Johnnie Ray - Cry (encore) • Platengala International 1982 • TopPop

Johnnie Ray, born as John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 – February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He was extremely popular for most of the 1950s as a singer of rock ’n roll. He performed exclusively live at the Platengala (Record Gala) in the Netherlands recorded by AVRO Television. This program was recorded live from the Ahoy-hall in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 15 October 1982. Johnnie Ray was recorded live by at the Platen Gala 1982 accompanied by the Metropole Orchestra with director Rogier van Otterloo. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ Broadcast date: 1982-12-26 This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chic, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.