MONTMARTRE CLUBS CLOSE.; Ten Cabarets Are Forced Out by Franc Rise and High Taxes.
Date: 11 January 1927
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10 clubs close because of franc's rise and high taxes
John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.
Born and raised in Dallas, Oregon, Ray, who was partially deaf, began singing professionally at age 15 on Portland radio stations. He gained a local following singing at small, predominantly African-American nightclubs in Detroit, where he was discovered in 1949. In 1951, he signed a contract with Okeh Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. On the Billboard charts, he rose quickly from obscurity with the release of his debut album Johnnie Ray (1952), as well as with a 78 rpm single, both of whose sides reached the Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 chart, "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried".
In 1954, Ray made his first film, There's No Business Like Show Business, as part of an ensemble cast that included Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe. His career in the music business in his native United States began to decline in 1957, and his American record label dropped him in 1960. He never regained a strong following there and rarely appeared on American television after 1973. Ray's last television appearance in the United States was on a 1977 recorded-for-syndication episode of Sha Na Na. His fanbases in the United Kingdom and Australia remained strong until his final global concert tour in 1989.
British Hit Singles & Albums noted that Ray was "a sensation in the 1950s; the heart-wrenching vocal delivery of 'Cry' ... influenced many acts including Elvis, and was the prime target for teen hysteria in the pre-Presley days." Ray's dramatic stage performances and melancholic songs have been credited by music historians as precursors to the work of later performers ranging from Leonard Cohen to Morrissey.
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Date: 11 January 1927
Copyright, 1927, by The New York Times Company.Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
10 clubs close because of franc's rise and high taxes
Date: 10 January 1927
Date: 10 January 1927
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Death and career
Date: 10 January 1927
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Denies story in H Ford's Dearborn Independent that he plans $50,000,000 gift to group in Cove Creek reservoir dam
Date: 10 January 1927
L B Gleason in lr says pardon record is of interest to public
Date: 11 January 1927
Honors memory of T J ("The") McManus
Date: 11 January 1927
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Defeated by Leland Stanford in debate on modern science
Date: 10 January 1927
Will be elected Pres of Seward Natl Bank, N Y C; career
Date: 10 January 1927
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En route to Australia