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    Fred Lincoln "Link" Wray Jr. (May 2, 1929 – November 5, 2005) was an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist who became popular in the late 1950s...
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  • Link Wray is the 1971 album by pioneering guitarist Link Wray. The music is an Americana blend of blues, country, gospel, and folk rock elements. This...
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  • "Rumble" is an instrumental by American group Link Wray & His Wray Men. Released in the United States on March 31, 1958, as a single (with "The Swag" as...
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  • & Link (born 1978), American comedian and YouTuber Link Wray (1929–2005), American rock-and-roll guitarist Link, a single element of a chain Link-and-pin...
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  • Look up Wray or wray in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Wray or WRAY may refer to: Wray, Colorado, United States Wray, Georgia, United States Wray, Lancashire...
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  • Shadowman is a 1997 studio album by Link Wray on Ace Records. The track "Rumble on the Docks" was used by Anheuser-Busch for a 2000 television advertising...
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    J. Wray and Nephew Ltd. is a distiller, blender, and bottler of rum, originating and operating in Kingston, Jamaica. In 1825, John Wray opened "The Shakespeare...
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  • to record a secular novelty song by manager Ray Vernon, the brother of Link Wray. Adopting the pseudonym Bunker Hill so as not to lose his position with...
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    Robert Gordon (singer) (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    After some conversation, Gordon suggested working with guitar legend Link Wray. Wray was contacted and he agreed to work with them both. "Robert to me sounds...
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    Christopher Asher Wray (born December 17, 1966) is an American attorney who is the current director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). He was...
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    Tera Wray (born Tera Elizabeth Lents; April 14, 1982 – January 13, 2016) was an American pornographic actress. In his biography of Wray, performing arts...
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  • 2009). "Jon Savage on song: Link Wray plays his Ace". The Guardian. theguardian.com. Retrieved October 30, 2017. Link Wray liked the riff so much he recorded...
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  • rock music. Other artists on the soundtrack album include Dire Straits, Link Wray, Latin Playboys, and Carlos Santana. Musician Tito Larriva has a small...
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  • John Wray may refer to: John Wray (politician) (born 1971), Texas House of Representatives John Ray (1628–1705), who wrote his last name as Wray until...
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  • Mordicai Jones (category Link Wray albums)
    1972 album by American guitarist Link Wray. The album was credited to mysterious singer Mordicai Jones, who was Link's piano player Bobby Howard. It was...
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  • by Leonard Cohen, with the other two, "Fallin' Rain" and "Trouble", by Link Wray and Cat Stevens, respectively. Strauss, Matthew (July 2, 2020). "Father...
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    List of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees (category Commons category link from Wikidata)
    Tharpe in 2016; Kraftwerk in 2003, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020; and Link Wray in 2014 and 2018. The non-performer category honors "songwriters, producers...
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  • Beans and Fatback (category Link Wray albums)
    guitarist Link Wray. It was recorded in 1971 by Link's brother Vernon "Ray Vernon" Wray at Wray's Shack Three Track studio, an old chicken shack on Wray's farm...
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  • Marty Wilde Hank Williams Jr. Larry Williams Johnny Winter Sheb Wooley Link Wray List of country music performers List of popular music performers List...
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  • rock and roll style of playing through such exponents as Chuck Berry, Link Wray, and Scotty Moore. The use of distortion, pioneered by Western swing guitarists...
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  • role with 1313 Mockingbird Lane and for his work backing guitar pioneer Link Wray. He also portrayed Ringo Starr while touring worldwide with The Cast of...
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  • latter of which had also been previously covered by the Who, the Kinks and Link Wray. Upon its release, In the City received all-round positive reviews. Phil...
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  • debut. The theme has been re-recorded by dozens of artists, including Link Wray, Voivod, the Jam, the Who, and the Kinks. Jimmy Bowen Orchestra and Chorus...
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  • emphasizes instrumental rock hits of the 1950s and '60s by the likes of Link Wray and The Ventures, along with instrumental versions of songs by Neil Young...
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    (Ahmet Ertegun Award) Don Cornelius Award for Musical Excellence Chaka Khan Al Kooper Bernie Taupin Award for Musical Influence DJ Kool Herc Link Wray...
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  • Gary Shorelle (not commercially available) "Ace of Spades" performed by Link Wray and His Ray Men "Teenagers in Love" performed by Woody Thorne Erlewine...
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    Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian-American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong. Through...
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  • Block" contains elements of "Rumble", written by Link Wray and Milt Grant, and performed by Link Wray and His Men, and samples of "(You Gotta) Fight for...
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  • rock music. Artists profiled include Charley Patton, Mildred Bailey, Link Wray, Jesse Ed Davis, Stevie Salas, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Robbie Robertson, Randy...
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  • Christopher Wray may refer to: Christopher Wray (English judge) (1524–1592), English judge Christopher Wray (MP) (1601–1646), English politician Sir Christopher...
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