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Ray Conniff and The Singers
12+ albums
easy listeningloungeclassicSoundtrackBig Band
about
Ray Conniff, one of the few commercially successful musical geniuses of our time, was born on November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. Ray was exposed to music at an early age, his father was the leader/trombonist of the local Jewelry City Band and his mother played the piano. As a junior in Attleboro High School, Ray and some of his buddies decided to start a dance orchestra. Taking some musical tips from his father, Ray started practicing trombone and wound up playing first trombone for the band. It was for this group that Ray did his first arrangement, his fellow musicians loved his interpretation of "Sweet Georgia Brown." Out of high school, Ray got his first professional job with Dan Murphy's "Musical Skippers" in Boston. He played trombone, arranged music and drove a panel truck for the band. When a friend of his told him that Boston was too small for a talented musician to make it, Ray headed for the Big Apple. Ray arrived in New York at the birth of "swing." Before finding a steady gig, he sat in with bands in local clubs and practiced his instrument devoutly. Opportunity found him and he landed his first paying job as trombonist/arranger for Bunny Berigan's band. After a 15 month stint with Berigan, Bob Crosby hired him away in 1939. Ray played with Crosby’s band for a year before he joined Artie Shaw's. Ray's reputation as an arranger was growing and his trombone solos were well known. After Shaw came Glen Gray and then with the onslaught of World War ll,
top songs
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The Twelve Days Of Christmas
3192Ring Christmas Bells
1963The Windmills Of Your Mind
1294Medley: The First Noel / Hark! the Herald Angels Sing / O Come, All Ye Faithful / We Wish You a Merr
1255It Never Rains In Southern California
1106Invisible Tears
1077The Look of Love
1038Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing
1019Red Roses for a Blue Lady
9510This Guy's In Love With You
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