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Profile of Ray Ellington
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Ray Ellington |
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17th March 1916 |
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London, England, UK |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Ray Ellington (born Ray Brown March 17, 1916, died February 28, 1985) was a singer. He sang many a song on The Goon Show from 1951 through 1960. He was a regular appearance who played many famous songs of the era. He specialised in jazz but experimented with many other genres throughout the show's history.
Early in the show's run, there were many jokes linking Eliington to the African nation of Ghana, thus leading Ellington to say that he came from Ghana. In truth, Ellington was born to a Russian Jewish mother and an African-American father in England1.
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