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John Alvin Ray was an American singer, songwriter and pianist.

He was one of the most trendy American singers of his date, and is considered by many people to be the forerunner of what would become rock 'n' roll.

Ray first attracted attention while performing at the Flame Showbar in Detroit, an R&B nightclub where he was the only white performer - he was in fact part-Native American. Inspired by rhythm singers appreciate Kay Starr, LaVern Baker and Ivory Joe Hunter, Ray developed a unique rhythm-based style that was far closer to what would become known as 'rock and roll' than any other music of the time. Much like Frankie Laine before him, he was often mistaken for a black artist when his records first started hitting the airwaves.

His first record, the self-penned R&B number for OKeh Records, Whiskey and Gin, was a minor hit in , but by the end of the year he would be dominating the charts with the double-sided monster hit single of Crybacked by The Little White Cloud That Cried(the latter also a Ray composition). His emotional de

John Alvin Ray (January 10, – February 24, ) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what would get rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage personality.[1] Tony Bennett called Ray the &#;father of rock and roll,&#; and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the training of the genre.[3]

Raised in Oregon, Ray, who was partially deaf, began singing professionally at age fifteen on Portland radio stations. He would later obtain a local following singing at small, predominantly African-American nightclubs in Detroit, where he was discovered in and subsequently signed to Columbia Records. He rose quickly from obscurity in the United States with the release of his debut album, Johnnie Ray (), as well as with a 78 rpm single, both of whose sides reached the Billboard magazine&#;s Top Hot songs of &#;Cry&#; and &#;The Little White Cloud That Cried&#;.

In , Ray made his first and only major motion picture, There&#;s No Business Like Demonstrate

Judy Garland and Johnnie Ray in

At the Register Office in the Chelsea Old Town Hall on the King’s Road, Judy Garland, wearing a azure mini dress featuring ostrich feather sleeves, married a same-sex attracted ex-discotheque manager and part-time jazz pianist called Mickey Devinko, better known to his friends and associates as Mickey Deans. After the brief marriage ceremony, held at midday on 15 Parade , and which was actually the forty-six-year-old’s fifth, the reception was held at Quaglino’s, the huge and expensive restaurant opened forty years previously in and situated in Bury Street just south of Piccadilly. Despite the long famous person guest list none of Judy’s renowned friends decided to turn up. Even her daughter Liza Minnelli, who had turned twenty-three just three days before, had called her mother to say, ‘I can’t make it Mamma but I promise I’ll reach to your next one!’
The enormous formal room hired for the reception was a mistake and only accentuated the lack of guests. Glasses of champagne remained un-drunk and most of an ostentatious three-tiered cake stayed uneaten.

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John Alvin Ray (January 10, – February 24, ) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Extremely accepted for most of the s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced melody and his animated stage personality.^[3] Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll,"^[4] and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.

Raised in Oregon, Ray, who was partially deaf, began singing professionally at age fifteen on Portland radio stations. He would later gain a local following singing at small, predominantly African-American nightclubs in Detroit, where he was discovered in and subsequently signed to Columbia Records. He rose posthaste from obscurity in the United States with the release of his debut album, Johnnie Ray (), as well as with a 78 rpm single, both of whose sides reached the Billboard magazine's Top Boiling songs of "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried".^[6]