CONNIFF RAY Vinyl Records and CDs
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This bandleader is famous for introducing the "hum-sing-hum" chorus to pop music. Conniff noticed how the public usually latches onto only fragments of a song's lyrics, so he crafted arrangements of standards and hit tunes that emphasized their most memorable refrains. He had his faceless, ever-perky choir (picture a New England dinner theatre production of Night of the Living Dead) hum most of the songs, only chiming in with the key lyrics. Not only did Conniff's concoctions move millions of units, but the style was widely copied by just about every easy listening and jazz act throughout the 1950s and '60s. While Conniff was a lounge music revolutionary, his earlier roots in hot jazz helped ensure that his own music was often much better and more fun than that of his many imitators. His thematically linked album covers (featuring lone blonde goddesses being courted -- or surrounded -- by a phalanx of WASP lotharios) are a joy to record collectors and smarmy indie rock ironists everywhere. The latter group has also embraced Conniff's hip-after-the-fact recordings of soft rock, disco and funk hits.
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Conniff Ray |
Campeones |
CD, LP |
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5 listed |
$4 - $55 |
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Conniff Ray |
Candida |
LP |
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1 listed |
$7 |
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Conniff Ray |
Charlotte's Web |
CD, LP, 7" |
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3 listed |
$1 - $24 |
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Conniff Ray |
Clair |
LP, CD |
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11 listed |
$1 - $60 |
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Conniff Ray |
Classics |
CD |
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1 listed |
$20 |
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Conniff Ray |
Cocktail In Ray Conniff Style |
LP |
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2 listed |
$7 |
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Conniff Ray |
Cold Evening |
7" |
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1 listed |
$8 |
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Conniff Ray |
Collection |
2LP |
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1 listed |
$7 |
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Conniff Ray |
Columbia Presents The Magic Of Ray Conniff |
LP |
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1 listed |
$7 |
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Conniff Ray |
Come On And Dance! |
LP, CD |
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2 listed |
$19 - $61 |
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Conniff Ray |
Concert In Rhythm |
LP, 7", EP, 2LP, Other, 10" Picture Sleeve, CD, 7" White Label |
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225 listed |
$1 - $199 |
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Conniff Ray |
Continental |
EP, LP |
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3 listed |
$2 - $32 |
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Conniff Ray |
Cuddle Up A Little Closer |
7", 78, 7" White Label |
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11 listed |
$2 - $15 |
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Conniff Ray |
Cuddl Up A Little Closer |
7" |
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1 listed |
$5 |
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Conniff Ray Son Orchestre Et Ses Ch\x9curs |
Cabaret, Hello Dolly X The Trolley Song, Getting To Know You |
7" |
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1 listed |
$3 |
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Conniff Ray Son Orchestre Et Ses Ch\x9curs |
Caminare Solo |
7" |
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1 listed |
$10 |
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Conniff, ray Singers |
Christmas With Conniff |
Cassette, LP, CD, 7", 45, 8-Track, EP |
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72 listed |
$1 - $95 |
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Conniff, ray/billy B |
Conniff Meets Butterfield |
LP, EP, CD, 7" |
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47 listed |
$2 - $45 |
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Ray Conniff Singers & Orchestra |
Caravan |
7", Flexi |
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2 listed |
$7 - $10 |
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