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Johnnie Ray is the debut studio album by Johnnie Ray. The album was released as a 10-inch LP and 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set and was the first album in the history of recorded music to be released with no title.[1] The 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set of this same album simply listed "Johnnie Ray" on the spine. The album was released in 1952 on the Columbia Records label and the catalogue number was CL 6199.

Johnnie Ray
Studio album by Johnnie Ray
Released	1952
Recorded	October 1951 to February 1952
Genre	Traditional pop rhythm & blues
Label	Columbia
Producer	Mitch Miller
Johnnie Ray chronology
Johnnie Ray (1952) I Cry For You (1955)

Reception

In a May 3, 1952 issue of Billboard, the album was listed as the fourth best-selling 10-inch  33+1⁄3 LP in the United States.[2]

Four months later, on September 20, 1952, the record was still in the top ten Billboard sales list, ranked the fifth-best-selling 10-inch; the week prior to that, on September 13, it had been at number 7.[3]

Track listing

Personnel

• Johnnie Ray – vocals[4]
• The Four Lads – vocals (5,6,7,8)
• Vincent Terri – guitar (1,2,3,4)
• Mundell Lowe – guitar (5,6,7,8)
• John Ryan – bass (1,2,3,4)
• Edward 'Eddie' Safranski – bass (5,6,7,8
• Nick Fatool – drums (1,2,3,4)
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums (5,6,7,8)
• Buddy Cole – piano (1,2,3,4)
• Stan Freeman – piano (5,6,8)
• Buddy Weed – piano (7)
• Lucky Thompson – saxophone (5,6,8)

Chart positions

Chart (1952)	Peak position	Ref
Best Selling Pop Albums	3	[5]

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		Best Selling Pop Singles [6]
1952	"Walkin' My Baby Back Home"	6

Notes and references

Citations

References

• Weize, Richard (1999). Johnnie Ray 'Cry' Discography 1951–1956 (Media notes). Bear Family.

External links

• Jonnie Ray (1952) at AllMusic

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