Ralph was born and raised in Houston, Texas into a family of professional musicians. His grandfather is a well known conductor/musician, his father a famous trumpet player and his mother a talented vocalist. At the age of seven Ralph started playing the drums. Later he went on to play drums professionally and tour with several well known bands. He also sang back up vocals.

In addition, Ralph found out he had a talent for dancing after winning numerous dance contests in his early teen years. While performing as a drummer for an Elvis Tribute Band he found out that he had a talent for impersonating Elvis when the band leader featured Ralph during a local show. Ralph went on to win many local and national contests as an Elvis Tribute Artist and this started his solo career. In August of 2001 the well known “Elvis Entertainers Network” accepted Ralph for membership (a prestigious all Elvis agency in Chicago) endorsed by Graceland. This agency is very selective in the Elvis professionals they represent.

One of the most impressive features of Ralph's talent is his ability to portray Elvis from the early 1950's to the early 1970's.Audiences are impressed with Ralph's ability to sound, dance and look like Elvis in all the different eras. Most artists are limited in the era they portray. Ralph has an exciting show with a large selection of unique costumes (many from the 32 Elvis movies), an endless repertoire of songs (over 600) and dance moves that always elicit screams from the audience.

Numerous media sources have taken note of Ralph. He has been featured on national television shows CNN and Entertainment Tonight. He has also appeared many other times ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX. Newspapers nationally and locally have also featured articles on Ralph's show with rave reviews to include; Houston Chronicle, The Star, The Herald, Fredericksburg Free Lance Star, the Associated Press and many others. Ralph has been hired as a professional actor appearing in his own local television show in Houston, and most recently starring in nationally televised commercials for a Las Vegas corporation during the Dallas Mavericks basketball game. Internationally, Scotland fans now know Ralph because he was featured in a 30 minute radio show live from Graceland. He impressed the audience singing a cappella.

Ralph is a full time professional Elvis Tribute Artist that feels blessed to be following his dream of being an entertainer.