Johnnie Ray & The Four Lads - "Cry"

[jdanton2]

Johnny Ray is a good example of a singer that might have been before his time . his singing style in the early 50's was somewhat a forerunner to Elvis with it's blues influence. he was white and alot of people thought he was black.besides hitting #1 on the pop charts for11 weeks it also reached #1 on the r&b charts. he could not hear in one ear which could have influenced his singing style . he was also gay and maybe one of the first to have a #1 song.