- Aliases
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Orchestra conducted by Ray Ellis [jazz]
Ray Ellis and His Orch.
Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
Ray Ellis and His Orchestra
Ray Ellis and His Orchestra and Chorus
Ray Ellis Orchestra and Chorus
- Real name
- Raymond Spencer Ellis
- Born
- July 28, 1923
- Died
- October 27, 2008
- Country
- United States
- IPI
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00009223412 2 works
00065434282 1 work
- Affiliation
- BMI
- Comments
- Orchestra conductor, composer, arranger, record producer and saxophone player born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was mostly associated with light jazz, pop and easy listening music but he also arranged for R&B performers including Etta James, Ben E. King, The Drifters and Brook Benton. He was A&R director for MGM and also worked with Barbra Streisand, Judy Garland, Anthony Newly and many other major performers.
- Member of
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The Three Ring Circus
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