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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. His 1958 instrumental single " Rumble ", reached the top 20 in the United States; and was one of the earliest songs in rock music to utilize distortion and tremolo .
Wray was born on a ranch near Cardston, Alberta, to parents who were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Elvina Marguerite Jones, who was from Salt Lake City, Utah, and Joseph Heber Wray, who was from Kingston upon Hull, England. [1] She was one of six children [2] and was a granddaughter of LDS pioneer Daniel Webster ...
Frederick William Wray CMG CBE (29 September 1864 – 18 November 1943) was an Australian Anglican minister, army chaplain and colonial militia. Wray was born in Taradale, Victoria, and died in Sandringham, Melbourne, Victoria. [1] His father was English-born and his mother was Irish.
Bill Wray (born Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American musician, composer and producer.His performing career spanned the mid-1970s through the early 1980s. Since then he has written and produced a variety of artists from glam metal to cajun.
Fay Wray (1907–2004), Canadian–American actress best known for her starring role in the film King Kong Collin Raye (born Floyd Elliot Wray, born 1960), American country singer-songwriter Harmon Wray (c. 1947–2007), American prison reformer, human rights and death penalty activist
Mary A. Wray (née Retan; 1804 – October 5, 1892) was an American actress known for her significant contributions to the theater in the 19th century. Beginning her career as a dancer at the Chatham Street Theater in New York City , she quickly rose to prominence in the dramatic arts.
Wray is the youngest of 7 children. She was born in Harrogate, England. Wray studied medicine at the Univesity of Sheffield. She then worked as a cardiology fellow at Hammersmith Hospital for 2 years. She then worked at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London for 6 months alongside Roger Bannister.
Wray was born on May 26, 1923, in Searcy, Arkansas. Before moving his wife, Mary, and their four children to California in 1954, he took classes at the University of Arkansas and later attended UCLA, where he studied political science. He and his family later moved to California, where he became the president of the United Auto Workers union.