Raydio

Ray Parker Jr. (born on May 1, 1954 in Detroit) is a recording artist most well known for writing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters.

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In the mid-1970s he was a sideman in Barry White's "Love Unlimited Orchestra", before creating Raydio, an Acid Jazz and R&B group, in 1977, with Vincent Bohnam, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael.

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The group scored their first big hit, "Jack and Jill" off of their self-titled album in 1978. The song was # 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, earning a Gold record in the process.

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Their successful follow-up hit, "You Can't Change That" was released in 1979, off of the Rock On album. The song was a Top 10 hit, making it up to # 9 on the Billboard charts during the same year it was released.

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In 1980, the group became known as Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio, and the group released two more albums: Two Places at the Same Time in 1980 and A Woman Needs Love in 1981.

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During the eighties Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio had two Top 40 hits ("Two Places at the Same Time" - # 40 in 1980 and "That Old Song" - # 21 in 1981) and their last and biggest hit "A Woman Needs Love," released in 1981, went to # 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts, and # 1 for two weeks in 1981.

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Raydio broke up in 1981, while Ray Parker Jr. continued with his solo career, scoring six Top 40 hits, including the hit single "The Other Woman" (Pop # 4) in 1982 and "Ghostbusters" in 1984.

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"Ghostbusters" was a title track of the box office hit movie Ghostbusters, starring Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. The single went to # 1 for three weeks on the Billboard Pop charts, # 1 for two weeks on the Soul charts.

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Ray Parker Jr.: Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born on May 1, 1954 in Detroit) is a guitarist, songwriter, producer and recording artist most well known for writing the theme song to the motion picture Ghostbusters....

May 1: May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). There are 244 days remaining....

1954: 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar....