Ray Parker Jr. Ray Parker Jr. Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born May 1, 1954) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor, best known for writing and performing the theme song to the 1984 movie "Ghostbusters", for his solo music, and for performing with his band, Raydio, and with Barry White. Parker was born in Detroit to Venolia Parker and Ray Parker Sr. He has two siblings, his brother Opelton and his sister Barbara. Parker attended Angel Elementary School where his music teacher, Afred T Kirby, inspired him to be a musician at age 6 playing the clarinet. Parker attended Cass Tech
Ray Parker Jr. single and gold album in the process. Their follow-up song, "You Can't Change That", was released in 1979 from the "Rock On" album. The song was another Top 10 hit, peaking at #9 on the Billboard chart during the summer and also selling a million copies. In 1980, the group became known as Ray Parker Jr. and Raydio. The group released two more albums, "Two Places at the Same Time" in 1980 and "A Woman Needs Love" in 1981 both gold albums. In 1981, he produced the hard funk single "Sweat (till you get wet)" by Brick. During the 1980s,