Quotes of Johnnie Ray - somelinesforyou

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray

“ My only real claim to fame is that I was an original. Before me there were the people like Russ Columbo, Perry Como, Crosby, Sinatra… they were more or less, stand-up singers. I revolutionised all of that. I imagine that I paved the way for what was to come, which was to be called rock and roll… and which was really no more than a bastardised version of rhythm and blues. ”

- Johnnie Ray
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