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- Ray_Griff abstract "Ray Griff (born April 22, 1940) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter from Vancouver, British Columbia. Griff began songwriting in the early 1960s and had early cuts by Johnny Horton, Jim Reeves, and others. Griff moved to Nashville in 1964 to pursue his music career full-time. His first records as a singer were released in the late 1960s and Griff had his first hit, \"Patches\", a remake of the Clarence Carter soul hit in 1970 which peaked at No. 26 in Billboard. Griff recorded for the small country label Royal American and later moved on to Dot Records without much success. His stint at Capitol Records from 1975-1979 proved more successful, racking up eight more country top 40 hits, the most successful being 1976's \"If I Let Her Come In\" which peaked at No. 11.Griff's success as a songwriter, however, has always overshadowed his recording work with over 700 songs recorded including the major hits \"Canadian Pacific\" for George Hamilton IV, \"Who's Gonna Play This Old Piano\" for Jerry Lee Lewis, and \"Baby\" for Wilma Burgess. Others who have had major hit record with Griff songs include Faron Young, Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton, Bob Luman, Gene Watson, and Johnny Duncan.Griff returned to Canada in the late 1970s and remains active on the country music scene there as an artist, songwriter, and record producer.".
- Ray_Griff activeYearsStartYear "1964".
- Ray_Griff associatedBand George_Hamilton_IV.
- Ray_Griff associatedBand Jerry_Lee_Lewis.
- Ray_Griff associatedMusicalArtist George_Hamilton_IV.
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- Ray_Griff birthDate "1940-04-22".
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- Ray_Griff genre Country_music.
- Ray_Griff hometown Canada.
- Ray_Griff hometown Vancouver.
- Ray_Griff instrument Singing.
- Ray_Griff occupation Singer-songwriter.
- Ray_Griff recordLabel Capitol_Records.
- Ray_Griff recordLabel Dot_Records.
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- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Clarence_Carter.
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- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Jim_Reeves.
- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Johnny_Duncan_(country_singer).
- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Johnny_Horton.
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- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Patches_(Chairmen_of_the_Board_song).
- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Porter_Wagoner.
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- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Singer-songwriter.
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- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLink Vancouver.
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- Ray_Griff wikiPageWikiLinkText "Ray Griff".
- Ray_Griff associatedActs George_Hamilton_IV.
- Ray_Griff associatedActs Jerry_Lee_Lewis.
- Ray_Griff background "solo_singer".
- Ray_Griff birthDate "1940-04-22".
- Ray_Griff caption "Ray Griff in 1969".
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- Ray_Griff genre Country_music.
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- Ray_Griff instrument Singing.
- Ray_Griff label Capitol_Records.
- Ray_Griff label Dot_Records.
- Ray_Griff name "Griff, Ray".
- Ray_Griff name "Ray Griff".
- Ray_Griff occupation Singer-songwriter.
- Ray_Griff origin Canada.
- Ray_Griff origin Vancouver.
- Ray_Griff shortDescription "Canadian singer".
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- Ray_Griff yearsActive "1964".
- Ray_Griff description "Canadian singer".
- Ray_Griff description "Canadian singer".
- Ray_Griff subject Category:1940_births.
- Ray_Griff subject Category:Canadian_country_singers.
- Ray_Griff subject Category:Canadian_male_singers.
- Ray_Griff subject Category:Groove_Records_artists.
- Ray_Griff subject Category:Living_people.
- Ray_Griff subject Category:Musicians_from_Nashville,_Tennessee.
- Ray_Griff subject Category:Musicians_from_Vancouver.
- Ray_Griff hypernym Singer.
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