• Dozens of rockers paid tribute to the late, great Ronnie James Dio, on what would have been his 78th birthday.
  • The late singer’s Stand Up And Shout Cancer Fund released a special Dio tribute video this month, with famous names like Dave Grohl, Rob Halford, and Jack Black.
  • Grohl called him “one of the greatest singers of all time” as well as “a very generous and sweet man”.  Halford said “He was and always will be my friend, my mentor, and my hero”.
  • Dio died in 2009 after a battle with stomach cancer.
  • Where does Dio rank all-time among the great metal singers?