# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-conniff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:21:49.802Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-conniff"
name: "Ray Conniff"
slug: "ray-conniff"
description: "Joseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s. He developed a unique sound taking advantage of stereo LP recording combining wordless chorus with brass and woodwinds reinterpreting American standards. The recorded sounds shifted the balance of instruments in a way that could not be heard in live performance, for example balancing a harp or rhythm guitar against a full brass ensemble."
tagline: "American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s (1916-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Conniff_(1967).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1916-11-06"
deathDate: "2002-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0175241"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rayconniff.info/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump