Ray Conniff

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arranger bandleader composer human record producer trombonist

Ray Conniff was an American bandleader, arranger, and trombonist best known for his easy-listening orchestral and choral recordings that gained wide popularity in the mid-20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Ray Conniff canonical 9
Ray Conniff Singers 2
The Ray Conniff Singers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
trombonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1930s ⓘ
associatedAct Ray Conniff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ray Conniff Singers
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Chorus ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath head injuries from a fall ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1916-11-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2002-10-12 ⓘ
employer Columbia Records ⓘ
familyName Conniff ⓘ
founded Ray Conniff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ray Conniff Singers
fullName Joseph Raymond Conniff ⓘ
genre easy listening ⓘ
orchestral pop ⓘ
vocal pop ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
Raymond ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.rayconniff.info/ ⓘ
instrument trombone ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
notableAchievement sold millions of albums worldwide ⓘ
notableFor easy-listening orchestral and choral recordings ⓘ
mid-20th-century popular music success ⓘ
popularizing choral backing in pop and easy-listening music ⓘ
notableWork Christmas with Conniff ⓘ
S Wonderful ⓘ
Somewhere My Love ⓘ
Young at Heart ⓘ
occupation arranger ⓘ
bandleader ⓘ
composer ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
trombonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Attleboro ⓘ
surface form: Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath Escondido ⓘ
surface form: Escondido, California, United States
recordLabel CBS Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
style lush orchestral arrangements ⓘ
wordless vocal chorus arrangements ⓘ
workedWith Johnny Mathis ⓘ
Marty Robbins ⓘ
Mitch Miller ⓘ

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I’m Sitting on Top of the World → hasNotableRecordingBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
subject surface form: I'm Sitting on Top of the World
Honeycomb → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ray Conniff Singers
Some Enchanted Evening → notableRecordingBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
Jamaica Farewell → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
Ray Conniff → associatedAct → Ray Conniff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ray Conniff Singers
Ray Conniff → founded → Ray Conniff self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ray Conniff Singers
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes → hasCoverVersionBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
Hooray for Hollywood → hasNotableRecordingBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
They Say It’s Wonderful → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
Tico-Tico no Fubá → hasNotableRecordingBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
Dancin’ with Tears in My Eyes → hasBeenRecordedBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ
Song Sung Blue → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Ray Conniff ⓘ