Ralph Covert (born May 25, 1962) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, performer, producer, playwright, actor, educator, and record company executive. He is the lead singer of children's music group

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and lead singer of the

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. Ralph's World was nominated for Best Musical Album for Children at the

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. Among his many songs, he has a writing credit for the song "Not Dead Yet", featured on the Styx album ''

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'', released in 1990. Along with G. Riley Mills, he wrote ''Sawdust And Spangles'' and ''Streeterville'', both earning

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for Best New Work. The pair also collaborated on ''The Flower Thieves'' and ''A Nutcracker Christmas''. He has also worked as a record producer. His production credits include ''Framing Caroline'' by

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based singer-songwriter Kat Parsons, released in 1999.

Personal life

Covert is separated from Rita Roquitte. They have three daughters named Fiona, Jayme, Abby and a son named Jude. Covert is currently dating Sara Watry.

Discography

With The Bad Examples

* ''Meat: the Bad Examples'' (1987) * ''Bad Is Beautiful'' (1991) * ''Kisses 50 Cents'' (1995) * ''Cheap Beer Night'' (1995) * ''5000 Days'' (2001) * ''Good Examples of Bad Examples'' (2005) * ''Smash Records'' (2011)

Solo albums

* ''Eat at Godot's'' (1993) * ''Adam McCarthy'' (1994) * ''Birthday'' (1997)

Children's albums

* ''Ralph's World'' (2001) * ''At the Bottom of the Sea'' (2002) * ''Happy Lemons'' (2002) * ''Peggy's Pie Parlor'' (2003) * ''The Amazing Adventures of Kid Astro'' (2004) * ''Green Gorilla, Monster & Me'' (2005) * ‘’A Holly Jolly Ralph’s World’’ (2005, Mini Fresh Records scrapped Christmas album) * ‘’Welcome to Ralph’s World”’ (2006, Walt Disney Records greatest hits album) * ''The Rhyming Circus'' (2008, Walt Disney Records) * ‘’All Around Ralph’s World’’ (2010) * ‘’Ralph’s World Rocks & Reads’’ (2015 compilation album) * ''Time Machine Guitar'' (2017)

Filmography

* ''Ralph's World: Say Hello'' (2003) – Ralph *''Welcome to Ralph’s World'' (2006) - Ralph *''Ralph's World: Time Machine Guitar'' (2013) – Ralph

References

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