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The Johnnie Ray International fan site. EVERYTHING you wanted to know about johnnie ray! johnnie ray Audio and johnnie ray Video clips and MORE! MONTHLY NEWSLETTER! Complete site features a biography, discography, audio and video, images of vintage promotional items, and reviews.
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Johnnie Ray performs at the Copacabana.
Poor old Johnnie Ray. I don't know of many performers who were so huge in their heyday and so forgotten today. America's first bisexual superstar, some consider him to be the missing link between Sinatra and Elvis. He even broke Martin and Lewis's attendance record at the Copacabana. A friend and proponent of, and early acknowledged influence on Elvis Presley, Johnnie is virtually ignored by the nostalgic radio staions of today.
Historians often refer to Buddy Holly and Elvis as being the guys who broke the colour barrier by sounding black but Johnnie Ray was the first prominent artist to enter the charts under that guise. His historic arrests for solicitation at a time when it made front page news make him arguably the most notorious of all R&B performers. He claimed that Frank Sinatra helped orchestrate his capture, in some of the instances of his arrests, because of his romantic affiliation with Sinatra nemesis Dorothy Kilgallen, a powerful New York columnist.
Johnnie died quietly and with no fanfare, in a hospital room in 1990 of complications of liver disease ...
Profile and a vintage review by Robert W. Dana from 1953.
Poor old Johnnie Ray. I don't know of many performers who were so huge in their heyday and so forgotten today. America's first bisexual superstar, some consider him to be the missing link between Sinatra and Elvis. He even broke Martin and Lewis's attendance record at the Copacabana. A friend and proponent of, and early acknowledged influence on Elvis Presley, Johnnie is virtually ignored by the nostalgic radio staions of today.
Historians often refer to Buddy Holly and Elvis as being the guys who broke the colour barrier by sounding black but Johnnie Ray was the first prominent artist to enter the charts under that guise. His historic arrests for solicitation at a time when it made front page news make him arguably the most notorious of all R&B performers. He claimed that Frank Sinatra helped orchestrate his capture, in some of the instances of his arrests, because of his romantic affiliation with Sinatra nemesis Dorothy Kilgallen, a powerful New York columnist.
Johnnie died quietly and with no fanfare, in a hospital room in 1990 of complications of liver disease ...
Profile and a vintage review by Robert W. Dana from 1953.
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Smoking Redhead Club's Black Satin Lounge: Johnnie Ray:
"It was late in 1951 when a record by an obscure performer named Johnnie Ray zoomed to the top of the best-seller lists as no record had ever done before, and made him a star over night...And now some dozens of records later, Johnnie Ray is still one of the biggest stars in the entertainment field."
Short review of the live album "Johnnie Ray in Las Vegas."
"It was late in 1951 when a record by an obscure performer named Johnnie Ray zoomed to the top of the best-seller lists as no record had ever done before, and made him a star over night...And now some dozens of records later, Johnnie Ray is still one of the biggest stars in the entertainment field."
Short review of the live album "Johnnie Ray in Las Vegas."
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Johnnie Ray was born on January 10, 1927 in Dallas, Oregon. He was partially deaf since childhood and began wearing a hearing aid at age 14. In 1951 singer LaVern Baker and her manager Al Green helped him with his music. He signed a contract with Okeh that year.
His first effort was a song he had written himself titled Whiskey and Gin, which became a minor hit. Later in 1951 he recorded two songs that were produced by Mitch Miller and on which he was backed by the Four Lads: Cry and The Little White Cloud That Cried. Cry was a smash hit, reaching number one and staying there for eleven weeks. The two songs served to indicate that the big band era had run its course, and possibly for that reason a lot of people didn't care for them at all. Cry was written by Churchill Kohlman and it was later revived by Ray Charles, Ronnie Dove, and Lynn Anderson in the 60's and early 70's; The Little White Cloud That Cried was written by Johnnie Ray ...
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His first effort was a song he had written himself titled Whiskey and Gin, which became a minor hit. Later in 1951 he recorded two songs that were produced by Mitch Miller and on which he was backed by the Four Lads: Cry and The Little White Cloud That Cried. Cry was a smash hit, reaching number one and staying there for eleven weeks. The two songs served to indicate that the big band era had run its course, and possibly for that reason a lot of people didn't care for them at all. Cry was written by Churchill Kohlman and it was later revived by Ray Charles, Ronnie Dove, and Lynn Anderson in the 60's and early 70's; The Little White Cloud That Cried was written by Johnnie Ray ...
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The Johnnie Ray International fan site. EVERYTHING you wanted to know about johnnie ray! johnnie ray Audio and johnnie ray Video clips and MORE! MONTHLY NEWSLETTER! Complete site features a biography, discography, audio and video, images of vintage promotional items, and reviews.
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Welcome to the Web home of Johnnie Ray Appreciation.
We are a community of people who share a common interest in Johnnie Ray, bringing the Memory Back to Life.
We hope you enjoy browsing our web site. If you have any questions regarding either the site or our group, please do not hesitate to contact us via the Contact Us section of the site.
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John Alvin "Johnnie" Ray (January 10, 1927 - February 24, 1990) was one of the most popular American singers of his day. He is considered by many people to be the father of rock 'n' roll.
He was born in Dallas, Oregon, and spent part of his childhood on a farm, eventually moving to Portland. He is often mistakenly said to be of American Indian origin, due to the erroneous claims of a publicity agent. He became deaf in his right ear at age 12 due to a freak accident, and would often perform wearing a hearing aid. A later operation left him almost completely deaf in both ears.
Ray first attracted attention while performing at the Flame Showbar in Detroit, an r&b nightclub where he was the only white performer. Inspired by rhythm singers like Kay Starr, LaVern Baker and Ivory Joe Hunter he developed a unique rhythm-based style that was far closer to what would become known as "rock 'n' roll" than any other music of the time. Much like Frankie Laine before him, he was often mistaken for a black artist when his records first started hitting the airwaves ...
We are a community of people who share a common interest in Johnnie Ray, bringing the Memory Back to Life.
We hope you enjoy browsing our web site. If you have any questions regarding either the site or our group, please do not hesitate to contact us via the Contact Us section of the site.
Please feel free to navigate your way around using the buttons to the left of the page.
John Alvin "Johnnie" Ray (January 10, 1927 - February 24, 1990) was one of the most popular American singers of his day. He is considered by many people to be the father of rock 'n' roll.
He was born in Dallas, Oregon, and spent part of his childhood on a farm, eventually moving to Portland. He is often mistakenly said to be of American Indian origin, due to the erroneous claims of a publicity agent. He became deaf in his right ear at age 12 due to a freak accident, and would often perform wearing a hearing aid. A later operation left him almost completely deaf in both ears.
Ray first attracted attention while performing at the Flame Showbar in Detroit, an r&b nightclub where he was the only white performer. Inspired by rhythm singers like Kay Starr, LaVern Baker and Ivory Joe Hunter he developed a unique rhythm-based style that was far closer to what would become known as "rock 'n' roll" than any other music of the time. Much like Frankie Laine before him, he was often mistaken for a black artist when his records first started hitting the airwaves ...
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