Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
A master of catchy, big band dance tunes in the 1950s, Ray Anthony was as an orchestra leader, trumpet player and all round entertainer that helped popularise the Hokey Pokey song and dance in the US. Born as Raymond Antonini, he learned trumpet from his father and started out playing with Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey in 1940 before serving in the US Navy during WWII and starting his own group upon his return. A brilliant self-publicist and natural showman, he signed to Capitol Records in 1949 and his novelty hits The Bunny Hop and Hokey Pokey (known in Britain as the Hokey Cokey) started national dance crazes. He penned the theme tune to TV cop show Dragnet and reached Number 2 in the US charts with his version of Glenn Miller's At Last in 1952 and, though derided by snooty jazz critics as being overly populist, his easy listening albums Young Ideas (1957) and Anthony Plays Allen (1958) were well received. Anthony became a regular at Hollywood and Las Vegas nightclubs and away from music he married B-movie sex symbol Mamie Van Doren, briefly had his own television variety show and acted in a series of films including Daddy Long Legs, The Five Pennies and High School Confidential. He scored his last major hit with the theme to spy show Peter Gunn, was later awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and continued performing into his 90s.
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Dancing in the Dark (Mono Version)
Pop - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1954
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TV's Top Tunes: Three Coins in the Fountain (Mono Version)
Verschiedenes - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1955
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Tuxedo Junction / In the Mood (Mono Version)
Pop - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1954
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This Could Be the Night (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1958
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The Anthony Choir (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1955
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Dancing Alone Together (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1961
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Arthur Murray Favorites - Fox Trots (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1960
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More Dream Dancing (Stereo Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1960
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That's Show Biz (Mono Version)
Jazz - Erschienen bei BNF Collection am 01.01.1961
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Dragnet (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 02)
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 19.12.2018
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This Could Be The Night
Pop - Erschienen bei Foyer am 01.01.2000
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Ray Anthony Concert (Album of 1955)
Lounge - Erschienen bei Weird Music - Lounge am 26.11.2022
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Live At The Sahara Hotel - Las Vegas
Pop - Erschienen bei Music to Remember am 20.01.2023
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Sentimental Me (Billboard Hot 100 - No. 07)
Pop - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 19.12.2018
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The Anthony Choir (Album of 1953)
Lounge - Erschienen bei Weird Music - Lounge am 26.11.2022
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O Mein Papa (Oh! My Papa)
Französischer Chanson - Erschienen bei Rooster Records am 10.07.2014
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The Anthony Choir
The Anthony Choir, Ray Anthony & His Orchestra
Jazz - Erschienen bei Music Manager am 03.07.2020
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The Classic Years
Jazz - Erschienen bei Sleeping Giant Music am 04.11.2013
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Vintage Dance Orchestras No. 172 - EP: Ray Anthony Concert
Jazz - Erschienen bei Vintage Music am 24.03.1955
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