Ray Anthony & His Orchestra is tagged as: spotify, easy listening, jazz, lounge, soundtrack Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini, January 20, 1922, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania) is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter and actor. As a child Anthony moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he began studying the trumpet with his father. He played in Glenn Miller’s band from 1940–1941 and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie Sun Valley Serenade in 1941 before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra became very popular in the early 1950s, with recordings that included Anthony’s classic dance songs “The Bunny Hop” and the “Hokey Pokey,” as well as the theme music from Dragnet. He had a #2 chart hit with a remake of the Glenn Miller tune, “At Last” in 1952. From 1953-1954 Anthony was the musical director on the television series TV’s Top Tunes, and he also appeared as himself in the 1955 film Daddy Long Legs. In 1955 Anthony married sex symbol actress Mamie Van Doren and began expanding his own acting career. He starred in a short-lived television 1956-1957 variety show, The Ray Anthony Show. Anthony also appeared in several films during the late 1950s, including The Five Pennies (where he portrayed Jimmy Dorsey), and Van Doren’s mov... Read More About Ray Anthony & His Orchestra Biography...  Send Ray Anthony & His Orchestra ringtones to your cell
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