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 ...

For tens of thousands of adoring teenage girls in the mid-1950s, there was only one serious romantic idol and his name was Johnnie Ray. With his short, brushed-back blond hair, electric blue suit and ...

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 ...