Who was/is Ray Parks ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
The lone contribution by Ray Parks to Capitol’s release sheet was waxed October 1, 1956, probably in Los Angeles. Born in 1932, he was a regular presence on KGDM in Stockton, California and had a prior crack at cutting You’re Gonna Have To Bawl, That’s All, but Capitol shelved his entire first session. Ray’s juke joint-styled vocal fit the rockabilly squawler, written by Parks’ famous labelmate Tommy Collins (the Oklahoma-born Collins scored C&W hits in 1954 with You Better Not Do That and Whatcha Gonna Do Now and the next year’s Untied and It Tickles). Just A Hangin’ Around, the other side of Ray’s Capitol outing, was cut the same day; Guilty Of Breaking My Heart and I.O.U. followed the previous session into the vaults.
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