Cat. No. VV 1136: RAY PETERSON ~ THE VERY BEST OF RAY PETERSON. MGM E 4250.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

RAY T. PETERSON IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS MASSIVE HIT "TELL LAURA I LOVE HER" WHICH WAS RELEASED AND IN 1960 IN THE MIDST OF A PLETHORA OF "DEATH SONGS" SUCH AS THE SHANGRI-LAS "LEADER OF THE PACK", JODIE REYNOLDS' "ENDLESS SLEEP", MARK DINNINGS "TEEN ANGEL", THE EVERY BROTHERS "EBONY EYES', WAYNE COCHRAN'S "LAST KISS" AND A HOST OF OTHERS FAR TOO LONG TO LIST HERE. RAY AS A BOY WAS STRUCK DOWN WITH POLIO BUT THIS INFLICTION DID NOT DETER RAY FROM PERFORMING. HE HAD A MAGNIFICENT 4 OCTAVE VOICE WHICH LENT ITSELF WELL TO THE SONGS HE RECORDED. 

RAY WAS INITIALLY SIGNED TO RCA VICTOR AND HIS FIRST RELEASE ON THE LABEL WAS "SHIRLEY PURLEY", A VERY FORGETABLE SONG WHICH DID NOT CHART ANYWHERE EXCEPT CANADA. HOWEVER, HE HIT THE BIG TIME WITH HIS SECOND RELEASE ON THE LABEL "THE WONDER OF YOU" WHICH CHARTED AT #25 IN THE U.S., #23 IN THE U.K., #9 IN AUSTRALIA BUT FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON DID NOT CHART IN CANADA. OTHER HITS FOLLOWED, "GOODNIGHT MY LOVE (PLEASANT DREAMS)" (A BEAUTIFUL REWORKING OF THE JESSE BELVIN SONG), "CORRINA CORRINA", "MISSING YOU", "ANSWER ME", "YOU THRILL ME" AND MANY MORE. RAY PASSED AWAY FROM COLON CANCER ON JANUARY 25, 2005 AT THE AGE OF 69. 

THIS ALBUM IS TITLED "THE VERY BEST OF RAY PETERSON" AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THERE IS NOT A BAD TRACK AMONG THE 12 PRESENTED ON THE ALBUM. IT IS AN AUSTRALIAN RELEASE BY E.M.I OF THE AMERICAN MGM RELEASE. THE SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH VERY LITTLE WEAR ALTHOUGH AS THE SLEEVE IS PREDOMINATELY WHITE THERE IS SOME SLIGHT YELLOWING DUE TO IT'S AGE ALTHOUGH THE YELLOWING HAS BEEN ENHANCED BY THE SCANNER. THERE IS A NAME AT THE TOP R.H CORNER OF THE SLEEVE AND BESIDE IT IS A YELLOW STICKER ATOP AN AREA WHERE A PREVIOUS STICKER HAD BEEN. THE REAR OF THE SLEEVE HAS SLIGHT SOILING WITH VERY MINOR RING WEAR. THE RECORD HAS BEEN PLAYED AND PLAYS PERFECTLY.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Corrine Corrina / Missing You / I Could Have Loved You So Well / Give Us Your Blessing / You Thrill Me / Sweet Little Kathy. Side 2 - Promises (You Made Now Are Broken) / You Didn't Care / Is It Wrong / I Forgot What It Was Like / Be My Girl / I'm Not Jimmy.

12" VINYL RECORD