicians
• Joint suicides
• 20th-century American Jews
• Suicides in New York City