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  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.
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Ray Conniff was born on November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. 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. As a junior in Attleboro High School, Ray and some of his buddies decided to start a dance orchestra.

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He continued to record albums and perform to his large Latin American audience into the '90s. On October 12, 2002, Conniff passed away after sustaining a head injury from a fall. He was 85. Explore Ray Conniff's discography including top tracks, albums, and reviews.

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He also was the first American popular artist to record in Russia—in 1974 he recorded Ray Conniff in Moscow with the help of a local choir. His later albums like Exclusivamente Latino, Amor Amor, and Latinisimo made him very popular in Latin-American countries, even more so after performing in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.

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Other well-known releases by the Singers included Ray Conniff's Hawaiian Album (1967), featuring the hit song "Pearly Shells," and Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), which included Conniff's original composition "Someone", and remakes of such hits as "All I Have to Do is Dream", "I'll Never Fall in Love Again", and "Something".

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Where is Ray Conniff buried?
Ray Conniff died October 12, 2002, in Escondido, California after falling and hitting his head on a sink, and is buried in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. His grave marker bears a musical score with the first four notes of "Somewhere My Love".

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In 2004, a memorial two-CD compilation set, The Essential Ray Conniff, was released, featuring many rare and previously unreleased tracks. The Singles Collection, Vol. 1 was released on the Collectables label in 2005, The Singles Collection, Vol. 2 in 2007, and Vol. 3 was released in 2009.

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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. Biography. Conniff was born November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States, [1] and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book.
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Ray Conniff was born on November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts. 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.
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Oct 12, 2002 · Prolific and successful arranger of vocal pop and easy listening whose musical career spanned eight decades. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1930s - 2000s. Born. November 6, 1916 in Attleboro, MA. Died. October 12, 2002 in Escondido, CA.
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Oct 15, 2002 · Ray Conniff, the composer, trombone player and bandleader who recorded hits like ''Somewhere My Love (Lara's Theme),'' ''Bésame Mucho,'' ''New York, New York'' and ''S' Wonderful,''...
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The man who popularized wordless vocal choruses and light orchestral accompaniment on a mix of popular standards and contemporary hits of the 1960s, Ray Conniff was a trombone player for Bunny Berigan’s Orchestra and Bob Crosby’s Bobcats before being hired as an arranger by Mitch Miller for Columbia Records in 1954.
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Bandleader, arranger and trombonist Ray Conniff was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and took music lessons on trombone from his father. He learned arranging from a mail-order course while still at college and became a trombonist and arranger with bands in the Boston area from 1934.