Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985), known professionally as Ray Ellington, was an English singer, drummer and bandleader. He is best known for his appearances on The Goon Show from 1951 to 1960. The Ray Ellington Quartet had a regular musical segment on the show, and Ellington also had a small speaking role in many episodes, often as a parodic African, Native American or Arab chieftain (but also often, with no attempt to change his normal accent, in counter-intuitive roles such as a female secretary or a Scotsman).
Ray Ellington - The Irish Were Egyptians Long Ago
Ray Ellington - The Three Bears
Ray Ellington:Goonshow 1955
78 RPM – The Ray Ellington Quartet – The Teddy Bears’
The Ray Ellington Quartet Plays Mr. Sandman
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It was radio, and therefore talent and not the token diversity.
He was good. And The Goons let him be good.
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