Ray Conniff (1916 – 2002) - $65.00

Ray Conniff
American Musician and Band Leader
Signed Photo with AMQ

RAY CONNIFF (1916–2002). American Musician and Band Leader who learned to play the trombone from his father and studied music arranging from a course book.

Conniff worked with several artists, including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray. He wrote a top 10 arrangement for Don Cherry’s “Band of Gold” in 1955. This was a single that sold more than a million copies. Some of the MANY hit singles he backed with his orchestra were “Yes Tonight Josephine” and “Just Walkin’ in the Rain” by Johnnie Ray; “Chances Are” and “It’s Not for Me to Say” by Johnny Mathis; “A White Sport Coat” and “The Hanging Tree” by Marty Robbins; “Moonlight Gambler” by Frankie Leine; “Up Above My Head,” a duet by Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray; and “Pet Me, Poppa” by Rosemary Clooney. He also backed up the albums Tony by Tony Bennett, Blue Swing by Eileen Rodgers, Swingin’ for Two by Don Cherry, and half the tracks of The Big Beat by Johnnie Ray.

Signed Photograph with a ONE BAR AMQ. Ray Conniff has signed a publicity 8 x 10 photo To Angie adding Best wishes Ray Conniff adding one bar AMQ (Autographed Musical Quotation) in black felt pen on the white part of the photo to the left of his shoulder, providing the BEST Contrast! $65.00

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