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Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life

Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life is a 2014 tribute album to Ronnie James Dio, lead singer of several heavy metal bands, including Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio. The album features many of Dio's contemporaries performing songs originally recorded by Dio. Tenacious D won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 57th Grammy Awards for their cover of "The Last in Line", and Anthrax were nominated in the same category for their cover of "Neon Knights".[6]

Dio died in 2010 from stomach cancer. Album proceeds were targeted for Dio's Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund.[7]

Track listing

Charts

References

  1. ^ "Japanese Version Of RONNIE JAMES DIO Tribute Album To Include Bonus Tracks By STRYPER, DIO DISCIPLES". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. March 5, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
  2. ^ "Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life". Discogs. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
  3. ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life - Various Artists". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
  4. ^ g, manos (June 26, 2014). "Review: CD Dio - This Is Your Life Album". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
  5. ^ Van Horn, Ray. "cdreviews".
  6. ^ "Best Metal Performance". grammy.com. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  7. ^ Merlin (February 6, 2014). "METAL GIANTS TO FEATURE ON DIO TRIBUTE ALBUM". Metal Hammer. Archived from the original on May 19, 2014. Retrieved May 19, 2014.
  8. ^ "Ronnie James Dio (A Tribute To): This Is Your Life" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved April 13, 2014.
  9. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 2014. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved November 28, 2021.

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