Ray Anthony (born Raymond Antonini; January 20, 1922) is an American bandleader, trumpeter, songwriter, and former actor. He is the last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. More about Ray Anthony
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Anthony was born to an Italian family in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania, but moved with his family to Cleveland, Ohio, where he studied the trumpet. He played in Glenn Miller's band from 1940 to 1941 and appeared in the Glenn Miller movie Sun Valley Serenade before joining the U.S. Navy during World War II as Miller joined the Army, organizing another famous military band before his 1944 disappearence over the English Channel. After the war he formed his own group. The Ray Anthony Orchestra which became popular in the early 1950s with "The Bunny Hop", "Hokey Pokey", and the memorable theme from the radio / television police detective series Dragnet. He had a No. 2 chart hit with a recording of the tune "At Last" in 1952; it was the highest charting pop version of the song in the U.S. His 1962 recording "Worried Mind" received considerable radio airplay.In total, we tracked 56 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Ray Anthony (Ray Anthony signed autograph auto Business Card Bandleader PSA Slabbed) was sold in December 2016 for $45.00 while the cheapest item (Ray Anthony 3x5 inch signed page autograph card) found a new owner for $0.99 in January 2022. The month with the most items sold (3) was July 2020 with an average selling price of $5.60 for an autographed item of Ray Anthony. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2016 with $45.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2013. In average, an autographed item from Ray Anthony is worth $5.60.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ray Anthony were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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CENTARIAN AMERICAN BANDLEADER RAY ANTHONY AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~ | $4.25 | ||
Centurion TRUMPETER~BANDLEADER RAY ANTHONY AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~ | $3.26 | ||
Glenn Miller Big band leader Ray Anthony signed autograph-photo set-SCARCE! | $13.99 | ||
RAY ANTHONY 8x10 photo AUTOGRAPHED | $13.99 | ||
Ray Anthony Jazz Big Band Great Signed Autograph | $9.99 | ||
Ray Anthony Signed Photo Big Band Jazz Trumpet 8x10 | $14.95 | ||
Ray Anthony Signed Program Card April 1953 Ohio State University Military Ball | $20.20 | ||
Ray Anthony- Peter Gunn - Opus One - The Bunny Hop -Hokey Pokey - Autograph 1975 | $19.95 | ||
Signed RAY ANTHONY & TOMMY MERCER Program Horn Player Singer Big Band History | $25.00 | ||
TRUMPTER~MUSICIAN RAY ANTHONY AUTOGRAPH 8 x 10 PHOTO~ | $6.57 |