Ray Lawrence (record industry)
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Ray Lawrence is a former bandleader
, record company executive, record producer
and personal manager.
. Ray's grandfather died in the Darr Mine Disaster
of 1907 in Wickhaven. After the disaster Ray's grandmother moved her children back to Uzhorod. While in Uzhorod and during World War I
, Ray's father, although he was a United States citizen, was drafted at the age of 16 into the Austrian Army. He served as a runner
in the trenches
. After his service he met his wife in Uzhorod, married and moved to Lorain
, Ohio, an industrial city 30 miles west of Cleveland, Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie
settled by many Eastern European immigrants. Two of the largest employers in Lorain during the early to mid 1900's were the American Ship Building Company
and U.S. Steel
.
Ray was born the middle of three children in Lorain, Ohio. He was in elementary school during the Great Depression
. While in high school on weekends and during the summer Ray worked at the Lorain Works of U.S. Steel, a large steel mill
on the shore of Lake Erie, as a laborer, burner and clerk. He would listen to his favorite big bands on the radio, from records and by attending live performances at the many ballrooms (including the Cedar Point Grand Ballroom, Crystal Beach Ballroom and others) that lined the Lake Erie shoreline.
On his 17th birthday, and before finishing high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy
. This was towards the end of World War II
. He wanted to be a dive bomber
gunner, but because of dental problems he wasn't offered that choice. He served in the Pacific Theatre
on the escort aircraft carrier USS Point Cruz (CVE-119)
. The USS Point Cruz hosted a Marine Corp air squadron. He was on the crew that commissioned the ship and was a plank owner. He served as a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun
gunner, 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
trainer and storekeeper. Because of his background he was simply known as "Russian" on the ship. During his service the ship had missions to Guam
, the Marshall Islands
, Okinawa, Iwo Jima
, Tokyo
and other locations. The ship also was at Buckner Bay in Okinawa during Typhoon Louise in 1945 and at Bikini Atoll
during preparations for the atomic bomb testing of Operation Crossroads
in 1946. After serving in the Navy 2 years he returned to Lorain, finished high school and then went to Ohio University
in Athens
, Ohio.
In 1948 while at Ohio University he started his own big band
consisting of 3 saxophones, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone and 3 rhythm players. He was a drummer. He was born Ray Skrepich, but when it came time to name his band he thought his name was too hard to remember and pronounce, so his father suggested he use his mother’s maiden name of Lawrence. As a result the band was named "Ray Lawrence and his Orchestra". After a couple of years his big band disbanded and he formed a rhythm and blues
quartet
named "Rockin Ray and his Rocket Rhythm". His quartet played race music on the chitlin' circuit
and shared the bill with groups such as Bo Diddly, Fats Domino
and Otis Williams and the Charms
.
In the spring of 1953 Ray stopped performing and became a salesman for American Tobacco Company
and then a reporter for F. W. Dodge Corporation. He then started his own theatrical booking agency in Cleveland, Ohio named Artistry and Promotion. He booked musical combos and some variety acts across the United States and Canada. He was married in February 1954, and subsequently he and his wife had three children.
In the fall of 1960 Ray joined Cosnat Distributing, a record distributor, in Cleveland, Ohio as a salesman. Jerry Blaine
founded Cosnat and it was a “leader in its field on the Eastern Seaboard “. In the fall of 1961 Ray moved to Los Angeles
, California and was instrumental in setting up Cosnat’s West Coast operations as a salesman and then branch manager.
In the fall of 1962 Ray became the general sales manager for Colpix Records
and Dimension Records
, which were divisions of Columbia Pictures
, in New York, New York. After a year Ray was promoted to General Manager
of Colpix Records and worked directly for Don Kirshner
. While at Colpix Records he signed and produced Woody Allen
’s first comedy album
and also signed John Davidson
and Davy Jones
before he became a member of “The Monkees
”.
In April of 1965 Ray started his own business, Ray Lawrence, Ltd. to specialize in promoting phonograph records and servicing rack jobbers, one stops and retail record outlets. Some of his clients included Johnny Mathis
, Robert Goulet
, Bill Cosby
, Woody Allen
, Barbara Streisand, Chet Atkins
, Jerry Reed
, Floyd Cramer
, Three Dog Night
, Steppenwolf
and others. He was known in the record business for his moniker, "The Record Man".
In the late 1970s he started Dobre Records, a jazz record label. He produced and released over 50 albums of jazz musicians including Milcho Leviev
, Cannonball Adderley, Ruth Brown
and others. A detailed discography is available below. Most of the records were recorded at Gold Star Studios
in Hollywood, California. Five of the albums he produced were nominated for Grammy awards. Ray was also involved in starting at least two other record labels, including Black Jazz Records
and Jazzz Records.
In May 1980, because of changes in the record industry business model Ray stopped promoting phonograph records and started acting as a personal manager for musical artists, variety acts and others. Some of his clients included Trini Lopez
, Al Martino
and Buzz Aldrin
.
Ray is retired and currently lives in Studio City, California.
Bandleader
A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
, record company executive, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
and personal manager.
Biography
Ray's father was born in Wickhaven, Pennsylvania and his mother was born in Uzhorod, BohemiaBohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
. Ray's grandfather died in the Darr Mine Disaster
Darr Mine Disaster
The Darr Mine Disaster at Van Meter, Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near Smithton, killed 239 men and boys on December 19, 1907. It ranks as the worst coal mining disaster in Pennsylvania history...
of 1907 in Wickhaven. After the disaster Ray's grandmother moved her children back to Uzhorod. While in Uzhorod and during World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, Ray's father, although he was a United States citizen, was drafted at the age of 16 into the Austrian Army. He served as a runner
Runner (war)
A runner was a soldier responsible for passing on messages between fronts during war. This was arguably the most dangerous job of all, since these soldiers obviously had to leave the safety of a trench, bunker or any other kind of shelter in order to move from one front to the other. One example is...
in the trenches
Trench warfare
Trench warfare is a form of occupied fighting lines, consisting largely of trenches, in which troops are largely immune to the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery...
. After his service he met his wife in Uzhorod, married and moved to Lorain
Lorain, Ohio
Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on Lake Erie, at the mouth of the Black River, about 30 miles west of Cleveland....
, Ohio, an industrial city 30 miles west of Cleveland, Ohio on the shore of Lake Erie
Lake Erie
Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest, and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes and therefore also has the shortest average water residence time. It is bounded on the north by the...
settled by many Eastern European immigrants. Two of the largest employers in Lorain during the early to mid 1900's were the American Ship Building Company
American Ship Building Company
The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898...
and U.S. Steel
U.S. Steel
The United States Steel Corporation , more commonly known as U.S. Steel, is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada, and Central Europe. The company is the world's tenth largest steel producer ranked by sales...
.
Ray was born the middle of three children in Lorain, Ohio. He was in elementary school during the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
. While in high school on weekends and during the summer Ray worked at the Lorain Works of U.S. Steel, a large steel mill
Steel mill
A steel mill or steelworks is an industrial plant for the manufacture of steel.Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon. It is produced in a two-stage process. First, iron ore is reduced or smelted with coke and limestone in a blast furnace, producing molten iron which is either cast into pig iron or...
on the shore of Lake Erie, as a laborer, burner and clerk. He would listen to his favorite big bands on the radio, from records and by attending live performances at the many ballrooms (including the Cedar Point Grand Ballroom, Crystal Beach Ballroom and others) that lined the Lake Erie shoreline.
On his 17th birthday, and before finishing high school, he enlisted in the United States Navy
United States Navy
The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...
. This was towards the end of World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. He wanted to be a dive bomber
Dive bomber
A dive bomber is a bomber aircraft that dives directly at its targets in order to provide greater accuracy for the bomb it drops. Diving towards the target reduces the distance the bomb has to fall, which is the primary factor in determining the accuracy of the drop...
gunner, but because of dental problems he wasn't offered that choice. He served in the Pacific Theatre
Pacific Ocean theater of World War II
The Pacific Ocean theatre was one of four major naval theatres of war of World War II, which pitted the forces of Japan against those of the United States, the British Commonwealth, the Netherlands and France....
on the escort aircraft carrier USS Point Cruz (CVE-119)
USS Point Cruz (CVE-119)
USS Point Cruz was a of the United States Navy.Named Trocadero Bay until 5 June 1944, was laid down on 4 December 1944 by Todd-Pacific Shipyards Incorporated, Tacoma, Washington; launched on 18 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Earl R. DeLong; and commissioned on 16 October 1945, with Captain Douglas T...
. The USS Point Cruz hosted a Marine Corp air squadron. He was on the crew that commissioned the ship and was a plank owner. He served as a 20 mm anti-aircraft gun
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
The Oerlikon 20 mm cannon is a series of autocannons, based on an original design by Reinhold Becker of Germany, very early in World War I, and widely produced by Oerlikon Contraves and others...
gunner, 40 mm anti-aircraft gun
Bofors 40 mm gun
The Bofors 40 mm gun is an anti-aircraft autocannon designed by the Swedish defence firm of Bofors Defence...
trainer and storekeeper. Because of his background he was simply known as "Russian" on the ship. During his service the ship had missions to Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...
, the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands
The Republic of the Marshall Islands , , is a Micronesian nation of atolls and islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, just west of the International Date Line and just north of the Equator. As of July 2011 the population was 67,182...
, Okinawa, Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, officially , is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain, which lie south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The island is located south of mainland Tokyo and administered as part of Ogasawara, one of eight villages of Tokyo...
, Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
and other locations. The ship also was at Buckner Bay in Okinawa during Typhoon Louise in 1945 and at Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll
Bikini Atoll is an atoll, listed as a World Heritage Site, in the Micronesian Islands of the Pacific Ocean, part of Republic of the Marshall Islands....
during preparations for the atomic bomb testing of Operation Crossroads
Operation Crossroads
Operation Crossroads was a series of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946. It was the first test of a nuclear weapon after the Trinity nuclear test in July 1945...
in 1946. After serving in the Navy 2 years he returned to Lorain, finished high school and then went to Ohio University
Ohio University
Ohio University is a public university located in the Midwestern United States in Athens, Ohio, situated on an campus...
in Athens
Athens, Ohio
Athens is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Athens County, Ohio, United States. It is located along the Hocking River in the southeastern part of Ohio. A historic college town, Athens is home to Ohio University and is the principal city of the Athens, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area. ...
, Ohio.
In 1948 while at Ohio University he started his own big band
Big band
A big band is a type of musical ensemble associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately twelve to twenty-five musicians...
consisting of 3 saxophones, 1 trumpet, 1 trombone and 3 rhythm players. He was a drummer. He was born Ray Skrepich, but when it came time to name his band he thought his name was too hard to remember and pronounce, so his father suggested he use his mother’s maiden name of Lawrence. As a result the band was named "Ray Lawrence and his Orchestra". After a couple of years his big band disbanded and he formed a rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
quartet
Quartet
In music, a quartet is a method of instrumentation , used to perform a musical composition, and consisting of four parts.-Western art music:...
named "Rockin Ray and his Rocket Rhythm". His quartet played race music on the chitlin' circuit
Chitlin' circuit
The "Chitlin' Circuit" was the collective name given to the string of performance venues throughout the eastern and southern United States that were safe and acceptable for African-American musicians, comedians, and other entertainers to perform during the age of racial segregation in the United...
and shared the bill with groups such as Bo Diddly, Fats Domino
Fats Domino
Antoine Dominique "Fats" Domino, Jr. is an American R&B and rock and roll pianist and singer-songwriter. He was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Creole was his first language....
and Otis Williams and the Charms
Otis Williams and the Charms
Otis Williams and the Charms were an American doo-wop vocal group in the 1950s, who were originally billed as The Charms. Williams is not related to Otis Williams of The Temptations.-Career:...
.
In the spring of 1953 Ray stopped performing and became a salesman for American Tobacco Company
American Tobacco Company
The American Tobacco Company was a tobacco company founded in 1890 by J. B. Duke through a merger between a number of U.S. tobacco manufacturers including Allen and Ginter and Goodwin & Company...
and then a reporter for F. W. Dodge Corporation. He then started his own theatrical booking agency in Cleveland, Ohio named Artistry and Promotion. He booked musical combos and some variety acts across the United States and Canada. He was married in February 1954, and subsequently he and his wife had three children.
In the fall of 1960 Ray joined Cosnat Distributing, a record distributor, in Cleveland, Ohio as a salesman. Jerry Blaine
Jerry Blaine
Jerry Blaine was a bandleader, label owner, record distributor, and singer who recorded 18 sides for the Master and Bluebird labels in 1937-1938.-Biography:...
founded Cosnat and it was a “leader in its field on the Eastern Seaboard “. In the fall of 1961 Ray moved to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
, California and was instrumental in setting up Cosnat’s West Coast operations as a salesman and then branch manager.
In the fall of 1962 Ray became the general sales manager for Colpix Records
Colpix Records
Colpix Records was the first recording company for Columbia Pictures–Screen Gems. Colpix got its name from combining Columbia and Pictures . It was founded by Jonie Taps and Harry Cohn in 1958, and was based in New York City. Paul Wexler headed the label. Stu Phillips was in charge of A&R...
and Dimension Records
Dimension Records
Dimension Records was a record label founded in 1962 in New York City by Don Kirshner and Al Nevins, owners of Aldon Music. It concentrated on the girl group sound and showcased songs by Goffin and King. Their composition "The Loco-Motion", sung by Little Eva, gave it its biggest hit...
, which were divisions of Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
, in New York, New York. After a year Ray was promoted to General Manager
General manager
General manager is a descriptive term for certain executives in a business operation. It is also a formal title held by some business executives, most commonly in the hospitality industry.-Generic usage:...
of Colpix Records and worked directly for Don Kirshner
Don Kirshner
Don Kirshner , known as "The Man With the Golden Ear", was an American song publisher and rock producer who is best known for managing songwriting talent as well as successful pop groups, such as The Monkees, Kansas and The Archies.-Early life:Don Kirshner was born to Gilbert Kirshner, a tailor,...
. While at Colpix Records he signed and produced Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
’s first comedy album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
and also signed John Davidson
John Davidson (entertainer)
John Hamilton Davidson, Sr. is an American singer, actor and game show host known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991....
and Davy Jones
Davy Jones (actor)
David Thomas "Davy" Jones is an English rock singer-songwriter and actor best known as a member of the Monkees.-Early life:...
before he became a member of “The Monkees
The Monkees
The Monkees are an American pop rock group. Assembled in Los Angeles in 1966 by Robert "Bob" Rafelson and Bert Schneider for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968, the musical acting quartet was composed of Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork,...
”.
In April of 1965 Ray started his own business, Ray Lawrence, Ltd. to specialize in promoting phonograph records and servicing rack jobbers, one stops and retail record outlets. Some of his clients included Johnny Mathis
Johnny Mathis
John Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
, Robert Goulet
Robert Goulet
Robert Gerard Goulet was a Canadian American entertainer as a singer and actor. He played the role of Lancelot in the Broadway musical Camelot of 1960.-Early life:...
, Bill Cosby
Bill Cosby
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr. is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, educator, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, the...
, Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
, Barbara Streisand, Chet Atkins
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
, Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed
Jerry Reed Hubbard , known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country music singer, innovative guitarist, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films...
, Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer
Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...
, Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band best known for their music from 1968 to 1975. During that time the band charted 21 Billboard top 40 hits in America, three of which reached Number One...
, Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf (band)
Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
and others. He was known in the record business for his moniker, "The Record Man".
In the late 1970s he started Dobre Records, a jazz record label. He produced and released over 50 albums of jazz musicians including Milcho Leviev
Milcho Leviev
Milcho Leviev is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist.Milcho Leviev graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1960 majoring in Composition under Professor Pancho Vladigerov and in Piano under Professor Andrei Stoyanov...
, Cannonball Adderley, Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown was an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and actress, noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and " He Treats Your Daughter Mean".For these...
and others. A detailed discography is available below. Most of the records were recorded at Gold Star Studios
Gold Star Studios
Gold Star Studios was a major independent recording studio located in Los Angeles, California, United States. For more than thirty years, from 1950 to 1984, Gold Star was one of the most influential and successful commercial recording studios in the world....
in Hollywood, California. Five of the albums he produced were nominated for Grammy awards. Ray was also involved in starting at least two other record labels, including Black Jazz Records
Black Jazz Records
Black Jazz Records was a jazz record label founded in Oakland, California during the early 1970s by jazz pianist Gene Russell.Russell founded the label as an alternative to traditional jazz invoking a more political and spiritual tone often with funk overtones. Black Jazz released various types...
and Jazzz Records.
In May 1980, because of changes in the record industry business model Ray stopped promoting phonograph records and started acting as a personal manager for musical artists, variety acts and others. Some of his clients included Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez
Trini Lopez is an American singer, guitarist and actor.-Career:Lopez was born in Dallas, Texas, on Ashland Street in the Little Mexico neighborhood. He began his entertainment career in Dallas playing at the Vegas Club, a nightclub owned by Jack Ruby...
, Al Martino
Al Martino
Al Martino was an American singer and actor. He had his greatest success as a singer between the early 1950s and mid 1970s, being described as "one of the great Italian American pop crooners", and also became well known as an actor, particularly for his role as singer Johnny Fontane in The...
and Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American mechanical engineer, retired United States Air Force pilot and astronaut who was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in history...
.
Ray is retired and currently lives in Studio City, California.
Discography
Some albums that Ray has produced.| Dobre Number | Artist | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1000 | Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres... |
Latin Guitar |
| 1001 | Chuck Flores Chuck Flores Chuck Flores is an American jazz drummer. One of the relatively small number of musicians associated with West Coast jazz who are actually from the West Coast, Flores was born Charles Walter Flores in Orange, California, and grew up in Santa Ana... Quintet |
Flores Azules |
| 1003 | Elliott Fisher | Land of Make Believe |
| 1004 | Bobby Hackett Bobby Hackett Robert Leo "Bobby" Hackett was an US jazz musician who played trumpet, cornet and guitar with the bands of Glenn Miller and Benny Goodman in the late thirties and early forties.-Biography:... Quartet |
Thanks Bobby |
| 1005 | The Vigs | Somebody Loves Me |
| 1006 | Stanley Behrens Trio | Jazz Harmonica De Luxe |
| 1007 | Mundell Lowe Mundell Lowe Mundell Lowe is an American jazz guitarist.Lowe was born in Laurel, Mississippi on 21 March 1922. In the 1930s he played country music and Dixieland jazz. He later played with big bands and orchestras, and on television in New York City. In the 1960s, Lowe composed music for films and television... Trio |
Guitar Player |
| 1008 | Cannonball Adderley Quintet | Volume 1 of III |
| 1009 | Della Griffin Della Griffin Della Griffin is a jazz vocalist and drummer. She was a member of two of the first all female R&B groups in the 1950s, The Enchanters and The Dell-Tones.-Career:... with Trio |
Sings |
| 1010 | H. Ray Crawford Quartet | It’s About Time |
| 1011 | Harry Bluestone Duo | Artistry in Jazz |
| 1012 | Bobby Forrester Trio | Organist |
| 1013 | Floyd Huddleston with Mundell Lowe Quartet | Happy Birthday Jesus |
| 1014 | Anita O’Day with Trio | Anita O’Day |
| 1015 | Tommy Vig Quintet | Tommy Vig 1978 |
| 1016 | Sonny Til Sonny Til Sonny Til was the stage name of Earlington Carl Tilghman , lead singer of The Orioles, a vocal group from Baltimore, Maryland.... and The Orioles |
Sonny Til and The Orioles Today |
| 1017 | Johnny Guarnieri Johnny Guarnieri Johnny Guarnieri was an American virtuoso jazz and stride pianist, born in New York City, perhaps best known for his big band stints with Benny Goodman in 1939 and with Artie Shaw in 1940... Trio |
Makin’ Whopee |
| 1018 | Mundell Lowe Mundell Lowe Mundell Lowe is an American jazz guitarist.Lowe was born in Laurel, Mississippi on 21 March 1922. In the 1930s he played country music and Dixieland jazz. He later played with big bands and orchestras, and on television in New York City. In the 1960s, Lowe composed music for films and television... Trio |
The Incomparable Mundell Lowe |
| 1019 | Ray Cooper & Group | Everybody’s Cup of Tea |
| 1020 | Les Demerle | Transfusion |
| 1021 | H. Ray Crawford Quartet | Piano Lesson |
| 1022 | John Tiribasso Quintet | Diamond Cufflinks and Mink |
| 1023 | Pete Candoli Pete Candoli Pete Candoli was an American swing and West Coast jazz trumpeter. He played with the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, and many others, and worked extensively in the studios of the recording and television industries... Quartet |
From the Top |
| 1024 | Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres... Trio |
Laurindo Almeida Trio |
| 1025 | Milcho Leviev Milcho Leviev Milcho Leviev is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist.Milcho Leviev graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1960 majoring in Composition under Professor Pancho Vladigerov and in Piano under Professor Andrei Stoyanov... Quartet |
Piano Lesson |
| 1026 | Sonny Til Sonny Til Sonny Til was the stage name of Earlington Carl Tilghman , lead singer of The Orioles, a vocal group from Baltimore, Maryland.... with Band |
Back to the Chapel |
| 1027 | Roger Kellaway Roger Kellaway Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger, and pianist.Born in Waban, Massachusetts, he is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory... |
Solo Piano |
| 1028 | Billy Perkins | Sings for Jesus |
| 1029 | Anita O’Day with Trio | There’s Only One |
| 1030 | Jay Orlando Quartet | In a Mello-Tone |
| 1031 | Mel Henke Trio | Love Touch |
| 1032 | Farley Parkenfarker | Plays Elvis |
| 1033 | Nat McCoy with Group | Soul |
| 1034 | Bill Farrell Bill Farrell (singer) Bill Farrell was a recording artist in the 1950s on the MGM and TEL record labels, with songs that have been covered by many artists over the millennia.... with Trio |
Lush Life |
| 1035 | Dave & Larry Koonse Quartet | Father & Son Jazz Guitar |
| 1036 | Smokey Stover and the Magnificent 7 | Anyone for Country Hoe-Down |
| 1037 | Joe Conley Joe Conley Joe Conley is an American actor.In a career going back to 1956, he has played many roles, but is probably most remembered for the part of storekeeper "Ike Godsey" in The Waltons opposite Ronnie Claire Edwards, who portrayed the bossy wife Corabeth Walton Godsey.He is married with three daughters... & Eric Scott Eric Scott Eric Scott may refer to:* Eric Scott , American actor* Eric R. Scott, Canadian filmmaker* Eric Scott , New Hampshire radio personality-See also:*Erick Scott, Costa Rican footballer... |
Of the Waltons |
| 1038 | Page Cavanaugh Page Cavanaugh Page Cavanaugh was an American jazz and pop pianist, vocalist, and arranger.... Trio |
Is Alive |
| 1039 | Milcho Leviev Milcho Leviev Milcho Leviev is a Bulgarian composer, arranger, jazz performer and pianist.Milcho Leviev graduated from the State Academy of Music in 1960 majoring in Composition under Professor Pancho Vladigerov and in Piano under Professor Andrei Stoyanov... Quartet |
Blue Levis |
| 1040 | Jay Orlando Quartet | Jay Orlando Loves Earl Bostic |
| 1041 | Ruth Brown Ruth Brown Ruth Brown was an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, composer and actress, noted for bringing a pop music style to R&B music in a series of hit songs for Atlantic Records in the 1950s, such as "So Long", "Teardrops from My Eyes" and " He Treats Your Daughter Mean".For these... with Trio |
You Don’t Know Me |
| 1042 | Lou Levy Lou Levy (pianist) Louis A. Levy , generally known as Lou Levy, was a bebop-based pianist who worked with many top jazz artists, later coming to embrace the cool jazz medium and playing in that style as well .Levy was born to Jewish parents in Chicago and started playing piano when he was 12... Trio |
A Touch of Class |
| 1043 | Frankie Ortega Frankie Ortega Frankie Ortega was a bandleader with The Frankie Ortega Trio during the 1950s and 1960s. Ortega released Swingin' Abroad on Jubilee Records in 1958 and he composed the theme music for the TV series "King of Diamonds" in 1961... Trio |
Smokin’ |
| 1044 | Edie Miller Quartet | Legend |
| 1045 | Roger Kellaway Roger Kellaway Roger Kellaway is an American composer, arranger, and pianist.Born in Waban, Massachusetts, he is an alumnus of the New England Conservatory... |
Say That Again |
| 1046 | Page Cavanaugh Page Cavanaugh Page Cavanaugh was an American jazz and pop pianist, vocalist, and arranger.... Trio |
Next Page |
| 1047 | Herb Jeffries with Trio | I Remember the Bing |
| 1048 | Dave & Larry Koonse Quartet | Son of Jazz Guitar |
| 1049 | Linda Guymon with Quartet | Steve Allen Steve Allen Steve Allen may refer to:*Steve Allen , American musician, comedian, and writer*Steve Allen , presenter on the London-based talk radio station LBC 97.3... Presents Linda Guymon |
| 1050 | Pete & Conte Candoli Conte Candoli Secondo "Conte" Candoli was an American jazz trumpeter based on the West Coast. He played in the big bands of Woody Herman, Stan Kenton, Benny Goodman, and Dizzy Gillespie, and in Doc Severinsen's NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show. He played with Gerry Mulligan, and on Frank Sinatra's TV specials... Sextet |
Candoli Brothers |
| 1051 | Abe Most Quartet | The Most-Abe Most That Is |
| 1052 | Laurie Loman with Orchestra | Country Weepers |
| 1053 | Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian virtuoso guitaristand composer who made many recordings of enduring impact in classical, jazz and Latin genres... and Herb Jeffries |
Play and Sing the Duke |
| 1054 | Gene Townsel | Time Wounds All Heels |
| 1055 | Mike Warren | Survival Kit |
| 1056 | Eddie Joe Downs | Hard Times |
| 1057 | Monty Budwig Monty Budwig Monty Rex Budwig was a West Coast jazz double bassist. He was born in Pender, Nebraska. He began playing bass during high school, continuing in the military band while he was enlisted in the Air Force.... |
Dig |
| 1058 | George Russell with Orchestra | George Russell in London |
| 1059 | Herb Jeffries with Trio | The King and Me |
| 1060 | Don Randi & Quest | Bermuda Triangle |
| 1061 | George Smith | Harmonica Blues King |
| 1062 | Dick Whittinghill Dick Whittinghill Dick Whittinghill was an American movie and television actor, recording artist and radio disc jockey in the United States... |
The Romance of Helen Trump |
| 1063 | Jay Orlando | Horn Aplenty |
| 1064 | Bill Farrell Bill Farrell (singer) Bill Farrell was a recording artist in the 1950s on the MGM and TEL record labels, with songs that have been covered by many artists over the millennia.... |
Maybe this Time |
| 1065 | Bill Farrell Bill Farrell (singer) Bill Farrell was a recording artist in the 1950s on the MGM and TEL record labels, with songs that have been covered by many artists over the millennia.... |
Sings Favorite Concertos |