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Johnnie Ray

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Real name
John Alvin Ray
Born
January 10, 1927
Died
February 24, 1990
Country
United States
IPI
00025492880 8 works
Affiliation
ASCAP
Comments
Singer, songwriter and pianist
Related
Albert Green Manager
Not to be confused with
Johnny Ray
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
Destiny Johnnie Ray 1954 Unverified
October 1952 (2 artists)
August 22, 1952 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive Going-Going-Gone Johnnie Ray 1954 Unverified
Good Evening Friends Frankie Laine & Johnnie Ray August 5, 1957 Unverified
April 6, 1959 Peter Wegen und die Perrys - Josef Niessen und sein Tanzorchester
 REC 1954 (111 artists)
Originally by Carol Haney, John Raitt and Company PRF
 REC 1954 (141 artists)
Originally by John Raitt PRF
July 1961 (3 artists)
July 27, 1959 (16 artists)
Sampled by Portishead
March 25, 1957 (3 artists)
September 7, 1954 (34 artists)
December 28, 1951 (12 artists)
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Richard Hayes with Orchestra and Vocal Group conducted by Joe Reisman
November 1951 (20 artists)
June 7, 1954 Sunny Gale
March 25, 1957 (7 artists)

Covers by Johnnie Ray

Title Performer Release date Originally by
January 1963 Harmony Trio
November 21, 1952 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
1959 Katherine Perry
February 6, 1956 Margaret Simms & Paul Bass
  December 6, 1954 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
  1954 Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
July 27, 1953 Gene Raymond
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Mildred Bailey
1959 Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
listen on Internet Archive 1958 William Gaxton & Bettina Hall
1962 Clyde McPhatter
  November 1959 Percy Faith and His Orchestra REC, Mary Martin, Theodore Bikel PRF
  December 6, 1954 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
May 22, 1953 Elmo Tanner and His Dixielanders
October 1959 Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
  November 1951 Little Donna Hightower - Orchestra directed by Horace Henderson REC, Ruth Casey with Graham Prince Ensemble REL
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
  1959 Frank Sinatra – Orchestra under the direction of Axel Stordahl REC, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REL
  April 1952 Walter Woolf King PRF, Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal Chorus by Carmen Lombardo REC,REL
1959 The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter's Orch. and Cho.
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Mildred Bailey
  1959 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
  October 1959 The Sons of the Pioneers REL, Bing Crosby BRD, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
April 1958 Brook Benton
March 14, 1955 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
April 1952 Mildred Bailey
1959 Mildred Bailey
listen on Internet Archive March 13, 1953 Sam Lanin's Dance Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Lucienne Boyer, Lud Gluskin and His Continental Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Clark
December 28, 1951 Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra
October 1959 Vernon Dalhart
March 1957 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
  December 1961 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra featuring Jerry Cooper
1959 The Piccadilly Players [GB]
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Mills Brothers REL, Cab Calloway and The Cabaliers REC
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Dick Todd with Orchestra REC,REL, Tamara PRF
January 1962 Ted Wallace & His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by The Radio Imps
March 1957 Savannah Churchill and The Red Norvo Quintet
listen on Internet Archive January 1962 Isham Jones, Guest Conductor with Ray Miller's Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Bessinger
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 (unknown), Harry Fox REC,REL,PRF
October 1959 Bing Crosby, Leonid Kinskey, Martha Raye, Bob Burns and Louis Prima with The Sons of the Pioneers
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Harry James and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Fats Waller and His Buddies - Vocal Refrain by Orlando Roberson, Chester Gaylord "The Whispering Serenader"
March 1957 Casey Bill
  December 26, 1952 Martha Carson and The Gospel Singers REC, The Jordanaires with Elton Britt REL
March 1957 The Cats and the Fiddle
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Al Jolson
1959 Fritz Kreisler - Piano Accompaniment Carl Lamson, Tommy Edwards
1976 Armando Manzanero, Perry Como - Arranged and conducted by Marty Manning
  July 1955 Stuart Hamblen with Darol Rice and His Orchestra REC, Rex Allen with Anita Kerr Singers REL
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Billie Holiday REC,REL, Bing Crosby BRD
July 16, 1956 Prisonaires
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Gene Kelly & Rita Hayworth [dubbed by Martha Mears] BRD, Jo Stafford with Paul Weston and His Orchestra REC
December 3, 1956 The Four Esquires - Orchestra and Chorus directed by Ben Bennett
  March 1957 Dave Harman and His Orchestra REC, Gertrude Michael BRD
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REC
October 3, 1955 Webb Pierce
1976 Charles Braswell and All
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Maurice Chevalier REC,BRD
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Walter Scanlan (Walter Van Brunt) REC,REL, William Frawley PRF
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Jack Denny & His Orchestra
1955 Isham Jones and His Orchestra
October 1959 Bentley Ball
listen on Internet Archive April 1952 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Kenneth Sargent
listen on Internet Archive October 5, 1953 Ernie Golden and His Orchestra
Pledging My Love Johnnie Ray 1999 Unverified
March 1957 Mary Lou and Her Chosen Five, Bill Johnson and His Musical Notes
1999 Buddy Holly
  October 1959 Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
June 5, 1953 Martha Carson and The Gospel Singers
March 1962 (unknown), The Kingston Trio
March 1957 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
  1959 Walter Huston PRF, Walter Huston - Orchestra Conducted by Maurice De Abravanel REC,REL
March 1957 Faye Adams with The Joe Morris Orchestra
1955 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive March 13, 1953 Ted Weems and His Orchestra
July 1955 Billy Brooks - Red Saunders Band
February 22, 1954 Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters
listen on Internet Archive 1958 Janet Brace with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
October 1959 George Olsen and His Music
  December 26, 1952 Sons of the Pioneers REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Fred Astaire with Johnny Green and His Orchestra BRD, Ozzie Nelson and His Orchestra – Vocal Refrain by Ozzie Nelson REC,REL
1976 Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
listen on Internet Archive   January 1962 Anna Wheaton and James Harrod REC, Anna Wheaton and Tom Powers PRF
listen on Internet Archive   1958 Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Kenny Sargent REC, Ross Alexander [dubbed by James Newill] & Wini Shaw BRD
  October 1959 Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
  October 1959 Bing Crosby REC,REL, Fuzzy Knight, aided by Nigel Bruce (humming) and Fred MacMurray (whistling) BRD
August 5, 1957 The Southern Sons [US]
  October 1959 Everett Marshall PRF, George Olsen and His Music – Vocal Refrain by Joe Morrison and Quartet REC
February 6, 1956 The Morgan Brothers with Henri René and His Orchestra
April 1952 Broadway Syncopators
listen on Internet Archive January 1962 Pedro Via y su orquesta, Jimmie Ague
October 1959 Bud and Joe Billings (Carson Robison, Frank Luther)
listen on Internet Archive November 21, 1955 Bob Thompson [US1]
Wise To Ways Of The World Johnnie Ray January 1969 Unverified
June 5, 1953 Dick Brown with Orchestra & Chorus directed by Sid Bass
1976 The Beatles
  January 1962 Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Harry Cool REC, Dinah Shore with Orchestra conducted by Paul Wetstein REL
listen on Internet Archive January 11, 1954 Jack Norworth
December 3, 1956 Marty Robbins
July 27, 1959 Dario Moreno avec Claude Bolling et son orchestre

Sampled songs

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
After My Laughter Came Tears Johnnie Ray January 1963 Decca
A Full Time Job Doris Day and Johnnie Ray with Paul Weston and His Orchestra November 21, 1952 Columbia [US]
Ain't Misbehavin' Johnnie Ray - Orch. Chorus under dir. of Ray Conniff February 6, 1956 Columbia [US]
All I Do Is Dream of You Johnnie Ray with The Buddy Cole Quartet July 27, 1953 Columbia [US]
All of Me Johnnie Ray July 1952 Columbia [US]
A Lover's Question Johnnie Ray 1962 Liberty
An Ordinary Couple Johnnie Ray November 1959 Columbia [US]
As Time Goes By Johnnie Ray December 6, 1954 Columbia [US]
Cry Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads November 1951 OKeh
Cry Johnnie Ray March 1962 Liberty
Faith Can Move Mountains Johnnie Ray August 22, 1952 Columbia [US]
Flip, Flop and Fly Johnnie Ray with Les Elgart & His Orchestra March 14, 1955 Columbia [US]
Gee, But I'm Lonesome Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads, Orch. under the dir. of J. Carroll October 1952 Columbia [US]
Here and Now Johnnie Ray April 6, 1959 Columbia [US]
Hernando's Hideaway Johnnie Ray - Orch. under dir. of Joe Reisman 1954 Columbia [US]
How Many Nights, How Many Days Johnnie Ray July 1961 United Artists Records
I Believe Timi Yuro & Johnnie Ray - Arr. & Conducted by Belford C. Hendricks December 1961 Liberty
If You Believe Johnnie Ray with Percy Faith & His Orch. December 6, 1954 Columbia [US]
I'll Never Fall in Love Again Johnnie Ray with Richard Maltby and His Orchestra July 27, 1959 Columbia [US]
I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord Johnnie Ray with The Buddy Cole Quartet & The Four Lads December 26, 1952 Columbia [US]
Just Walking in the Rain Johnnie Ray with Ray Conniff & His Orchestra and Chorus July 16, 1956 Columbia [US]
Let's Walk That-A-Way Doris Day - Johnnie Ray May 22, 1953 Columbia [US]
Lonely for a Letter Johnnie Ray with Ray Conniff and His Orchestra April 1958 Columbia [US]
Look Homeward, Angel Johnnie Ray with Ray Conniff December 3, 1956 Columbia [US]
Love, Love, Love Johnnie Ray with Paul Weston & His Orch. October 3, 1955 Columbia [US]
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone Johnnie Ray October 5, 1953 Columbia [US]
Please Mr. Sun Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads, Orch. under the direction of Jimmy Carroll December 28, 1951 Columbia [US]
Please, Mr. Sun Johnnie Ray with The Four Lads - Orchestra under the direction of Jimmy Carroll December 28, 1951 Columbia [US]
Somebody Stole My Gal Johnnie Ray March 13, 1953 Columbia [US]
Song of the Dreamer Johnnie Ray July 1955 Columbia [US]
Such a Night Johnnie Ray February 22, 1954 Columbia [US]
The Only Girl I'll Ever Love Johnnie Ray September 7, 1954 Columbia [US]
To Ev'ry Girl - To Ev'ry Boy (The Meaning of Love) Johnnie Ray June 7, 1954 Columbia [US]
Up Above My Head (I Hear Music in the Air) Frankie Laine & Johnnie Ray August 5, 1957 Columbia [US]
Walkin' My Baby Back Home Johnnie Ray May 1952 Columbia [US]
Who's Sorry Now? Johnnie Ray with Paul Weston & His Orch. November 21, 1955 Columbia [US]
With These Hands Johnnie Ray with The Buddy Cole Quartet June 5, 1953 Columbia [US]
Yes Tonight, Josephine Johnnie Ray March 25, 1957 Columbia [US]
You'd Be Surprised Johnnie Ray January 11, 1954 Columbia [US]

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