The orginal Broadways from Asbury Park Left to right: Ronnie Coleman, Billy Brown, Robert Conti and Leon Trent.

Ronald Coleman, beloved member of the Broadways music group of Asbury Park, and a staunch advocate of the city’s former Springwood Avenue music scene, died Tuesday, April 4, of kidney failure at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune.

He was 82.

“This is a painful day for me, his family and his many friends, who loved him as I did,” said Broadways member Leon Trent on social media.

The Broadways were the musical kings of Asbury Park in the ’60s, and their orbit included future music stars. Member Billy Brown would later join the Moments, which became Ray, Goodman and Brown. Saxophonist Clarence Clemons would accompany the Broadways on stage at city shows. He, of course, gained fame with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.

The group, which included Coleman, Brown, Trent, Robert Conti, Ray Morris and Dennis Anderson, formed as the Uniques. The name changed when they signed with MGM Records in 1964.

The orginal Broadways from Asbury Park Left to right: Ronnie Coleman, Billy Brown, Robert Conti and Leon Trent.

“It was like anything else, you had to be at the right place at the right time, and when the right time presents itself, you have to be ready,” Trent said. “We were always rehearsing and we knew the value of personal appearance, presentation and that’s what it was. When you went on stage you were looking good, sounding good — but you had prepared for that. There was a lot of work that went into that.”

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