Ray Peterson - Tell Laura I Love Her
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Artist: Ray PetersonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-01-05
Music Label: Collectables
Soundtracks:
- Tell Laura I Love Her
- The Wonder Of You
- Come And Get It
- Til Then
- Suddenly
- Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams)
- Fever
- Answer Me My Love
- What Do You Want To Make Those Eyes At Me For?
- Richer Than I
- My Blue Angel
- I'm Gone
- Corinna, Corinna
- Missing You
Music reviews of Tell Laura I Love Her
Music Review: A Pleasant If Not Remarkable Early Sixties Sound
Rating: 3 Stars
Born on April 23, 1939 in Denton, Texas, Ray was signed to an RCA Victor contract in 1958 after he moved to LA. His first few efforts were chart flops [Let's Try Romance, Tail Light, the rocking Shirley Purley, and Fever - only the last is included here at track 7], but in 1959, with the backing of SHorty Rogers & His Orchestra, he scored with The Wonder Of You which went to # 25 Billboard Hot 100 in July (Elvis would later take it to # 9 in 1970), b/w I'm Gone (tracks 2 and 12).
Later that year his cover of the 1956 Jesse Belvin R&B hit (# 7) and McGuire Sisters Pop hit (# 32), Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams) stalled at # 64 Hot 100 in December b/w Till Then (tracks 6 and 4). Then came what is arguably the most famous "death disc" of all time, Tell Laura I Love Her, which peaked at # 7 Hot 100 in August 1960 b/w Wedding Day (which is not included here).
Ray then left RCA to form his own label, Dunes, and before the year was out had revived another 1956 hit, Big Joe Turner's rocking Corrina, Corrina (# 2 R&B/# 46 Top 100) which was produced by Phil Spector. In January 1961 Peterson's rendition peaked at # 9 Hot 100 b/w Be My Girl. As with the previous selection, the A-side is here but not the flipside.
After Sweet Little Kathy (also missing from this set) could only manage to squeak into the Hot 100 in April 1961 b/w You Didn't Care (missing as well), he at least had the satisfaction, as a label owner, of seeing one of his new artists, Curtiss Lee, take Pretty Little Angel Eyes to # 7 Hoy 100 in August.
A couple of months later Ray himself came back strong with a cover of the 1967 Webb Pierce C&W hit Missing You (track 14), which made it to # 7 on the recently-introduced Adult Contemporary charts and # 29 Hot 100 b/w You Thrill Me (not here), followed shortly by another Spector-produced hit, I Could Have Loved You So Well, which peaked at # 57 Hot 100 in January 1962 b/w a cover of the 1955 The Jacks hit Why Don't You Write Me (neither included here). He then experienced several failures before he took Give Us Your Blessing to # 70 Hot 100 in June 1963 (The Shangri-Las would have a # 29 hit with the same song in 1965), b/w a cover of the 1957 Clyde McPhatter hit Without Love (There Is Nothing) - both not included in this volume.
Ironically, his last charter was the same song that became his first hit, when RCA Victor re-released The Wonder Of You b/w Goodnight My Love (Pleasant Dreams), and this time the A-side topped out at # 70 Hot 100 in May of 1964.
After signing with MGM, and a spate of chart failures, he tried his hand at pure country sounds, but without any chart success.
Still, not a bad album and one which could have been a 5-star entry with the inclusionm of those missing sides.
Description of Tell Laura I Love Her
The late Ray Peterson was the ultimate voice of teenage longing and heartbreak. During his early '60s peak, the four and a half octave range, the dramatic flair, and the naked empathy were all unique. Re-mastered for the first time on CD, all of Peterson's highest charted recordings for RCA and Dunes including his smash hit Tell Laura I Love Her, the Baker Knight penned The Wonder Of You (a hit later for Elvis Presley) and the Phil Spector produced Corinna Corinna are here. ''It was a real thrill hearing Tell Laura I Love Her as sung by Ray, with such heart, like it happened to him, or Tommy was his brother,'' marvels songwriter Jeff Barry. ''Peterson was an artist who sang the words - he let his innate talent take care of the notes. '' CD Digipak with 44-page booklet contains rare pictures plus a biography by Johnny Vallis.Pop CDs
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