In 1979 Ronnie McDowell was commissioned to cover a number of Elvis Presley's songs for the soundtrack for the made-for-TV Presley biography film Elvis, during which Kurt Russell, portraying Elvis, lip-synched to Ronnie's vocals. He actually recorded 36 songs, but not all of them were used in the film. Ronnie also sang the Elvis vocals for the 1981 TV movie Elvis and the Beauty Queen and for the 1988 TV miniseries Elvis and Me. Ronnie once again provided vocals for the 1990 TV series, Elvis .  In the late 90's he contributed to the 1997 Movie, Elvis Meets Nixon. There were many others even a Twilight Zone Episode.