Ray Parker Jr. the "Ghostbusters" theme song for a Halloween party. Parker was highlighted on TV One's series, "Unsung" in the fifth season. Parker's father died of cancer on March 12, 1992, at age 82; his mother died of Alzheimer's on December 18, 1993, at age 83. At age 40, in 1994, he married his wife, Elaine. They have four sons: Ray III (Little Ray), Redmen, Gibson, and Jericho. In 2014, Parker received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to music. In 1984 Huey Lewis sued Columbia Pictures and Parker, stating that the melody to the "Ghostbusters" theme
Watch Your Step (Bobby Parker song) Watch Your Step (Bobby Parker song) "Watch Your Step" is a song written and recorded in 1961 by rhythm and blues guitarist Bobby Parker. The song spent several weeks in the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 51 during the week of July 15, 1961. The song was written by Parker, inspired by Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca" and Ray Charles' "What'd I Say". Parker said "I started playing [Gillespie's] riff on my guitar and decided to make a blues out of it." The record was released on the V-Tone record label, a small enterprise that had been started in Philadelphia,