# Johnnie Ray
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John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll," and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.Raised in Dallas, Oregon, Ray, who was partially deaf, began singing professionally at age fifteen on Portland radio stations.
May 8 in Elvis History: A Fateful Meeting And A BBC Ban
It's May 8, and on May 8, 1954, 19-year-old Elvis Presley attended the Memphis Cotton Carnival with his girlfriend, Dixie Locke. That night, the gospel group The Jordanaires performed—an event widely believed to be the first time Elvis encountered the group that would later shape his signature soun…
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Silver Quintette - "Sinner's Crossroads" [0:00:00]
Original True Light Baptist Church Winnsboro, LA - "Easter Rock" [Recorded by Chris Brown. April 20, 2019.] [0:03:32]
Clouds of Lynn - "Crucifixion of Christ" [0:11:54]
Flying Clouds of Tuscaloosa, AL - "Salon Soliloquy" [Mr. Johnnie Ray] [0:17:10]…
NOW Yearbook '82: Ian Wade and ELECTRICITYCLUB.CO.UK
Poor old Johnnie Ray.
Actually, I wonder what the heart wrenching vocal superstar of the fifties made of his starring role in the biggest selling single of 1982, thirty years after his own chart topping run? Did anyone ever ask how he felt watching the footage of his younger self in the video for C…
November in rock, roots and blues history. (www.sablues.org)
Jerome presents historical rock, roots and blues events that occurred in the month of November in years gone by.
Podcast includes, in order of appearance, tracks by Jerry Lee Lewis, Slim Harpo, Fats Domino, Johnnie Ray, John Lennon, The Who, Rolling Stones, The Band, Milli Vanilli, Link Ra…
John Waters
Legendary filmmaker, writer, and cultural provocateur John Waters goes record shopping at Amoeba San Francisco in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. He talks about some of the best bad girl groups, including The Shangri-Las and The Donnas, plus '70s New York punk rock, a critically-panned movie sou…
1992 Release; Cross-cultural Collaboration; Pioneer Performer; Temporal paralysis; Privacy victory; Diverse Landscape; Unexpected demise; Athenian Plague; Misrepresentation; Precedence Theory
Daily Facts (20 Mar 2026)
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The music video for "Jump" by Kris Kross was originally released in 1992.
The project "American Values through Film" i…
The Oregon roots of rock-n-roll
At the peak of his popularity in the 1950s, no one was bigger than Oregon musician Johnnie Ray. A decade later, Portland’s The Kingsmen recorded one of the greatest rock songs of all time. Both groups helped make rock-and-roll what it is today. What was it about Oregon in the middle of the century …
Sing and Be Happy, Dammit #23: There's No Business Like Show Business
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Ethel Merman's disco album! Mitzi Gaynor and her 100 guys! Poor old Johnnie Ray! There's so much to discuss this week, as well as Marilyn Monroe's feminism, the Donald O'Connor/Dan Dailey scandal, and the sad state of the Oscar ceremony finale. And is there really no business like …
Susan Fenster on the book Harry Altman: Buffalo's Master Showman
Susan Fenster is a historian, journalist, and nonfiction author whose work focuses on preserving the history of Western New York. A graduate of Buffalo State College with degrees in History and Journalism, she has spent more than three decades researching regional history through archival documents…
Episode 492. Mommie Dearest, One Year Later
Today is the one-year anniversary of my dear mother’s death. Yesterday, in preparing for my own private commemoration, I remembered that almost exactly a year ago, just two days after she died, I recorded the narration for a memorial episode in her honor that at the time I never published. Listenin…
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