Ralph Pedi (1906-1992) was an Italian tenor soloist and recording artist. He was a radio, stage, and screen star during the 1940s. Born in Grammichele, Italy, he became a naturalized United States citizen in 1926.

For more than fifty years, the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the country's leading manufacturers and vendors of radios, phonographs, televisions, and a wide array of consumer and military electronics products. RCA was incorporated in 1919, taking over the Marconi Wireless patents in the United States and focusing their efforts on international communications. RCA quickly entered the broadcasting field in July 1921, and shortly thereafter began to sell home broadcasting equipment manufactured by GE and Westinghouse. However, RCA desired its own manufacturing facilities and purchased the Victor Talking Machine Company on March 15, 1929. The corporation became the RCA Victor Company in 1930. This merger allowed RCA to consolidate the research, engineering, manufacturing, and sales of RCA products. RCA continued to diversity its products throughout the 1930s, expanding to include developments such as radar, airborne electronics, and television.