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Ray Ellis (28 Jul 1923 - 27 Oct 2008)

Male Person - United States US producer, arranger and conductor

Releases (2)

Official

Album

  1. Big Hits for Swingers 1966

Album - Soundtrack

  1. Sweet Sixteen 1983

Relationships (2)

Member Of

  1. Ray Ellis and His Orchestra & Chorus original, eponymous
  2. Ray Ellis and His Orchestra eponymous

Recordings by (20)

  1. A Secretary Is Not a Top ?:?? (1961)
  2. La dolce vita ?:?? (1961)
  3. King of the Road 2:36 (1966)
  4. Yesterday 2:17 (1966)
  5. Hang on Sloopy 2:35 (1966)
  6. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction 2:31 (1966)
  7. I Feel Fine 2:12 (1966)
  8. Ferry Cross the Mersey 2:42 (1966)
  9. I'll Never Be Lonely Again 2:08 (1966)
  10. Flight to Mexico 2:25 (1966)
  11. Portrait of Jan 2:21 (1966)
  12. 1-2-3 2:28 (1966)
  13. I Got You Babe 2:30 (1966)
  14. Wait Till We're Sixty-Five 2:10 (1966)
  15. At the Party 2:01 (1983)
  16. Secrets of the Mind 2:25 (1983)
  17. School Time 2:30 (1983)
  18. Something Evil 1:32 (1983)
  19. Melissa's Theme Instrumental 3:55 (1983)
  20. The Duke of Kent 2:23 ()

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Harbor Lights 2:20 LaVern Baker (1956)
  2. Fool That I Am 2:20 LaVern Baker (1956)
  3. Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool 2:09 LaVern Baker (1956)
  4. I’ll Never Be Free 2:20 LaVern Baker (1956)
  5. How Long Will It Be 2:42 LaVern Baker (1956)
  6. Romance in the Dark 3:00 LaVern Baker (1956)
  7. Go ’way From My Window 2:54 Chris Connor (1957)
  8. Past the Age of Innocence 2:39 Chris Connor (1957)
  9. Speak Low 2:36 Chris Connor (1957)
  10. Mixed Emotions 2:51 Chris Connor (1957)
  11. Radar Blues 2:38 Chris Connor (1957)
  12. Still 2:23 LaVern Baker (1957)
  13. Trust in Me 2:17 Chris Connor (1957)
  14. My Heart Is Full of You 2:21 Chris Connor (1957)
  15. I Miss You So 2:26 Chris Connor (1957)
  16. My Ideal 2:26 Chris Connor (1957)
  17. Time Out for Tears 2:43 Chris Connor (1957)
  18. I Love You Yes I Do 2:39 Chris Connor (1957)

Conducted

  1. Rock, Pretty Baby ?:?? Ivy Schulman with The Bowties (1956)
  2. Ever Since I Can Remember ?:?? The Bowties (1956)
  3. Past the Age of Innocence 2:39 Chris Connor (1957)
  4. Radar Blues 2:38 Chris Connor (1957)
  5. My Ideal 2:26 Chris Connor (1957)
  6. Go ’way From My Window 2:54 Chris Connor (1957)
  7. Mixed Emotions 2:51 Chris Connor (1957)
  8. My Heart Is Full of You 2:21 Chris Connor (1957)
  9. Trust in Me 2:17 Chris Connor (1957)
  10. Speak Low 2:36 Chris Connor (1957)
  11. I Miss You So 2:26 Chris Connor (1957)
  12. Time Out for Tears 2:43 Chris Connor (1957)
  13. I Love You Yes I Do 2:39 Chris Connor (1957)
  14. Still 2:23 LaVern Baker (1957)
  15. Violets for Your Furs 3:26 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  16. For All We Know 2:55 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  17. I Get Along Without You Very Well 3:01 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  18. It’s Easy to Remember 4:03 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  19. I’ll Be Around 3:23 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  20. Glad to Be Unhappy 4:09 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  21. For Heaven’s Sake 3:26 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  22. You Don’t Know What Love Is 3:48 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  23. But Beautiful 4:29 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  24. I’m a Fool to Want You 3:25 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  25. You’ve Changed 3:19 Billie Holiday (Jun 1958)
  26. I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen 3:09 Ivory Joe Hunter (1958)
  27. Charged With Cheating 3:02 Chuck Willis (1958)
  28. Moonlight and Roses 2:17 Ivory Joe Hunter (1958)
  29. Judy ?:?? Frankie Vaughan (1958)
  30. One More Memory 2:20 Ivory Joe Hunter (1958)
  31. All My Life 2:43 Ivory Joe Hunter (1958)
  32. I Didn't Mean to Be Mean to You 2:25 Ivory Joe Hunter (1958)

Credited as (13)

  1. Ray Ellis
  2. The Four Lads with orchestra and chorus conducted by Ray Ellis
  3. The Four Lads with Orchestra & Chorus under direction of Ray Ellis
  4. The Four Lads with Orchestra under direction of Ray Ellis
  5. Rickey Minor & The Tonight Show Band feat. Marcus Miller, Wayne Linsey, Paul Jackson, Jr., Teddy Campbell, Dave Delhomme, Raymond Monterio, Miguel Gandelman, Garret Smith, Ray Ellis
  6. The Four Lads & Ray Ellis
  7. Yvette Blais and Norm Prescott
  8. Norm Prescott & Yvette Blais
  9. Norm Prescott & Yvette H. Blais
  10. Yvette Blais and Jeff Michael
  11. Billie Holiday, Ray Ellis, George Ockner, David Soyer, Janet Putnam, Danny Bank, Phil Bodner, Romeo Penque, Mel Davis, J.J. Johnson, Urbie Green, Tom Mitchell, Mal Waldron, Barry Galbraith, Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson, Elise Bretton, Miriam Workman
  12. Chevalier , Orchestra Conducted By Ray Ellis
  13. Chevalier, Ray Ellis

Works (5)

Arranged

  1. Sleep in Heavenly Peace (Silent Night)
  2. Gounod’s Ave Maria
  3. Jingle All the Way

Wrote

  1. Unaccustomed as I Am

Composed

  1. Toward the End of the Day

Links (13)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ray_ellis
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005071745
  3. https://d-nb.info/gnd/1060028220
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2005071745/
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138936455
  6. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=99291

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/260733
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2627799
  3. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1237151

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000869807

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0086417/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/59269408

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7297449