From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Sun Jan 20, 2002  2:21 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Ray Anthony
 
RAY ANTHONY

Born Raymond Antonini, 20 January 1922, Bentleyville, Pennsylvania

Big band leader / trumpeter. After playing in local bands in Cleveland,
Anthony spent brief spells in the trumpet sections of the Al Donahue,
Glenn Miller and Jimmy Dorsey orchestras. Following a four-year period
in the US Navy, Anthony formed his own band in 1946 and signed with
Capitol Records. The band became one of the top attractions of the 50s,
touring colleges and universities, producing hit singles such as "At Last",
"Harbor Lights", and the television themes from "Dragnet" (# 2, 1953) and
"Peter Gunn" (# 8, early 1959). Anthony appeared with his band in two
movies, Fred Astaire's "Daddy Long Legs" and "This Could Be The Night".
He appeared on his own in the rock 'n' roll spoof "The Girl Can't Help It"
(1956) and in the Red Nichols biopic "The Five Pennies" (1959).
In the 60s, with a limited market for 16-piece bands, Anthony formed a
sextet, with a female vocal duo, playing clubs and lounges throughout
the USA.

Ray Anthony's original version of "Peter Gunn" is available on the CD
"Teen Beat, Vol. 4" (Ace 655).