 Ron Hawking is
creator, producer and star of "His Way"--A Tribute to the Man and
His Music. It opened at Chicago's Mercury Theater for a 6 week run,
which ended up lasting 8 months and turned into the smash hit of the
summer, fall and winter season. The "His Way" album, which he
produced, is getting distribution and airplay not only in the United
States, but on the United Kingdom's BBC as well.
In September of 1998, Hawking
wrote the music and lyrics for "Go Go Sammy Sosa" as a salute to the
Chicago Cubs superstar. In addition to major media coverage and
airplay on national radio and TV, the song made its' Wrigley Field
debut at the final home game of the Cubs 1998 season.
Hawking has performed at New
York's Carnegie Hall with the Philly Pops Orchestra and has opened
for such notables as Carol Channing, Sheena Easton, Robert Klein,
and The Temptations, just to name a few. In addition to being an
accomplished vocalist, he is also one of the country's leading
impressionists. Hawking created and has been performing his one man
"Lively Art of Impressionism" show for corporate events and
fundraisers since 1988.
He has been a member of the Screen
Actors Guild and The American Federation of TV and Radio Artists for
over 20 years. In addition, he's one of the most sought-after jingle
singers and commercial voice-over artists in the country. The voice
behind hundreds of TV and radio commercials, Hawking is called "the
Chameleon" by his recording studio peers. He has been heard as
Starkist's Charlie the Tuna, Jimmy Durante for Kellogg's Frosted
Mini-Wheats, Louis Armstrong for Citizen Watch, Louis Prima for
Progresso Soups, Ritchie Valens "La Bamba" for Subaru and Nat King
Cole "Unforgettable" for Hershey's. He studied acting with Richard
Pinter at New York city's Neighborhood Playhouse and improvisation
with Jo Forsberg's Players Workshop of Second City.
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