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"Joseph Raymond ""Ray"" Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the s.
Ray Conniff
American bandleader (1916–2002)
Musical artist
Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.
Biography
Conniff was born November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States,[1] and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book.[2]
Early career
After serving in the U.S.
Army in World War II (where he worked under Walter Schumann), he joined the Artie Shaw big band and wrote many arrangements for him.[1] After his stint with Shaw, he was hired in 1954 by Mitch Miller, head of A&R at Columbia Records, as the label's home arranger, working with several artists including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray.[1] He wrote a top-10 arrangement for Don Cherry's "Band of Gold" in 1955, a single that sol