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
Cherokee (Ray Noble song) Ko" has a partially improvised head and the chords are based on "Cherokee". It also formed the basis of Buddy DeFranco "Swinging the Indian". The song was used in "Jam Session" (1944), "Jasper in a Jam" (1946), sung by Peggy Lee, "The Gene Krupa Story" (1959), and as background music in "Racing with the Moon" (1984) and "Lush Life" (1993), a TV movie starring Jeff Goldblum and Kathy Baker. Cherokee (Ray Noble song) "Cherokee" (also known as "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)") is a jazz standard written by Ray Noble and published in 1938. It was originally intended as the first