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," has died. He was 85.

Conniff was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book. Early career After serving in the U.S. Army in World War ...

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, the Grammy Award-winning arranger and bandleader whose arrangements continued and modernized the Big Band sound while spawning such albums as "'SWonderful" and "Somewhere My Love," has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The date: January 28, 1972. The occasion: a White House gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reader's Digest magazine. The entertainment that night: the wholesome Ray Conniff Singers. The ...

Bandleader, musician and composer Ray Conniff died October 12 in California of injuries from a fall. He was 85 years old. In a career that spanned six decades, he got his start during the big band era ...

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, ...