<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Ronald Montague "Ronn" Moss (born March 4, 1952) is an American actor, musician and singer / songwriter, a member of the band Player, and best known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful from 1987 to 2012 . </P> <P> Moss was born and raised in Los Angeles . He grew up surrounded by the theatre, concert, and rock & roll music world . At age 11, he started learning to play the drums, guitar and electric bass . In 1976, Moss joined creative forces with fellow singer / guitarist Peter Beckett, guitarist / keyboardist J.C Crowley, and drummer John Friesen to form the band Player, primarily as bassist and singer . In a garage in the Hollywood Hills, they wrote and rehearsed the music that would soon attract the attention of music impresario Robert Stigwood, who signed them to his RSO Records . </P> <P> In the first three weeks of 1978, their single "Baby Come Back" occupied the #1 position on the national pop charts & Player was voted to the Billboard Magazine honor roll of Top New Singles artist of 1978 . Their follow - up single, "This Time I'm in It for Love,", also peaked at No. 10 the same year . </P>

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