ESCONDIDO, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Ray Conniff-- the Grammy-winning arranger, bandleader, composer and trombonist behind some of the biggest pop hits of the 1950s and '60s -- has died. He was 85.

Ray Conniff, the Grammy Award-winning composer and bandleader whose arrangements epitomized the big band sound while spawning such albums as "S'Wonderful" and "Somewhere My Love," died Saturday. He… ...

Ray Conniff, composer, trombone player and bandleader who won a Grammy for his recording of the “Dr. Zhivago” theme “Somewhere My Love,” died Saturday Oct. 12 at Palomar Medical Center in Escondido, ...

This week sees the 100th birthdays of two notable bandleaders: Ray Conniff (1916-2002) and Billy May (1916-2004), born Nov. 6 and 10, respectively. The Attleboro-born Conniff, a big-band trombonist ...

A self-taught arranger and conductor from Attleboro, Mass., Conniff, who died in 2002, specialized in covering popular tunes with his own blend of vocal choruses and light instrumentals. His was an ...

ATTLEBORO -- More than 100 years after his birth, Attleboro native and legendary recording artist Ray Conniff received a lasting ovation from music fans and former neighbors Saturday as an exhibit of ...

Ray Conniff, the bandleader, composer and arranger whose orchestra and chorus produced a string of Top 40 popular music albums such as “ ‘S Wonderful” and the Grammy-winning “Somewhere My Love,” has ...

Ray Conniff, who has died aged 85, was a highly successful popular musician who defied rock 'n' roll and lived to talk about it. Equally well known as a bandleader and an arranger, he blended together ...

Ray Conniff, 85, a Grammy Award-winning conductor and arranger who engineered a series of commercially popular records in the 1950s and 1960s that were among the first to match wordless vocal choruses ...

Ray Conniff, the composer, trombone player and bandleader who won a Grammy Award for his recording of the ” Doctor Zhivago ” theme ” Somewhere My Love ” has died. He was 85. Mr. Conniff died at ...

Ray Conniff, who died on Saturday aged 85, was a jazz trombonist whose big band arrangements evolved over 20 years into the lush music favoured as an inducement to buy in supermarkets. Conniff's ...