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Contents.Early life Parker was born in 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.
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Parker attended Cass Tech High School in the 10th grade.Parker is a 1971 graduate of Detroit's. He was raised in the Dexter-Grand Boulevard neighborhood on its West Side. Parker attended college at.Career Early work Parker gained recognition during the late 1960s as a member of 's house band at the legendary nightclub. This Detroit hotspot often featured Tamla/Motown acts, one of which, the (Detroit), was so impressed by the young guitarist's skills that they added him to their touring group. Through the Bohannon relationship at 16 he recorded and co-wrote his first songs with. Parker was also employed as a studio musician as a teenager for the emergent Holland-Dozier-Holland's Invictus/Hot Wax stable, and his choppy style was particularly prevalent on 'Want Ads', a number one single for.
Parker was later enlisted by to appear on his first two albums for.In 1972, Parker was a guest guitarist on 's funk song 'Maybe Your Baby' from Wonder's album. He also was the lead guitarist for Stevie Wonder when Wonder served as the opening act on the ' 1972 tour.
In 1973, he became a in 's, before creating, an group, in 1977, with Vincent Bonham, Jerry Knight, and Arnell Carmichael. Parker appeared briefly in the 1974 film as a guitar player in the church picnic scene.Parker also wrote songs and did session work for, and, (an association which prompted a permanent move to Los Angeles), The Spinners,. Parker's first bona fide hit as a writer was 'You Got the Love', co-written with Chaka Khan and recorded by Rufus. The single hit #1 on the R&B charts and #11 on the pop charts in December 1974. In 1976 he worked as rhythmic guitarist for 's album, translated as 'Me you and all of us'. 1977–81: Raydio Raydio scored their first big hit, ', from their self-titled album in 1978 with.
The song reached #8 on the chart, earning a gold 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. 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, Ray Parker Jr. And Raydio had two Top 40 hits ('Two Places at the Same Time' - #30 in 1980 and 'That Old Song' - #21 in 1981) and their last and biggest hit, ', released in 1981, went to #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and to #1 on the R&B Charts for two weeks in 1981.Solo years Raydio broke up in 1981.
Parker continued with his solo career, scoring six Top 40 hits, including the hit single ' (Pop #4) in 1982 and ' in 1984. 'Ghostbusters' was at #1 for three weeks on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, and at #1 for two weeks on its Black Singles chart. The song was also nominated for an for Best Original Song in 1984 but lost to 's ' from. Parker's song secured him a 1984 Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Other hits from this period included ' (Pop #12) and 'Jamie' (Pop #14).Parker was one of the first black artists to venture into the then-fledgling world of. In 1978, Hollywood producer Thom Eubank produced several music videos of songs from Raydio's first, eponymous album on Arista Records.
The single 'Jack & Jill' was the first released to air on 's Saturday night television show, The Midnight Special. The music videos were also transferred to film and projected in movie theaters all over Europe. He also made two different videos for his hit '. The first was -themed and centered around a haunted castle with dancing corpses.
The second was more performance-oriented, with Parker performing the song against an outer space background with backup singers. Parker's 'Ghostbusters' video, helmed by the film's director, was one of the first movie-themed videos to find success on MTV. Parker at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2009, Montreux, SwitzerlandParker also wrote and produced hits for ('Mr. Telephone Man'), ('Shake It Up Tonight'), ('I Found Love'),. He performed guitar on several songs on 's 1980.
In 1989, he also wrote 'Ghostbusters', a rap performed by, for the movie. 1989 also saw Parker work with actor Jack Wagner ( General Hospital) on an album for MCA Records that was eventually shelved and never released. A single from the Jack Wagner sessions, 'Wish You Were Mine', featuring an intro rap by Parker, was released on a 1990 MCA promotional sampler CD. In 2006, Parker released a new CD titled I'm Free.
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The Justice Dept. Said Wednesday that authorities have arrested the owner of the Kickass Torrents website, a widely popular online directory accused by authorities of facilitating the illegal sharing of over $1 billion in copyright-protected movies, music and other material., 30, was arrested in Poland on Wednesday upon being charged in the U.S. In a four-count criminal indictment that lists charges of copyright infringement and conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection with the website, the said in a statement.Federal prosecutors will seek his extradition, the statement said.