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Ray Davies was a Welsh trumpeter , session musician , and bandleader, active from the 1940s to 1970s.[1] Boosey & Hawkes stock music library,[2] lounge revival, and he also frequently conducted the BBC Radio Orchestra , as well as playing for the BBC Big Band .[3] [4] Rhett Davies , and served as chairman of BASCA from 2004 to 2010.[5] [6]
During his childhood, he played in local military bands,[7] Royal College of Music . After finishing his education, he began to play trumpet for a large number of orchestras, big bands, and theatres across London , including that of Frank Cordell .
In the 1960s, he took part in a session for Reader's Digest , which, wanting a British response to Herb Alpert , led to Davies forming his band. This group was known as Ray Davies and The Button-Down Brass (or The Button-Down Brass Featuring The Funky Trumpet of Ray Davies), and it released a series of popular easy-listening albums, as well as covers of television and film theme tunes.[8]
At the same time, he also entered the pop scene, playing trumpet on records such as It's Not Unusual , Downtown , and Shirley Bassey's version of Big Spender .[8] The Beatles and The Rolling Stones , on musical arrangements.[9]
He died at the age of 89, on (2017-07-20 ) 20 July 2017.[9]
References [ edit ]
^ "Production Music by Ray Davies | Audio Network" . Audio Network . Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
^ Latham, Peter (18 May 1967). "Weather: News followed by Breakfast Special" . Light Programme . Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
^ Race, Steve (18 March 1987). "Steve Race Presents..." . Steve Race Presents.. . BBC. BBC Radio 2 . Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
^ "Ray Davies 1927-2017 | PRS for Music Members Benevolent Fund" . www.prsformusicfund.com . 24 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
^ "Ray Davies RIP - M Magazine" . M magazine: PRS for Music online magazine . 24 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
^ Russell, Ron (September 1946). "Stairway To The Stars". Universal Jazz . pp. 15–16.
^ a b "Vocalion SACD New Releases - June 2017 - duttonvocalion.co.uk" . www.duttonvocalion.co.uk . June 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
^ a b Delaney, Roy (Winter 2017). "Tributes" . The Musician . pp. 159–161. Retrieved 15 April 2018 .
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a d d i t i o n a l t e r m s m a y a p p l y . B y u s i n g t h i s s i t e , y o u a g r e e t o t h e T e r m s o f U s e a n d P r i v a c y P o l i c y . W i k i p e d i a ® i s a r e g i s t e r e d t r a d e m a r k o f t h e W i k i m e d i a F o u n d a t i o n , I n c . , a n o n - p r o f i t o r g a n i z a t i o n . ● P r i v a c y p o l i c y ● A b o u t W i k i p e d i a ● D i s c l a i m e r s ● C o n t a c t W i k i p e d i a ● C o d e o f C o n d u c t ● D e v e l o p e r s ● S t a t i s t i c s ● C o o k i e s t a t e m e n t ● M o b i l e v i e w
