MONTMARTRE CLUBS CLOSE.; Ten Cabarets Are Forced Out by Franc Rise and High Taxes.
Date: 11 January 1927
Copyright, 1927, by The New York Times Company.Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
10 clubs close because of franc's rise and high taxes
Johnnie Ray Birthday, Date of Birth
John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Tony Bennett called Ray the "father of rock and roll", and historians have noted him as a pioneering figure in the development of the genre.
Born and raised in Dallas, Oregon, Ray, who was partially deaf, began singing professionally at age 15 on Portland radio stations. He gained a local following singing at small, predominantly African-American nightclubs in Detroit, where he was discovered in 1949. In 1951, he signed a contract with Okeh Records, a subsidiary of Columbia Records. On the Billboard charts, he rose quickly from obscurity with the release of his debut album Johnnie Ray (1952), as well as with a 78 rpm single, both of whose sides reached the Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 chart, "Cry" and "The Little White Cloud That Cried".
In 1954, Ray made his first film, There's No Business Like Show Business, as part of an ensemble cast that included Ethel Merman and Marilyn Monroe. His career in the music business in his native United States began to decline in 1957, and his American record label dropped him in 1960. He never regained a strong following there and rarely appeared on American television after 1973. Ray's last television appearance in the United States was on a 1977 recorded-for-syndication episode of Sha Na Na. His fanbases in the United Kingdom and Australia remained strong until his final global concert tour in 1989.
British Hit Singles & Albums noted that Ray was "a sensation in the 1950s; the heart-wrenching vocal delivery of 'Cry' ... influenced many acts including Elvis, and was the prime target for teen hysteria in the pre-Presley days." Ray's dramatic stage performances and melancholic songs have been credited by music historians as precursors to the work of later performers ranging from Leonard Cohen to Morrissey.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Monday, January 10, 1927
- Place of Birth
- Dallas
- Age
- 98
- Star Sign
- ♑
The January 10, 1927 was a Monday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 9 day of the year. President of the United States was Calvin Coolidge.
If you were born on this day, you are 98 years old. Your last birthday was on the Friday, January 10, 2025, 270 days ago. Your next birthday is on Saturday, January 10, 2026, in 94 days. You have lived for 36,065 days, or about 865,573 hours, or about 51,934,410 minutes, or about 3,116,064,600 seconds.
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10th of January 1927 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on January 10, 1927
PHASES OF THE FRENCH COLLECTION OF TAXES; New Income Tax Impost for 1926 Had Risen to 5,016,100,800 Francs.
Date: 10 January 1927
WAGNER'S SON-IN-LAW, CHAMBERLAIN, DEAD; Bitter Foe of His Native England in War Dies in Baireuth,. Adopted Home.
Date: 10 January 1927
CODyrlght, 1927. by Tho lew Tcg Times Comvany./lecial Cal/r to THE NEW Y0nK TLMF
Death and career
DENIES '$50,000,000 GIFT.'; Tennessee Governor Says Government Controls Cove Creek Dam Site.
Date: 10 January 1927
Special to The New York Times
Denies story in H Ford's Dearborn Independent that he plans $50,000,000 gift to group in Cove Creek reservoir dam
GLEASON ANSWERS SMITH.; Says It Is Pardon Record, Not Letters, That Interests Public.
Date: 10 January 1927
L B Gleason in lr says pardon record is of interest to public
Senate Honors Memory of McManus
Date: 11 January 1927
Honors memory of T J ("The") McManus
STANFORD DEBATERS WIN.; Defeat Princeton in Argument on Modern Science.
Date: 11 January 1927
Special to The New York Times
Defeated by Leland Stanford in debate on modern science
A.S. WEBB TO BE HEAD OF SEWARD NATIONAL; Banker Is Already Organizing Activities of New Institution, Which Will Open March 1.
Date: 10 January 1927
Will be elected Pres of Seward Natl Bank, N Y C; career
Duke of York Is Weather-Bound.
Date: 10 January 1927
Copyright, 1927, by The New York Times Company.Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
En route to Australia