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Johnnie Ray

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Also known as John Alvin Ray

American singer and pianist (1927–1990)

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Johnnie Ray appears in Vinony's Hollywood Walk of Fame collection — one of 2,437 entries.

Vinony's link graph records 346 inbound references to Johnnie Ray, and connects out to African Americans, The Ed Sullivan Show and traditional pop.

It is catalogued under topics including 1927 births, 1990 deaths and 20th-century American LGBTQ people.

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Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • Portrait of a song stylist

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1927-01-10
Active to
1990-02-24

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
124,592
Total plays
619,352

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John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor of what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage persona. Ray was born in Hopewell, Oregon, spending part of his childhood on a farm, eventually moving to Portland, Oregon. Ray was of Native American origin; his great-grandmother <a href="https://www.last.fm/music

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date of birth
1927-01-10
date of death
1990-02-24
Commons category
Johnnie Ray
start of work period
1951-00-00
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