Ray Parker Jr. background with backup singers. Parker's "Ghostbusters" video, helmed by the film's director, Ivan Reitman, was one of the first movie-themed videos to find success on MTV. Parker also wrote and produced hits for New Edition ("Mr. Telephone Man"), Randy Hall, Cheryl Lynn ("Shake It Up Tonight"), Deniece Williams ("I Found Love"), and Diana Ross. He performed guitar on several songs on La Toya Jackson's 1980 debut album. In 1989, he also wrote "Ghostbusters", a rap performed by Run-D.M.C., for the movie "Ghostbusters II". 1989 also saw Parker work with actor Jack Wagner ("General Hospital") on an album for MCA Records
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