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Johnnie Ray (album)

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Released
  
1952

Label
  
Columbia

Genre
  
Rhythm & Blues

Producer
  
Mitch Miller

Recorded
  
October 1951 to February 1952

Johnnie Ray (1952)
  
Johnnie Ray At The Palladium (1954)

Johnnie Ray is the debut studio album by Johnnie Ray. The album was released as a 10-inch LP and 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set and was the first album in the history of recorded music to be released with no title. The 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set of this same album simply listed "Johnnie Ray" on the spine. The album was released in 1952 on the Columbia Records label and the catalogue number was CL 6199.

Contents

Personnel

  • Johnnie Ray: vocals
  • The Four Lads: vocals on 5,6,7,8
  • Vincent Terri: guitar on 1,2,3,4
  • Mundell Lowe: guitar on 5,6,7,8
  • John Ryan: bass on 1,2,3,4
  • Edward 'Eddie' Safranski: bass on 5,6,7,8
  • Nick Fatool: drums on 1,2,3,4
  • Ed Shaughnessy: drums on 5,6,7,8
  • Buddy Cole: piano on 1,2,3,4
  • Stan Freeman: piano on 5,6,8
  • Buddy Weed: piano on 7
  • Lucky Thompson: saxophone on 5,6,8

    • Track listing

    1. Don't Blame Me
    2. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
    3. Don't Take Your Love From Me
    4. All Of Me
    5. Give Me Time
    6. The Lady Drinks Champagne
    7. Out In The Cold Again
    8. Coffee And Cigarettes

    2002 reissue

    The album was released on CD in 2002 on the Collectables label (catalogue number 7439) coupled with the 1959 album On The trail.

    1. Don't Blame Me
    2. Walkin' My Baby Back Home
    3. Don't Take Your Love From Me
    4. All Of Me
    5. Give Me Time
    6. The Lady Drinks Champagne
    7. Out In The Cold Again
    8. Coffee And Cigarettes
    9. Wagon Wheels
    10. Empty Saddles
    11. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
    12. The Last Round-Up
    13. Home On The Range
    14. Bury Me Out On The Lone Prairie
    15. When It's Springtime In The Rockies
    16. Ridin' Home
    17. Twilight On The Trail
    18. Red River Valley
    19. I'm An Old Cowhand
    20. Cool Water

    References

    Johnnie Ray (album) Wikipedia
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