ESCONDIDO, Calif., Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Ray Conniff-- the Grammy-winning arranger, bandleader, composer and trombonist behind some of the biggest pop hits of the 1950s and '60s -- has died. He was 85.

Popular jazz trombonist who studied the formula for making hits. RAY CONNIFF, who died on Saturday aged 85, was a jazz trombonist whose big band arrangements evolved over 20 years into the lush music ...

2002 - Ray Conniff, the Grammy-winning composer and conductor who pioneered the use of vocal elements in pop arrangements, dies at an Esondido, Calif., hospital after injuring his head in a fall. He… ...

This week sees the 100th birthdays of two notable bandleaders: Ray Conniff (1916-2002) and Billy May (1916-2004), born Nov. 6 and 10, respectively. The Attleboro-born Conniff, a big-band trombonist ...