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Johnnie Ray

Although practically deaf, Johnnie Ray’s tear-inflected delivery tabbed him as an early-’50s sensation. Departing Oregon for Detroit, Ray discovered a gig in the Fire Golf club, an R&B and jazz organization. In 1951, Ray authorized with Columbia’s R&B subsidiary Okeh Information, although “Cry,” his histrionic million-seller that yr, was a …

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