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Ray Conniff

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1916 (Attleboro), Died October 12, 2002 (Escondido)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1935 - 1954

Roles Represented in DAHR: trombone, arranger, composer, leader

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor MS-023738 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early June 1938 Now it can be told Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-023739 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early June 1938 Flat foot floogie Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor ; Bernie Mackey Jazz/dance band and vocal soloists instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-023740 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early June 1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Dick Wharton Jazz/dance band and male vocal solos instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-023741 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early June 1936 Pied piper Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor Jazz/dance band and female vocal soloist instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-023742 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early June 1938 Wearin' of the green Bunny Berigan Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-024474 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early July 1938 Small fry Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor Jazz/dance band and female vocal solos instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-024475 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early July 1938 Hi yo, Silver Bunny Berigan Orchestra ; Ruth Gaylor ; Dick Wharton Jazz/dance band and vocal soloists instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-024476 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early July 1938 I used to be color blind Bunny Berigan Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor MS-024477 16-in. (33-1/3 rpm) approximately early July 1938 Sing, you sinners Bunny Berigan Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor BS-035035 10-in. 3/15/1939 Little gates special Bunny Berigan Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BS-035036 10-in. 3/15/1939 Gangbusters' holiday Bunny Berigan Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor PBS-055194 10-in. 12/4/1940 Prelude in C major Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BS-068194 10-in. 11/12/1941 To a Broadway rose Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BS-070345 10-in. 10/30/1941 Just kiddin' around Artie Shaw Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor BS-071710 10-in. 1/21/1942 Needlenose Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer, arranger  
Victor BS-073424 10-in. 3/11/1942 Three little sisters Four V's ; Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with vocal quartet instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor BS-073425 10-in. 3/11/1942 Be brave, beloved Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor BS-073426 10-in. 3/11/1942 Sleepy lagoon Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor BS-073427 10-in. 3/11/1942 Coming out party Vaughn Monroe's Orchestra Jazz/dance band instrumentalist, trombone  
Victor D4VB-1055 10-in. 11/23/1944 Jumpin' on the merry-go-round Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor D5VB-1054 10-in. 6/5/1945 Kasbah Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor D5VB-1055 10-in. 6/5/1945 Lament Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Victor D5VB-1061 10-in. 6/8/1945 Lucky number Artie Shaw Orchestra Jazz/dance band composer  
Decca 65942 10-in. 7/10/1939 You and your love Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 65943 10-in. 7/10/1939 Melancholy mood Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 65998 10-in. 7/24/1939 Over the rainbow Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 65999 10-in. 7/24/1939 Oh you crazy moon Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66000 10-in. 7/24/1939 Day in, day out Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66220 10-in. 8/29/1939 Boogie woogie Maxixe Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66221 10-in. 8/29/1939 Blue orchids Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66222 10-in. 8/29/1939 The world is waiting for the sunrise Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66292 10-in. 9/6/1939 What used to was used to was Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66293 10-in. 9/6/1939 Lilacs in the rain Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66539 10-in. 9/11/1939 can I help it? Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66540 10-in. 9/11/1939 The starlit hour Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66666 10-in. 9/25/1939 The little man who wasn't there Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66667 10-in. 9/25/1939 (Why couldn't it last) Last night Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66702 10-in. 10/2/1939 Air mail stomp Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66791 10-in. 10/23/1939 I thought about you Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66792 10-in. 10/23/1939 Happy birthday to love Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66793 10-in. 10/23/1939 For dancers only Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66794 10-in. 10/23/1939 The answer is love Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66830 10-in. 11/6/1939 It's a whole new thing Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66831 10-in. 11/6/1939 Angry Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66832 10-in. 11/6/1939 Complainin' Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66939 10-in. 12/6/1939 Between 18th and 19th on Chestnut Street Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66940 10-in. 12/6/1939 Pinch me Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66941 10-in. 12/6/1939 I wanna wrap you up Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 66942 10-in. 12/6/1939 The little red fox Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67095 10-in. 1/23/1940 I've got my eyes on you Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67096 10-in. 1/23/1940 Angel Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67097 10-in. 1/23/1940 Ooh! What you said Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67098 10-in. 1/23/1940 Gotta get home Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67187 10-in. 2/13/1940 Shake down the stars Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67188 10-in. 2/13/1940 You, you darlin' Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67189 10-in. 2/13/1940 With the wind and the rain in your hair Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67190 10-in. 2/13/1940 Reminiscing time Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67204 10-in. 2/19/1940 Up the chimney go my dreams Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67205 10-in. 2/19/1940 Run, rabbit, run Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67206 10-in. 2/19/1940 Leanin' on the old top rail Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67207 10-in. 2/19/1940 They ought to write a book about you Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67231 10-in. 2/27/1940 Tit willow Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67232 10-in. 2/27/1940 Ain't goin' nowhere Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67233 10-in. 2/27/1940 Sweet Genevieve Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67234 10-in. 2/27/1940 Where the blue of the night meets the gold of the day Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67263 10-in. 3/4/1940 My! My! Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67264 10-in. 3/4/1940 Moments in the moonlight Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67265 10-in. 3/4/1940 Say it Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67266 10-in. 3/4/1940 An angel in disguise Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67335 10-in. 3/18/1940 Fools rush in Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67336 10-in. 3/18/1940 From another world Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67337 10-in. 3/18/1940 Over the waves Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67338 10-in. 3/18/1940 Cecilia Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67399 10-in. 3/26/1940 Believing Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67400 10-in. 3/26/1940 This is the beginning of the end Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67401 10-in. 3/26/1940 Ja-da Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67402 10-in. 3/26/1940 Sweet Genevieve Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67403 10-in. 3/26/1940 Shortnin' bread Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67473 10-in. 4/3/1940 Embraceable you Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67474 10-in. 4/3/1940 I'm nobody's baby Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67475 10-in. 4/3/1940 Sympathy Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67476 10-in. 4/3/1940 Speak easy Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca 67778 10-in. 5/20/1940 Feather merchant''s ball-1 Teddy Powell Orchestra arranger  
Decca 72327 10-in. 6/29/1944 Who, Ray! -1 Glen Gray Orchestra arranger  
Decca DLA 2108 10-in. 8/3/1940 Cow cow blues Bob Crosby Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5447 3/22/1950 Mambo jambo Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5448 3/22/1950 What, where and when Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5550 4/17/1950 Just one of those things Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5551 4/17/1950 Stompin' at the Savoy Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5552 4/17/1950 Happy pay day Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5553 4/17/1950 More mambo jambo Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5882 10/13/1950 Jing-a-ling, jing-a-ling mambo Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5883 10/13/1950 Mambo No. 5 Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5884 10/13/1950 El choclo mambo Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5904 11/1/1950 Koo koo mambo Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5905 11/1/1950 Mamboogie Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 5906 11/1/1950 Little Bud mambo Sonny Burke Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6088 2/16/1951 I apologize Kitty White arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6089 2/16/1951 Paradise Kitty White arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6090 2/16/1951 You're tired of me Kitty White arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6396 8/28/1951 Happiness is this Sonny Burke Orchestra arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6397 8/28/1951 Cocoanuts Sonny Burke Orchestra arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6398 8/28/1951 Mr. President Sonny Burke Orchestra arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 6399 8/28/1951 Three cornered tune Sonny Burke Orchestra arranger, instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca L 7560 2/12/1954 Beanie boy boogie (B.R. Boogie Cor. 9-61371) Ray Conniff and his Rockin' Rhythm Boys instrumentalist, trombone, leader  
Decca L 7561 2/12/1954 Short stuff Ray Conniff and his Rockin' Rhythm Boys instrumentalist, trombone, leader  
Decca L 7562 2/12/1954 Super chief Ray Conniff and his Rockin' Rhythm Boys instrumentalist, trombone, leader  
Decca L 7563 2/12/1954 Piggy bank boogie Ray Conniff and his Rockin' Rhythm Boys instrumentalist, trombone, leader  
Decca L 7709 5/25/1954 Sneaky Pete Georgie Auld arranger  
Decca L 7710 5/25/1954 The high and the mighty Georgie Auld arranger  
Decca L 7711 5/25/1954 Sha-bah-dah-bah-dee Georgie Auld arranger  
Decca L 7712 5/25/1954 Spring it was Georgie Auld arranger  
Decca N 1235 10-in. 12/23/1943 But not for me Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1236 10-in. 12/23/1943 Rose room Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1237 10-in. 'S wonderful Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1238 10-in. 12/23/1943 Ja-da Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1239 10-in. 12/23/1943 Exactly like you Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1240 10-in. 12/23/1943 Embraceable you Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1242 10-in. 12/23/1943 I'll never be the same Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  
Decca N 1243 10-in. 12/23/1943 Sweet Georgia Brown (false start) ; Sweet Georgia Brown ; Sweet Georgia Brown (original take) Bobby Hackett Orchestra instrumentalist, trombone  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Conniff, Ray," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106440.

Conniff, Ray. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106440.

"Conniff, Ray." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.

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URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106440

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