Johnnie Ray Quotes
I am constantly asked why I never made other films after There's no business like show business, the answer is I was never asked.
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| Birth: | 10th January, 1927 |
| Death: | 24th February, 1990 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Singer |
John Alvin Ray was born in Dallas, Oregon, USA. He was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. He studied at Franklin High School, Portland, Oregon. He began singing professionally on a Portland, Oregon, radio station at age 15, sharing billing with Jane Powell, then a local young singer herself. 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 100 songs of 1952: "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried". In 1954, he made his first and only major motion picture, There's No Business Like Show Business, in which he, Ethel Merman, Marilyn Monroe and others were part of an ensemble cast. His other singles list shown below: "Please Mr. Sun," "Such a Night," "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," "Yes Tonight Josephine," and "Just Walkin' in the Rain."
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