Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. [1]
Stan Freberg parodied Johnnie Ray's version of "Cry" entitled "Try" in 1952, in which he did an emotional "sobbing out of tune" performance with different lyrics. The lyrics include the title of the B-side song "The Little White Cloud That Cried", in the line "even little white clouds do it". Johnnie Ray was not initially pleased with this parody.
Ray's recording was produced by Mitch Miller, and in the US, peaked at number 12 on the Most Played by Jockeys chart. [2] Outside the US, "Yes Tonight Josephine" gave Ray his third and final number one hit in the UK. [1] The single first entered the UK Singles Chart on 10 May 1957, and peaked at number one for three weeks in June. [3]
Johnnie Ray is the debut studio album by Johnnie Ray.The album was released as a 10-inch LP and 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set and was the first album in the history of recorded music to be released with no title. [1]
However, the best-known version of the song was recorded by Johnnie Ray on July 16, 1956 on the label Columbia Records; it reached No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for seven weeks. [2] [3] It became a gold record. Ray initially disliked the song, but sang it based on the recommendation of Mitch Miller. [4]
"Please, Mr. Sun" is a song written by Ray Getzov and Sid Frank and performed by Johnnie Ray featuring The Four Lads and the Jimmy Carroll Orchestra. It reached number 6 on the U.S. pop chart in 1952. [1] It was featured on his 1955 album I Cry for You.
Topics about Johnnie Ray songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories Pages in category "Johnnie Ray songs" The following 30 pages are in this ...
"Faith Can Move Mountains" is a song that was recorded by Johnnie Ray and the Four Lads in 1952. It was written by Guy Wood with words by Ben Raleigh. Chart performance