He studied at Trinity College of Music,[3] and served as a Bevin Boy during the Second World War.
He worked as a session musician on occasion, playing on and arranging Johnny Duncan's UK hit "Last Train to San Fernando."
[4] When Dusty Springfield went solo in 1963, he played her a tune he had written, which became her first big hit, "I Only Want to Be with You", produced by Johnny Franz.
Raymonde continued working as Springfield's arranger through the 1960s, as well as arranging and producing hits for Helen Shapiro, Billy Fury, the Walker Brothers, Susan Maughan, Ken Dodd, Alan Price, Honeybus, Eternal Triangle, Los Bravos, The Flies and many others.
[3] He had four children: Gail, Linda and Nicholas, and Simon Raymonde of Cocteau Twins, co-founder and manager of the independent record label Bella Union.