Ray Davies [GB2]

Aliases: The Manzanilla Sound
The Ray Davies Orchestra
The Ray Davies Orchestra featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies
Born: October 7, 1927
Died: July 20, 2017
Country: United Kingdom
Comments: Trumpet player, arranger, conductor and composer / lyricist from Wales
Member of: London All Star
Family: Rhett Davies Son
Not to be confused with: Ray Davies [GB1] Rock singer and musician

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Covers by Ray Davies [GB2]

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	After You've Gone	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Campbell and Burr
i	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
i	Ain't No Mountain High Enough	The Manzanilla Sound	1971	Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
i	Airport '75	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1975	Unverified
i	And I Love Her	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	The Beatles
i	Aquarius	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Warren Burton and Company PRF, The Company [Hair, Original Cast] REC,REL
i	Basin Street Blues	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
	Bohemian Rhapsody	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Queen
i	By the Time I Get to Phoenix	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Johnny Rivers
i	Can't Take My Eyes off of You	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Frankie Valli
i	Captain of Your Ship	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Reparata and The Delrons
i	Cecilia	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Simon and Garfunkel
i	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes
i	Close to You	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
i	Close to You	The Manzanilla Sound	1971	Richard Chamberlain - Cond. by Burt Bacharach
i	Delilah	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	P.J. Proby REC, Tom Jones REL
	Devil Woman	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Marty Robbins
i	Didn't We	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	James Darren
i	Do You Know the Way to San Jose?	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Dionne Warwick
	Evil Ways	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Willie Bobo
i	Fame	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Guantanamera	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Cuarteto Caney, (unknown), (unknown)
i	Here, There & Everywhere	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	The Beatles
i	How Insensitive	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	João Gilberto
i	Hurdy Gurdy Man	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Donovan
i	I Just Can't Help Believin'	The Manzanilla Sound	1971	Barry Mann
i	I'll Never Fall in Love Again	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Johnnie Ray with Richard Maltby and His Orchestra
i	I Say a Little Prayer	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Dionne Warwick
i	Kojak	The Ray Davies Orchestra featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies	1975	Billy Goldenberg
i	La Bamba	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	El Jarocho
i	La golondrina	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	(unknown)
i	Let the Heartaches Begin	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Long John Baldry
i	Little Brown Jug	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Live and Let Die	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1978	Wings
i	Live and Let Die	The Ray Davies Orchestra featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies	1975	Wings
i	Love Said Goodbye	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1975	Unverified
	Lucretia MacEvil	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Blood, Sweat & Tears
i	MacArthur Park	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Richard Harris [IE]
i	Make It with You	The Manzanilla Sound	1971	Bread
i	Melting Pot	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Blue Mink
i	Mexican Hat Dance	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	(unknown)
i	My cherie amour	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Stevie Wonder
i	Never on Sunday	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
	Old Devil Moon	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Russ Case and His Orchestra with Jimmy Carroll REL, Charlie Spivak and His Orchestra REC
i	On Days Like These	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Matt Monro BRD, Lou Reizner REL
i	Over the Rainbow	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Poor Butterfly	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Elizabeth Spencer
i	Scarboro' Fair	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	(unknown), Gordon Heath and Lee Payant
i	Shadow of Your Smile	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Should I	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Singin' in the Rain	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Something	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	The Beatles
i	Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Johnny Darrell
i	Spanish Eyes	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra
i	Streets of Laredo	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
	Superstition	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Stevie Wonder
i	Taboo	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Cuarteto Machín
i	Tequila	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	The Champs
	That Old Black Magic	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	Glenn Miller and His Orchestra
i	The Boy Next Door	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	The Last Waltz	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Engelbert Humperdinck
i	The Man with the Golden Gun	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1978	Lulu
i	The Man with the Golden Gun	The Ray Davies Orchestra featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies	1975	Lulu
i	The More I See You	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Buddy Di Vito REC, Dick Haymes BRD, Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young REL
i	The Pink Panther Theme	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	The Windmills of Your Mind	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Noel Harrison
i	This Guy's in Love with You	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Danny Williams [ZA]
i	United We Stand	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Brotherhood of Man
i	Up Cherry Street	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1969	Unverified
i	Up, up and Away	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	The 5th Dimension REL, The Sunshine Company REC
i	We May Never Love Like This Again	The Ray Davies Orchestra featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies	1975	Maureen McGovern
i	We've Only Just Begun	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Roger Nichols and Paul Williams REC, Paul Williams [US1] BRD, Freddie Allen REL
i	What a Wonderful World	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Louis Armstrong
i	Would You	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified
i	Young Girl	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
i	Zorba's Dance	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1984	Unverified

Songs written by Ray Davies [GB2]

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
The Girl in the Green Dress	Ray Davies [GB2]	The Button Down Brass featuring the Funky Trumpet of Ray Davies	1972

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
16 Startracks	Ray Davies and The Button Down Brass	1971	Philips
Flashpoint !	The Ray Davies Orchestra featuring the funky trumpet of Ray Davies	1975	Philips
Funk in Hell	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky Trumpet" of Ray Davies.	1976	DJM Records [GB]
On Days Like These	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Fontana
Super Dynamic Brass	The Ray Davies Orchestra	1978	(self-released)
The Manzanilla Sound	The Manzanilla Sound	1971	GNP Crescendo [US]
This Guy's in Love	The Button-Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1968	Fontana
This Is...The Button Down Brass	The Button Down Brass featuring the "Funky" Trumpet of Ray Davies	1970	Fontana