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Hughie Prince
Hughie Prince
American film score composer, songwriter (1906-1960)
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Will Bradley
Will Bradley
American trombonist
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Freddie Slack
Freddie Slack
American musician
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Ray McKinley
Ray McKinley
American musician
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Gene de Paul
Gene de Paul
American pianist, composer and songwriter
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Vince Weber
Vince Weber
German musician
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The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters
American close harmony singing group
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Ella Mae Morse
Ella Mae Morse
American popular music singer (1924-1999)
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George Washington Thomas, Jr.
George Washington Thomas, Jr.
American musician
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Harry Gibson
Harry Gibson
American musician
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Allen Shamblin
Allen Shamblin
American country music songwriter
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Chuck Willis
Chuck Willis
American blues, rhythm and blues, and rock and roll singer and songwriter
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Pinetop Smith
Pinetop Smith
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
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Raye
Raye
British recording artist; singer-songwriter
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Santamaria
Santamaria
Portuguese Eurodance project
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Cow Cow Davenport
Cow Cow Davenport
American musician
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Robert Mitchum
Robert Mitchum
American film actor, author, composer and singer (1917-1997)
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
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The Puppini Sisters
The Puppini Sisters
British close harmony group
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Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
band
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Bennie Benjamin
Bennie Benjamin
United States Virgin Islands musician, songwriter
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Prince Paul
Prince Paul
American record producer
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Povel Ramel
Povel Ramel
Swedish entertainer
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Adassa
Adassa
American singer-songwriter
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Eddie "Guitar" Burns
Eddie "Guitar" Burns
American Detroit blues guitarist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter
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Claudja Barry
Claudja Barry
Singer, songwriter, actress
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Pinetop Sparks
Pinetop Sparks
American blues pianist
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Don Schlitz
Don Schlitz
American country singer-songwriter
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Freddie Scott
Freddie Scott
American singer
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Cripple Clarence Lofton
Cripple Clarence Lofton
American musician
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Nick Fatool
Nick Fatool
American musician
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Gene O'Quin
Gene O'Quin
American musician
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Red Foley
Red Foley
American musician
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Bobby Troup
Bobby Troup
American actor, jazz pianist, singer and songwriter (1918-1999)
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Jimmy Liggins
Jimmy Liggins
American R&B guitarist and bandleader
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Charlie Norman
Charlie Norman
Swedish musician
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Little Willie Littlefield
Little Willie Littlefield
American R&B pianist and singer
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Freddie Perren
Freddie Perren
American songwriter, musician, record producer
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Gary Burr
Gary Burr
American music producer and songwriter
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Jabo Williams
Jabo Williams
American boogie-woogie style blues pianist
Don Raye
American songwriter

Don Raye

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American songwriter
Awards Received
Songwriters Hall of Fame

Don Raye (born Donald MacRae Wilhoite Jr., March 16, 1909 – January 29, 1985) was an American songwriter, best known for his songs for The Andrews Sisters such as "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar", "The House of Blue Lights", "Just for a Thrill" and "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." The latter was co-written with Hughie Prince.

While known for such wordy novelty numbers, he also wrote the lyrics to "You Don't Know What Love Is," a simple, poetic lament of unusual power. He also composed the song "(That Place) Down the Road a Piece," one of his boogie woogie songs, which has a medium bright boogie tempo. It was written for the Will Bradley Orchestra, who recorded it in 1940, but the song was destined to become a rock and roll standard, recorded by The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Foghat, Amos Milburn, Harry Gibson, and countless others. In 1940, he wrote the lyrics for the patriotic song "This Is My Country".

In 1985, Don Raye was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.