Ray Peterson
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ray Peterson is referenced by 74 other articles, and connects out to California, Los Angeles and Texas.
It sits within the topics 1935 births, 2005 deaths and 20th-century American male singers.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1925-08-15
- Active to
- 2007-12-23
Discography
- Plays Pretty1952
- Oscar Peterson Plays Cole Porter1953
- Oscar Peterson Plays Duke Ellington1953
- Oscar Peterson Plays George Gershwin1953
- Oscar Peterson Plays Irving Berlin1953
- Dale's Wail1954
- Oscar Peterson Plays Richard Rodgers1954
- Recital by Oscar Peterson1954
- Oscar Peterson Plays Jimmy McHugh1955
- In a Romantic Mood1956
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- Listeners
- 84,438
- Total plays
- 376,422
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Ray T. Peterson (April 23 1935 - January 25 2005) was an American pop music singer. Ray Peterson was born in Denton, Texas. Blessed with a 4-octave singing voice, he idolized the vocal sounds of fellow Texan, Roy Orbison. Peterson moved to Los Angeles, California where he was signed by RCA Victor Records in 1957. He recorded several songs that were minor hits until "The Wonder of You" made it into the Billboard Top Thirty list. The song would later be recorded by Elvis Presley with whom he beca
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Peterson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Denton
- Place of death
- Smyrna
- Occupation
- singer
- Religion
- Baptists
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- RCA Records
- Image
- Ray Peterson.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1935-04-23
- date of death
- 2005-01-25
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Ray Peterson
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
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