Henry Pitts Brown (17 March 1916 – 27 February 1985),[2] known professionally as Ray Ellington, was an English singer, drummer and bandleader.

His father was Harry Pitts Brown (c.1877–1920), an African American music-hall comedian and entertainer, his mother was Eva Stenkell Rosenthal (b. c.1879), a Russian Jew.

[6] Ellington specialised in jazz but experimented with many other genres and his musical style was heavily influenced by the comedic jump blues of Louis Jordan.

[4] When guitarist Caton moved on he was succeeded in turn by Laurie Deniz, Australian Don Fraser and Judd Proctor, who was a member of the quartet for six years from July 1955.

[2] He was married to Anita West, who was to become the second female presenter of Blue Peter when she replaced Leila Williams, but left after four months, citing her split with Ellington as the reason.