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- <text id=90TT0647>
- <title>
- Mar. 12, 1990: Died:Johnnie Ray
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
- Mar. 12, 1990 Soviet Disunion
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- MILESTONES, Page 79
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- <body>
- <p> DIED. Johnnie Ray, 63, 1950s crooner whose histrionic
- vocalizing was a precursor to rock 'n' roll; of liver failure;
- in Los Angeles. His song Cry was the best-selling pop record of
- 1952. Ray's habit of breaking down during live performances won
- him the nickname the "Prince of Wails."
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- </body>
- </article>
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