Ronnie Hilton was born on 26 January 1927 in Kingston-Upon-Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK. He was married to Chrissy and Joan. He died on 21 February 2001 in Hailsham, East Sussex, England, UK.
After the war, he began working in a sewing-machine plant in Leeds, but singing was always his first love and he managed to get a second job, performing in the evenings with the Johnny Addlestone Band at the club the Starlight Roof.