- Orchestra owner and composer who came to Britain in 1937, and also made records for Columbia.
- Martin became the conductor of the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra, and also worked for EMI as a record producer and arranger.
- His use of pseudonyms has blurred the path of his career through the years, making his many contributions even harder to keep track of. But his original compositions are what really made him popular; tracks like "Marching Strings" have become stables of many public and city bands and orchestras since their release".
- Whilst working as an executive and talent scout for EMI/Columbia in the early 1950s, he spotted Ruby Murray, and was the first to put her on record. During this period, he wrote many scores for TV and movies, including the score to the acclaimed Diana Dors film Yield to the Night in 1956.
- In 1980, he moved to South Africa, where he died after suffering from cancer, aged 69, in Johannesburg.
- He returned to England in October 1941, joining the British Army having been officially cleared.[2] As he was multilingual, he served in the Intelligence Corps for six years.
- Martin became one of the joint A&R managers at Columbia Records when he left the orchestra, leading to his entry into television. Due to its growing popularity, he decided to try his hand at writing scores for various TV shows.
- His first steps into music came training as a violinist.
- His regular appearances on radio and television kept him in the public spotlight, while his position at EMI Records made him an influential producer at the label.
- At the end of the 30's Ray was viewed by the British government as possible German spy during World War II, so he was arrested and placed on the ship HMT Dunera that took him and many others to Australia where he was interned at Hay, Tatura and Loveday prisoner of war camps.
- He returned from the USA to the UK in 1972, but was comparatively unproductive.
- He was given his first radio series in 1947, leading to further exposure to the British public, and he even released a single through singer Vera Lynn. He conducted comedian Danny Kaye's U.K. tour and formed the BBC Northern Variety Orchestra, which he conducted until 1951.
- Ray Martin was an Austrian-British orchestra leader.
- He was noted for his light music compositions. Allmusic journalist Bradley Torreano stated, "Ray Martin created a legacy for himself in British popular music through his work with his orchestra during the 1950s.
- In 1959, he arranged two LPs of Classic US Television Themes named Impact and Double Impact on RCA-Victor for Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra, one of the first such collections on record.
- He studied at the Imperial Academy of Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna. In 1938, he immigrated to England and was a Carroll Levis discovery.
- He moved to the US in 1957, where he worked on both Broadway and Hollywood productions.
- After the war's end, he worked in radio for the British Forces Network in Hamburg, Germany, and later formed his own orchestra for a programme called Melody from the Sky which had over 500 broadcasts.
- Martin composed more than 2,000 works, many of which were recorded for RCA and Polydor.
- He became an arranger and composer for the Royal Air Force Band. During this time, he also managed to rescue his brother who was imprisoned in a concentration camp or possibly a prisoner of war camp.
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