Ronnie Self, American singer-songwriter (died 1981)

Ronnie Self was an American rock 'n' roll musician, vocalist best known for his original 1957 rockabilly original, "Bop-A-Lena," becoming a hit single in the United States and a critically-acclaimed chart-topping hit in Australia for two consecutive years. Self recorded 12-15 country and gospel songs between 1957–late 1959/early 1960 to underwhelming popular reception, generally limited to the regional southern United States, a few of which remained unrleased until the 21st century. Beginning in 1960, and performer(later covered by Gene Vincent), Self began writing music as a lyricist/songwriter, and through 1964, wrote a number of critically-acclaimed, highly-successful rock 'n' roll/pop rock, pop, country, pop rock, easy listening, and jazz songs, most of which were performed by Brenda Lee and Carl Perkins to great success.