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Ray Peterson

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American musician (1939–2005)

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Ray T. Peterson (April 23 1935 - January 25 2005) was an American pop music singer. Ray Peterson was born in Denton, Texas. Blessed with a 4-octave singing voice, he idolized the vocal sounds of fellow Texan, Roy Orbison. Peterson moved to Los Angeles, California where he was signed by RCA Victor Records in 1957. He recorded several songs that were minor hits until "The Wonder of You" made it into the Billboard Top Thirty list. The song would later be recorded by Elvis Presley with whom he beca

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Instance of
human
Family name
Peterson
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Denton
Place of death
Smyrna
Occupation
singer
Religion
Baptists
Instrument
voice
Record label
RCA Records
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date of birth
1935-04-23
date of death
2005-01-25
cause of death
cancer
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Ray Peterson
start of work period
1958-00-00
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