Cry [Bear Family Single Disc]

Cry [Bear Family Single Disc]

by Johnnie Ray
Cry [Bear Family Single Disc]

Cry [Bear Family Single Disc]

by Johnnie Ray

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Overview

Like most of those popular singers who peaked in the period just before rock & roll emerged as a dominant force in music, Johnnie Ray has been neglected -- his own record label, Columbia, has issued a few hits compilations in varying degrees of completeness, which seems to be mostly what the U.S. market will support. But Germany's Bear Family Records has stepped out in front with a string of releases of Ray's catalog that started with this single CD and culminated with a similarly named box set. This 30-song collection has surprisingly little overlap with Columbia's 16 Most Requested Songs, so those already owning the latter will not have to concern themselves too deeply with that issue. Not all of the hits are here, by any means, but many of Ray's most interesting single sides are present, along with two previously unissued tracks. The sound is amazing, given the limited fidelity of many Columbia releases dating from across the same period, and anyone with doubts about Ray's versatility will get a first-hand look at his R&B and jazz influences, albeit not necessarily in their most commercially successful forms, and also the raw power of his voice -- additionally, numbers such as "Yes, Tonight Josephine" show how Ray did, indeed, keep himself competitive in the rock & roll era; it might not have the beat, but Ray's singing had the kind of edge that characterized some of the better pop-style efforts in that direction of the period. Also included are duets that he cut with Frankie Laine and Doris Day. The collection is well-annotated by Peter Grendysa, who gives a superb account of Ray's overall career. The only complaint one might have over the material is the producers' failure to follow even a minimal chronological order -- the songs jump all over the map across nine years of recording, which makes it a great showcase for Ray's range and depth, if not the evolution of his career and sound. ~ Bruce Eder

Product Details

Release Date: 06/27/1994
Label: Bear Family Records
UPC: 4000127154507
Rank: 172383

Tracks

  1. Yes Tonight, Josephine
  2. Just Walking in the Rain
  3. I've Got So Many Million Years
  4. Johnnie's Comin' Home
  5. Look Homeward Angel
  6. Up Above My Head
  7. Good Evening Friends
  8. Up Until Now
  9. How Long Blues
  10. You Don't Owe Me a Thing
  11. No Wedding Today
  12. Build Your Love (On a Strong Foundation)
  13. Street of Memories
  14. Miss Me Just a Little
  15. Texas Tambourine
  16. Pink Sweater Angel
  17. Soliloquy of a Fool
  18. Endlessly
  19. Plant a Little Seed
  20. Up Until Now
  21. I'll Make You Mine
  22. Papa Loves Mambo
  23. Ooo! Aah! Oh! (This Is Love)
  24. Flip, Flop and Fly
  25. Alexander's Ragtime Band
  26. The Little White Cloud That Cried
  27. Cry
  28. Ma Says, Pa Says
  29. A Full Time Job
  30. Such a Night
  31. Hernando's Hideaway

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Johnnie Ray   Primary Artist,Vocals
Buddy Weed   Piano
Arnold Fishkind   Bass
Mel Solomon   Trumpet
Hermann Grove Kapp   Drums
Hy White   Guitar
Danny Perri   Guitar
Pete Pumiglio   Saxophone
Mundell Lowe   Guitar
Bernie Glow   Trumpet
R.D. McMickle   Trumpet
A. Baker   Saxophone
Leo Kahn   Violin
Arnold Eidus   Violin
Theodore Nash   Saxophone
Henry Beau   Saxophone
Billy Mure   Guitar
Al Klink   Saxophone
Jack Marshall   Guitar
Ronald Woellmer   Trumpet
Harry Melnikoff   Violin
Lucien Schmit   Cello
Doles Dickens   Bass
Allen Hanlon   Guitar
Greene   Violin
Rubin Zarchy   Trumpet
Ludwig Bonkowski   Guitar
Frank Garisto   Drums
David Asch   Violin
P. Ciricillo   Trumpet
Louis Singer   Drums
William Schaefer   Trombone
Jim Dahl   Trombone
Al Robertson   Trombone
Allan W. Thompson   Trombone
Larry Altpeter   Trombone
Louis A. Gariston   Drums
Paul T. Smith   Piano
Russell Banzer   Saxophone
Alton Hendrickson   Guitar
Robert Dockstader   Trombone
Robert McGarity   Trombone
James Maxwell   Trumpet
Harold Feldman   Saxophone
Wallace Richardson   Guitar
Al Caiola   Guitar
Ed Shaughnessy   Drums
Frank Carroll   Bass
Barry Galbraith   Guitar
Milt Yaner   Saxophone
Bert Keyes   Organ
Joseph Malignaggi   Violin
Leo Kruczek   Violin
George Ockner   Violin
Al Casamenti   Guitar
Jack Zayde   Violin
Don Arnone   Guitar
Joseph "Kaiser" Marshall   Drums
William Versaci   Saxophone
Milton Lomask   Violin
Harry Zarief   Violin
E. Anthony Green   Violin
Eddie Kusby   Trombone
Ray Sims   Trombone
George Seaberg   Trumpet
Vanig Hovaepian   Guitar
Walter Betman   Saxophone
Herman Shertzer   Saxophone
Charles Magnante   Accordion
Lou Oles   Trumpet
Charlie Margulis   Trumpet
Wesley Webb West   Guitar (Steel)
Leonard Hartman   Saxophone
Al Godlis   Trombone
Sebastian Mure   Guitar
M. Weiser   Violin
Edward Thomas   Guitar
H Hoffman   Violin
James A. Grasso   Violin
Scooper   Saxophone
Richard Dickler   Viola
Manny Solomon   Saxophone
Panama Francis   Drums
Stan Freeman   Piano
Alvino Rey   Guitar
Tony Mottola   Guitar
Todd Sommer   Drums
Terry Snyder   Drums
Andrew Ackers   Piano
Bernie Leighton   Piano
Robert Bain   Guitar
Richard Henry   Saxophone
Babe Russin   Saxophone
The Four Lads   Choir/Chorus
Conrad Gozzo   Trumpet
Harry Katzman   Violin
Everett Barksdale   Guitar
Larry Elgart   Saxophone
Frankie Laine   Vocals
Eddie Safranski   Bass
Harold Wegbreit   Trumpet
George Barnes   Guitar
Walter Rodriguez   Drums
John Murtaugh   Saxophone
Charles Albertine   Saxophone
Vincent Terri   Guitar
John Pizzarelli   Guitar
John Ryan   Bass
Fred Stulce   Saxophone
Urbie Green   Trombone
Lucky Thompson   Saxophone
Phil Bodner   Saxophone
Phil Kraus   Drums
Jimmy Crawford   Drums
Nabil Totah   Bass
Nick Fatool   Drums
Ray Alonge   French Horn
George Van Eps   Guitar
Harry Breuer   Xylophone
Sol Gubin   Drums
Wolfe Taninbaum   Saxophone

Technical Credits

Richard Adler   Composer
Fred Ebb   Composer
Irving Berlin   Composer
Claude de Metruis   Composer
Peter Grendysa   Liner Notes
David Klein   Contractor
Paul Klein   Composer
Mitch Miller   Producer
Al Sherman   Composer
Al Stillman   Composer
George Siravo   Leader
George David Weiss   Composer
Winfield Scott   Composer
Frank Carroll   Contractor
Johnnie Ray   Leader,Composer
Lou Willie Turner   Composer
Lincoln Chase   Composer
Jerry Ross   Composer
Richard Weize   Reissue,Discography
Marty Robbins   Composer
Ray Conniff   Leader,Composer
Otis Blackwell   Composer
Al Hoffman   Composer
Milton Lomask   Contractor
Chuck Calhoun   Composer
Rebecca Everett   Mastering
Attilio J. Macero   Leader
Ann Engberg   Composer
Sister Rosetta Tharpe   Composer
Paul Weston   Leader
Sid Wayne   Composer
Bix Reichner   Composer
Bob Hilliard   Composer
Churchill Kohlman   Composer
Everett Barksdale   Leader
Clyde Otis   Composer
Fred Weismantel   Composer
Joe Reisman   Leader
Wally Gold   Composer
Johnny Bragg   Composer
Les Elgart   Leader
Wayne Shanklin   Composer
Dick Manning   Composer
Leroy Carr   Composer
Josef Marais   Composer
Robert Allen   Composer
Robert Riley   Composer
Percy Faith   Leader
Ollie Jones   Composer
Michael Delugg   Composer
Aaron Schroeder   Composer
Guy Wood   Composer
Stuart Hamblen   Composer
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