Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores
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Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores This finding aid was created by Joyce Moore and Kayla McDuffie on July 06, 2018. Persistent URL for this finding aid: http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1n594 © 2018 The Regents of the University of Nevada. All rights reserved. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Box 457010 4505 S. Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7010 [email protected] Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores Table of Contents Summary Information ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Biographical Note ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Scope and Contents Note ................................................................................................................................ 4 Arrangement .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................. 4 Related Materials ............................................................................................................................................. 5 Names and Subjects ........................................................................................................................................ 5 Collection Inventory ........................................................................................................................................ 5 - Page 2 - Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores Summary Information Repository: University of Nevada, Las Vegas. University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives. Creator: Ray, Johnnie Collector: Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center Title: Johnnie Ray Music Scores ID: MS-00489 Date [inclusive]: 1958-1991 Physical Description: 9.58 Linear Feet (12 boxes and 4 oversized boxes) Language of the English Material: Abstract: The Johnnie Ray Music Scores contain hand-written musical scores from the musician Johnnie Ray that were created between 1958 and 1991. Johnnie Ray was a singer, songwriter, and pianist. He was most notable for the songs "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried." Preferred Citation Johnnie Ray Music Scores, 1958-1991. MS-00489. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. ^ Return to Table of Contents Biographical Note Musician John (Johnnie) Alvin Ray was born on January 10, 1927 in Hopewell, Oregon and spent his childhood on a farm before moving to Portland, Oregon as a teenager. He became deaf in his right ear at the age of thirteen due to an accident while on a trip with his Boy Scout Troop. Ray first attracted attention while performing in Detroit, in an R & B nightclub where he was the only white performer. He found his inspiration in rhythm singers like Kay Starr, LaVern Baker and Ivory Joe Hunter. Ray developed a unique rhythm-based style that was far closer to what would become known as "rock and roll." Listeners often assumed he was African American when his records were first broadcast over the radio. His first record was one he wrote himself, "Whiskey and Gin." It became a minor hit in 1951, but by the end of the year Ray would be dominating the charts with the extremely successful hit "Cry" backed by "The Little White Cloud That Cried," for which he also wrote the music and lyrics. He quickly became a teen idol. - Page 3- Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores In 1952 Ray established the Johnnie Ray Foundation for the deaf, with the express purpose of supplying underprivileged children and adults with hearing aids. Through Ray's donations and donations of others, training devices for hearing impaired children were purchased and given to deaf schools and scholarship grants were obtained for the training of teachers for the deaf. In 1958 an operation intended to restore Ray's hearing left him almost completely deaf in both ears. Ray's unorthodox performing style included beating up his piano, writhing on the floor and what he became most famous for: crying. With a plethora of hit songs in the 1950s, he was soon being pushed aside as younger and younger artists began dominating the charts. Johnnie Ray passed away on February 24, 1990, in Los Angeles, California from chronic liver disease. ^ Return to Table of Contents Scope and Contents Note The Johnnie Ray Music Scores contain hand-written musical scores from the musician Johnnie Ray that were created between 1958 and 1991. Johnnie Ray was a singer, songwriter, and pianist. He was most notable for the songs "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried." ^ Return to Table of Contents Arrangement Material is arranged alphabetically by song title in boxes 1-9. Subsequent material was processed later and is arranged in shorter alphabetical runs (boxes 10-12, 13, 14-16). ^ Return to Table of Contents Administrative Information Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights For permission to reproduce or publish from this collection, please contact the Director of Special Collections. - Page 4- Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores Acquisition Note Materials were collected by the director of the Arnold Shaw Popular Music Research Center in 2004 and transferred to Special Collections, accession number 2004-014. Processing Note Material was processed by Joyce Moore in 2007. In 2014, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Kayla McDuffie revised and enhanced the collection description to bring it into compliance with current professional standards. Subsequently Kayla McDuffie entered the data into ArchivesSpace. Revision Description The finding aid was revised by Kayla McDuffie to bring it into compliance with DACS. July 2014 ^ Return to Table of Contents Related Materials Separation Note Commercial sheet music has been removed and is housed in the UNLV Music Library. Material from box 10 (parts for "Born to Buck") has been removed and cataloged in the Dick Stabile Music Scores. Dick Stabile Music Scores, approximately 1935-1980. MS-00648. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. ^ Return to Table of Contents Names and Subjects • sheet music • Music • scores Collection Inventory Title/Description Containers 2-4-the Road, undated box 01 folder 01 - Page 5- Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores A Child is Born, undated box 01 folder 02 Affair, undated box 01 folder 03 After the Lovin', undated box 01 folder 04 Ain't Misbehavin', 1985 box 01 folder 05 Ain't She Sweet, undated box 01 folder 06 Alexander's Ragtime, undated box 01 folder 07 Alexander's Ragtime Band, 1987 box 01 folder 08 Alley Cat, undated box 01 folder 09 All in the Game, 1959 box 01 folder 10 All of Me, 1961 box 01 folder 11 All the Things, undated box 01 folder 12 All the Way, undated box 01 folder 13 Alright, Okay You Win, 1959 box 01 folder 14 Always, undated box 01 folder 15 And I Love You So, undated box 01 folder 16 Anniversary Song, undated box 01 folder 17 Anything Goes, undated box 01 folder 18 April in Paris, undated box 01 folder 19 Ashor Son of David, undated box 01 folder 20 As Long As We're Together, undated box 01 folder 21 As Time Goes By (two arrangements), undated box 01 folder 22 A-Train, undated box 01 folder 23 At the Copa, undated box 01 folder 24 Autumn in NY, undated box 01 folder 25 Autumn Leaves, undated box 01 folder 26 Babylon, undated box 01 folder 27 Baia, undated box 01 folder 28 Ballerina, undated box 01 folder 29 Basin Street, undated box 01 folder 30 Bedtime Story, undated box 01 folder 31 Begin the Beguine, undated box 01 folder 32 Bellavia, undated box 01 folder 33 - Page 6- Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores Bernie's Tune, undated box 01 folder 34 Beseme Mucho, undated box 01 folder 35 Bidin' My TIme, undated box 01 folder 36 Big Frank, undated box 01 folder 37 Black Magic, undated box 01 folder 38 Blue Moon, undated box 01 folder 39 Body and Soul, undated box 01 folder 40 Bone of Wayne, undated box 01 folder 41 Boy Next Door, undated box 01 folder 42 Brazil, undated box 01 folder 43 Bring Along My Banjo, 1991 box 01 folder 44 Broken Hearted, 1982 box 01 folder 45 BT BT B, undated box 01 folder 46 But Not For Me, undated box 01 folder 47 Bye Bye Blackbirds, undated box 01 folder 48 Call Me Irresponsible, undated box 02 folder 01 Candlelight, undated box 02 folder 02 Can't Get Started, undated box 02 folder 03 Can't Smile Without You, undated box 02 folder 04 Can't Take Away, undated box 02 folder 05 Caranan, undated box 02 folder 06 Charade, undated box 02 folder 07 Chase the Clouds Away, undated box 02 folder 08 Chicago, undated box 02 folder 09 Chinatown, undated box 02 folder 10 Claudia, undated box 02 folder 11 Clear Day, undated box 02 folder 12 Close to You, undated box 02 folder 13 Cloud-Cry Medley, 1958 box 02 folder 14 Come On Girl, undated box 02 folder 15 Come Saturday Morning, undated box 02 folder 16 Corner Pocket, undated box 02 folder 17 - Page 7- Guide to the Johnnie Ray Music Scores Crazy Rhyme, undated box 02 folder 18 Cry, undated box 02 folder 19 Cry Closer, undated box 02 folder 20 Cry Me a River, undated box 02 folder 21 Dancing on the Ceiling, undated box 02 folder 22 Danny Boy, undated box 02 folder 23 Dark Eyes, undated box 02 folder 24 Day By Day, 1958