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Ronnie Van Zant (1948–1977)
Ronnie Van Zant was born on January 15, 1948 in Jacksonville, Florida. He was the oldest son of six children (3 sisters and 2 brothers - musicians Donnie and Johnny). Ronnie attended Lee High School in Jacksonville with fellow band members Gary Rossington and Allen Collins. They soon formed what would become Lynyrd Skynyrd. At the height of their ...
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Born:in Jacksonville, Florida, USADied:(age 29) in Gillsburg, Mississippi, USA |
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2017
Dark Matter
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Isn't That a Paradox?
(2017)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
2017
Car Share
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #2.2
(2017)
... (writer: "Baby, I Love Your Way/Freebird Medley")
2017
Tu cara me suena
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #5.15
(2017)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2016
Roadies
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The All Night Bus Ride
(2016)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama", "Comin' Home", "All I Can Do Is Write About It (Acoustic)")
2014-2016
Mike and Mike in the Morning
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode dated 12 January 2016
(2016)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
- Episode dated 8 January 2014
(2014)
... (writer: "Freebird")
2014
Independent Lens
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Muscle Shoals
(2014)
... (writer: "Free Bird", "Sweet Home Alabama")
2014
Rick and Morty
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Meeseeks and Destroy
(2014)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
2014
Revolution
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Three Amigos
(2014)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama " - uncredited)
2012-2013
Mountain Men
(TV Series) (writer - 24 episodes)
- Judgment Day
(2013)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Misty Mountain
(2013)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Meltdown
(2013)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Settling the Score
(2013)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Thin Ice
(2013)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
2011-2013
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- Episode #21.156
(2013)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Episode #21.81
(2013)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Episode #20.103
(2012)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.161
(2011)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Episode #19.152
(2011)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
2012
The Walking Dead
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Say the Word
(2012)
... (writer: "Saturday Night Special")
2012
Waterloo Road
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- We Need to Talk About Cheryl
(2012)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2012
One Hit Wonderland
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Come on Eileen
(2012)
... (writer: "All Summer Long")
2012
The Marty Stuart Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Alison Krauss and Union Station
(2012)
... (writer: "The Mississippi Kid" - uncredited)
2012
No me la puc treure del cap
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cançons per seduir
(2012)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2008-2012
Californication
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Raw
(2012)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Dogtown
(2009)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
- The Raw & the Cooked
(2008)
... (writer: "Free Bird")
2005-2011
Supernatural
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- Defending Your Life
(2011)
... (writer: "Down South Jukin")
- Free to Be You and Me
(2009)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- What Is and What Should Never Be
(2007)
... (writer: "Saturday Night Special")
- Skin
(2005)
... (writer: "Poison Whiskey")
- Wendigo
(2005)
... (writer: "Down South Jukin'")
2011
Hawaii Five-0
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Mea Makamae
(2011)
... (writer: "What's Your Name")
2010-2011
Late Show with David Letterman
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Episode #18.160
(2011)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
- Jay-Z/Eminem/Paul Shaffer and the Shaff-Tones
(2010)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
2010
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #9.14
(2010)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
1992-2010
The Simpsons
(TV Series) (writer - 3 episodes)
- Judge Me Tender
(2010)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Marge's Son Poisoning
(2005)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- The Otto Show
(1992)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
2003-2010
American Idol: The Search for a Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 5 episodes)
- Top Three Performance
(2010)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Auditions: Birmingham
(2007)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
- Top 24 Performance Show: Part 2 (Guys)
(2006)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
- Top 8 Perform: Songs from the Year You Were Born
(2005)
... (writer: "Free Bird")
- 10, 9, 8... Ah, You Know How the Rest Goes
(2003)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2010
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tom Hanks/Will Ferrell/Neil Young
(2010)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
2009
Jeopardy!
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #26.75
(2009)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2009
Dancing with the Stars
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Round Four
(2009)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Round Nine
(2009)
... (writer: "Tuesday's Gone" - uncredited)
2009
The Beautiful Life: TBL
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pilot
(2009)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
2003-2009
King of the Hill
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Uh-Oh Canada
(2009)
... (writer: "Whiskey Rockaroller" - uncredited)
- Queasy Rider
(2003)
... (writer: "Saturday Night Special" - uncredited)
2009
Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2009
Kosketuksessa
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Popeda
(2009)
... (writer: "Soittomatkalla (Needle and the spoon)")
2009
Näin se tehtiin
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 1 episode)
- Popeda - Kaasua
(2009)
... (writer: "Soittomatkalla (Needle and the spoon)")
2009
Uvolnete se, prosím
(TV Series) (lyrics - 1 episode)
- Episode dated 9 January 2009
(2009)
... (lyrics: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2005-2009
My Name Is Earl
(TV Series) (writer - 6 episodes)
- Got the Babysitter Pregnant
(2009)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
- Two Balls, Two Strikes
(2007)
... ("Free Bird") / (writer: "I Ain't The One", "Free Bird" (uncredited))
- Number One
(2006)
... (writer: "Simple Man" - uncredited)
- BB
(2006)
... (writer: "Double Trouble")
- Joy's Wedding
(2005)
... (writer: "Gimme Three Steps" - uncredited)
2008
Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live at Freedom Hall
(TV Movie) (writer: "What's Your Name?", "That Smell", "Simple Man", "Down South Jukin", "The Needle And The Spoon", "Ballad Of Curtis Loew", "Gimme Back My Bullets", "Tuesday's Gone", "Gimme Three Steps", "Sweet Home Alabama", "Free Bird")
2008
How I Met Your Mother
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Woooo!
(2008)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2008
Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special
(TV Special documentary) (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
2008
True Blood
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Escape from Dragon House
(2008)
... (writer: "That Smell" - uncredited)
2007
Banda sonora
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Episode #1.4
(2007)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2007
Life
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Tear Asunder
(2007)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
2007
Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Infarkt
(2007)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2007
Deutschland sucht den Superstar
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 20 - live: Die Männer #2
(2007)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2007
One Tree Hill
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Pictures of You
(2007)
... (writer: "Tuesday's Gone" - uncredited)
2006
Star Stories
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Jennifer Aniston: The One Where Jen's Husband Dumps Her for a Total Bitch
(2006)
... (writer: "Tuesday's Gone", "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
2006
Canadian Idol
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Top 7: Classic Rock
(2006)
... (writer: "Simple Man")
2006
The Sopranos
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Cold Stones
(2006)
... (writer: "Simple Man" - uncredited)
2004
Entourage
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Scene
(2004)
... (writer: "That Smell" - uncredited)
2003
I Love the '70s
(TV Series documentary) (writer - 2 episodes)
- 1974
(2003)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
- 1973
(2003)
... (writer: "Free Bird")
2003
Idool 2003
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Liveshow 4 - Filmmuziek
(2003)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2003
Blue Collar Comedy Tour: The Movie
(Documentary) (lyrics: "Don't Ask Me No Questions") / (music: "Don't Ask Me No Questions")
2002
Will & Grace
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A.I.: Artificial Insemination: Part 1
(2002)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
2002
Six Feet Under
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
(2002)
... (writer: "Free Bird", "Sweet Home Alabama")
2000
Die Harald Schmidt Show
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Show #770 - Leute gucke, klatsche, gutt!
(2000)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2000
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Yoko Factor
(2000)
... (writer: "Free Bird")
2000
Malcolm in the Middle
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Lois vs. Evil
(2000)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
2000
Freaks and Geeks
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Garage Door
(2000)
... (writer: "Free Bird" - uncredited)
1999
Zwei Männer am Herd
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Der erste Streit
(1999)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
1998-1999
That '70s Show
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Prom Night
(1999)
... (writer: "Free Bird")
- Battle of the Sexists
(1998)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
1996
Mysteriet på Greveholm
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Dioda
(1996)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
1995-1996
Chicago Hope
(TV Series) (writer - 2 episodes)
- Transplanted Affection
(1996)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
- Songs from the Cuckoo Birds
(1995)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama" - uncredited)
1994
Total Balalaika Show
(Documentary) (lyrics: "Sweet Home Alabama") / (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
1986
Miami Vice
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Trust Fund Pirates
(1986)
... (writer: "That Smell" - uncredited)
1983
Knight Rider
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Short Notice
(1983)
... (writer: "Sweet Home Alabama")
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