Classical, operatic, and barbershop bass vocalist.

Born on June 8, 1930 in Bayonne, New Jersey. Ray began his singing career studying voice with Rosalie Miller at the Mannes School Of Music in New York City. He began singing bass in a barbershop quartet called the Four Pages in 1950 with his friend, Bob Bohn. He and Bohn went on to start a quartet called the Easternaires in 1954 with Dan Heyburn and Tommy Dames and would go on to win both the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show and the 1955 Mid-Atlantic District quartet contest. Ray placed 12th in the SPEBSQSA International quartet contest with the Easternaires in 1955.

Ray left the Easternaires in 1956 and went on to sing opera. He made his first professional stage debut in 1959 as Nourabad in Les pecheurs de perles with the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company. He made an appearance at Carnegie Hall in 1964. In 1965 he officially joined the roster of the Metropolitan Opera and made his debut performance on December 29, 1965 as the king in Aida. He would go on to perform 301 performances in 32 roles. His final performance with the Met was on April 26, 1976.

Ray passed away on December 24, 1978 from complications of leukemia at the age of 48.