Uploaded by flixgold on Apr 23, 2009
Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 October 12, 2002) was an American musician. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. Ray first became known as one of the best trombonists of the big band era. He played with Bunny Berigan, Bob Crosby, Art Hodes, and Artie Shaw, and several of his solos are still cited as some of the best of the period. Having studied arranging through a correspondence course, he also contributed occasional arrangements to all three bands.
Conniff recorded with two groups: his "Orchestra and Chorus" and his "Singers." The former was a typical big band line-up of saxes, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm section and a chorus of four men and four women. The latter was a chorus of 25 singers--12 women and 13 men--with minimal instrumental backing.
Ray Conniff was a quiet, modest sympathetic artist. He always worked in the background so that in the fifties there were rumours that this man didn't even exist and that his name was as fake as his orchestral sound was sensational. Nevertheless he sold about 70 million albums worldwide and continued recording and performing until his death in 2002.
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silly song ;-)... cute...
omkaradatta 2 months ago
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rosaangsanchez05 2 years ago
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hlchambers 2 years ago
INCREDIBLE GOOD JOB ON THIS VIDEO !!!! I recognize 2 of the buildings from Orlando and Disney World in Florida - where are the others? Could you add the text to your video, or post in a reply here, please? Wish I knew Tagalog so I could read your comment to erehes.
chkjns 2 years ago
salamat erehes, pero di ko alam na marunong ka pala magkastila?oh, isa ka nga palang erehe. Sayang di ko maintindihan comment nyo ni bettomed3. Isang Sem lang ng Spanish Subject inabot ko sa UST, na abolished ito nung 1988.
flixgold 2 years ago
Hola Amigo FLIXGOLD.
Saludos desde Bogotá-Colombia.
Te agradezco que hallas puesto este nuevo video en tu página a la cual estoy suscrito. La cancion es excelente. Te pediria la letra para un futuro.
Saludos. Roberto Medina M.
bettomed3 2 years ago