Ray Ruff & Checkmates..Norm Petty..Texas Rock 45 1962

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Apr 21, 2011 Sold Date

Apr 14, 2011 Start Date

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This is Ray Ruff...Love...Norman Records 528 (Norm Petty..Clovis NM) 45 rpm 1962

Side two: Lonley Hoursl

This is an original Norm Petty label 45, vintage 1962

Autographed by Ray Ruff...."Hi Gay, If your 1/2 as pretty as Sam Tells me, I sure want to meet you. Love Ray Ruff"

Marvin Ray Ruffin (Ray Ruff), record producer: born Amarillo, Texas 24 March 1938; seven times married (four daughters, one adopted son, one adopted daughter, one stepson); died Saugus, California 15 September 2005.

The music business is filled with larger-than-life figures and Ray Ruff was one of them. He was a vocalist, producer and record-label owner, but he had also been a police officer and a professional basketball player. He stood for Congress in his home town of Amarillo, but he was quickly disillusioned, saying that he found "more honesty in the record business".

Ray Ruff was born in Amarillo, Texas, in 1938 and he loved the western swing sounds of Bob Wills. He befriended Buddy Holly's record producer Norman Petty and, after Holly's death, he made several soundalike recordings, deliberately wearing spectacles like Holly's when he recorded. They include "Long Long Ponytail" (1959) and "Love" (1962). Ruff often worked with his group the Checkmates, but they became the Executioners and wore hooded masks on stage. He did not make enough money for a full-time career in the music industry but he was always dabbling and had his own label, Ruff, for which he recorded Buddy Knox and Henson Cargill.

Moving to Los Angeles in 1969, Ruff worked at Dot Records and had some commercial success by producing Brian Hyland's "Tragedy". In 1974 Ruff made an official album for the US Congress, Happy Birthday USA, featuring many celebrities alongside political figures.

Labels: VG+ ...see pics

Vinyl: VG+ with a few fine hairlines scratches...New Gloss, plays and sounds great..!!!

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