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Ray Parker Jr.
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American musician (born 1954)
Film & TV
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song to the 1984 film Ghostbusters. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-10 hit in 1982 with "The Other Woman". He also performed with his band, Raydio, and with Barry White. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Venolia Parker…
Known for
- The Groove Under the Groove2026
- Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters — Self2020
- Who You Gonna Call?2020
- Reunited Apart — Self2020
- The Masked Singer — Sir Bug-a-Boo2019
- The Masked Singer — Sir Bug-a-Boo (archive footage)2019
- Hired Gun — Self2017
- Ghostheads — Self2016
- Greatest Hits2016
- A to Z — Himself2014
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1954
Discography
Member of
- Raydio1977–1981
- Love Unlimited Orchestra
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 710,367
- Total plays
- 3,404,309
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Ray Erskine Parker, Jr. (born May 1, 1954), is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist. Parker is known for writing and performing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters, for his solo hits, and performing with his band Raydio as well as the late Barry White. Early Work In the mid-1970s he was a sideman in Barry White's "Love Unlimited Orchestra", before creating Raydio, an R&B group, in 1977, with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael. <a href="
Key facts
- Born
- Ray Erskine Parker Jr. , ( 1954-05-01 ) May 1, 1954 (age 72) , Detroit, Michigan , U.S.
- Genres
- R&B soul funk disco
- Occupations
- Singer guitarist songwriter record producer
- Instruments
- Guitar vocals
- Years active
- 1963–present
- Labels
- Arista Geffen MCA Atlantic Raydio
- Formerly of
- Raydio
- Spouse
- Elaine Parker ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 12 June 1994</span>"}]]}'>1994 )
- Website
- rayparkerjr .com
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Parker
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- jazz-funk
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Arista Records
- Official website
- www.rayparkerjr.com
- Image
- RayParkerJrHWOFMar2013.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Ray Parker, Jr.
- date of birth
- 1954-05-01
- start of work period
- 1963-00-00
- birth name
- Ray Erskine Parker
- name in native language
- Ray Parker Jr.
- member of
- Raydio
- copyright representative
- American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Song
- number of viewers/listeners
- 625556
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Encyclopedic overview
Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and record producer. As a solo performer, he wrote and performed the theme song for the 1984 film Ghostbusters and also sounds from the animated series The Real Ghostbusters. Previously, Parker achieved a US top-5 hit in 1982 with "The Other Woman". He also performed with his band, Raydio, and with Barry White in the Love Unlimited Orchestra.
Early life
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