James Ray
Sign in to saveAlso known as James Jay Raymond, James Jay (singer), James Ray Raymond
American singer
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 11
Top works
- Journey to Eternity
- Tennessee Waltz
- Build Your Dream Body
- Incredible Journey in the Steps of Greatness
- Book of Songs
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1930-09-23
- Active to
- 2004-06-10
2008 universal fire victimaln-shbluesjazzjazz bluesr&b
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 55,369
- Total plays
- 278,261
Tags
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There is more than one artist with this name: 1) James Ray (born James Ray Raymond in Washington, D.C. in 1941, died c. 1964) was an African American R&B singer of the early 1960s. A resident of Washington, the diminutive, 5-foot (1.5-meter) singer was discovered in 1961 while destitute and living on a rooftop, and began recording as James Ray for Caprice Records. His best-known hit was "If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody", which reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962 and was also a to
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- James
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1941-01-01
- date of death
- 1964-01-01
- different from
- James Ray
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
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