"Ray Conniff," we were thinking as we opened "Christmas With," "elevator music." Then we played the CD, and found ourselves flooded with memories of what Christmas was like for us, growing up in the 50's and 60's. Ray Conniff Singers : Christmas with Conniff On 12th October 2002 Ray Conniff passed away in San Diego.ġ967 - Grammy Winners - Best Performance by a Chorus - Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme From Dr. He was the proud recipient of a Grammy Award for his recording of "Somewhere My Love", two Grammy nominations, over 10 gold albums, 2 platinum albums ("Somewhere My Love" and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"), CBS Records-Best Selling Artist for 1962 Award and countless international awards. Ray survived in the music business for over 65 years, he recorded over 100 albums and sold over 70 million albums, cassettes and CD's. It was for this group that Ray did his first arrangement, his fellow musicians loved his interpretation of "Sweet Georgia Brown." Taking some musical tips from his father, Ray started practicing trombone and wound up playing first trombone for the band. As a junior in Attleboro High School, Ray and some of his buddies decided to start a dance orchestra. Ray was exposed to music at an early age, his father was the leader/trombonist of the local Jewelry City Band and his mother played the piano. Ray Conniff was born on November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. | Vocal Jazz | Choral | Christmas | Instructional | Arrangements The Ray Conniff Singers Home | Doo Wop | Barbershop | World | Contemporary | Christian In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument
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