1951 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Cry," Johnnie Ray. By Billboard Staff 1999 – Curtis Mayfield, a pioneer of American soul music who penned some of the most lasting songs of the 1960s and ’70s, dies at ...

Johnnie Ray, the balladeer of tears who brought an emotional intensity to music that was singular to his era, died of liver failure on Saturday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center. He was 63. The performer ...

Johnnie Ray’s unique sound and emotional performances led the way for rock ‘n roll. In the early 1950s, Oregon singer Johnnie Ray was one of the biggest pop stars in the world. His unique sound, along ...

OPB, a member-supported public media organization serving the Northwest, today announced the premiere of a new documentary about Johnnie Ray, an Oregon-born singer, songwriter and 1950s teen idol.

The late Sam Phillips famously said that if he could find a white singer with a negro feel, he'd make a million?and then stumbled across Elvis Presley. Maybe the early recordings of Johnnie Ray didn't ...