Raymond Louis Kennedy (November 26, 1946 – February 16, 2014) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer based in Los Angeles.
Dick Clark eventually offered to pay him to pantomime playing saxophone with artists including The Platters, The Drifters, Chubby Checker, Little Richard, and many others.
In the same year, Kennedy also auditioned for and received a gig playing tenor sax with Gerry Mulligan, one of the top baritone jazz saxophonists in the world.
Encouraged by his friend Otis Redding, Kennedy shifted his focus back to singing and moved to New York City in 1963.
In addition to this solo album, Kennedy wrote, recorded, and toured for several decades with Sly and the Family Stone, Brian Wilson, Dave Mason, Jeff Beck, Barry Goldberg, Maurice White, Aerosmith, Michael Schenker, Engelbert Humperdinck, Wayne Newton, Tanya Tucker, Bill Champlin, Willie Nelson, Mick Fleetwood, and others.