Ray McKinley

Ray McKinley

Ray McKinley

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Top Songs

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Hard Hearted Hannah [Remastered 2005]
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Big Boy [Remastered 2005]
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Polka Dots & Moonbeams
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Home On The Range
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I Know Why

Albums

  • The Very Best Of

    Jan 2009 • 24 songs

  • You Came A Long Way From St. Louis

    Jan 2005 • 25 songs

  • The New Glenn Miller Orchestra

    Apr 1960 • 12 songs

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Ray McKinley

Biography

A top drummer during the swing era and a likable and personable singer who always displayed good humor, Ray McKinley was most significant in the 1940s in several settings. He played at the start of his career in territory bands, with Smith Ballew and then the Dorsey Brothers Orchestra, staying with Jimmy after the battling Dorseys went their separate ways. In 1939, McKinley became the co-leader (in reality, if not in its name) of the new Will Bradley Orchestra. His vocals and the boogie-woogie piano playing of Freddie Slack made the band a hit with such numbers as "Beat Me Dad...
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