Ray Conniff Autographs
Joseph Raymond Conniff (November 6, 1916 – October 12, 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.
Conniff was born November 6, 1916, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United States, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book.
After serving in the U.S. Army in World War II (where he worked under Walter Schumann), he joined the Artie Shaw big band and wrote many arrangements for him. After his stint with Shaw, he was hired in 1954 by Mitch Miller, head of A&R at Columbia Records, as the label's home arranger, working with several artists including Rosemary Clooney, Marty Robbins, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, Guy Mitchell and Johnnie Ray. He wrote a top-10 arrangement for Don Cherry's "Band of Gold" in 1955, a single that sold more than a million copies. Among the hit singles Conniff backed with his orchestra (and eventually with a male chorus) were "Yes Tonight Josephine" and "Just Walkin' in the Rain" by Johnnie Ray; "Chances Are" and "It's Not for Me to Say" by Johnny Mathis; "A White Sport Coat" and "The Hanging Tree" by Marty Robbins; "Moonlight Gambler" by Frankie Laine; "Up Above My Head", a duet by Frankie Laine and Johnnie Ray; and "Pet Me, Poppa" by Rosemary Clooney. He also backed up the albums Tony by Tony Bennett, Blue Swing by Eileen Rodgers, Swingin' for Two by Don Cherry, and half the tracks of The Big Beat by Johnnie Ray. In these early years Conniff produced similar-sounding records for Columbia's Epic label under the name of Jay Raye (which stood for "Joseph Raymond"), among them a backing album and singles with the American male vocal group Somethin' Smith and the Redheads.
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Traded items with a signature of Ray Conniff
The most expensive item with a signature of Ray Conniff (RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH) was sold in December 2025 for $165.99 while the cheapest item (Bandleader Jay Raye RAY CONNIFF signed photo, 1993) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2015. The month with the most items sold (14) was December 2025 with an average selling price of $165.99 for an autographed item of Ray Conniff. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2025 with $165.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2012. In average, an autographed item from Ray Conniff is worth $18.36.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ray Conniff were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED | $125.99 |  |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPH MUSICAL QUOTATION SIGNED | $125.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $165.99 | |
| RAY CONNIFF - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH | $145.99 | |
| Ray Conniff Music Conductor & Band Leader Vintage Autograph Signed Promo Photo | $29.98 | |
| Ray Conniff Music Conductor & Band Leader Vintage Autograph Signed Promo Photo | $29.98 | |
 | Ray Conniff Signed Photo | $35.00 | |
| Ray Conniff Signed Photo | $35.00 | |
