The Ravens

Not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Eligible since: 1973

First Recording: 1947

Previously Considered? No  what's this?

The Ravens
HALL OF FAME INDICATORS
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Albums
🔲Rolling Stone 500 Songs
🔲Rolling Stone Cover
🔲Saturday Night Live
🔲Major Festival Headliner
🔲Songwriters Hall of Fame
🔲“Big Four” Grammys

Inducted into Rock Hall Projected in 2012 (ranked #22 in the Influences - Pre-Rock Era category) .

Essential Songs (?)WikipediaYouTube
September Song (1948)

The Ravens @ Wikipedia

Will The Ravens be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?
"Musical excellence is the essential qualification for induction."
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Which members will be inducted?

Original members

Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks (James Thomas Ricks, August 6, 1924 – July 2, 1974) (member 1946-1956)
Warren "Birdland" Suttles (February 20, 1925 – July 24, 2009)[6] (1946-1948, 1949-1950, 1952-1954)
Leonard "Zeke" Puzey (1926 – October 2, 2007)[7] (1946-1951, 1953)
Henry Oliver "Ollie" Jones (December 9, 1923 – October 4, 1990) (1946-1947)

Later members

Maithe Marshall (Maithe Williams, d. November 1989)(1947-1951)
Joe Medlin (1948)
Richie Cannon (1948-1949)
Louis Heyward (1950-1951)
Joe Van Loan (December 6, 1926 – 1976)(1951-1958)
Louis Frazier (1951-1952, 1954-1956)
Jimmie Steward (1951-1956)
Tommy Evans (1954, 1956)
Willie Ray (1956-1957)
Willis Sanders (1956-1957)
Bob Kornegay (1956)
David "Boots" Bowers (1956-1958)
Paul Van Loan (1957)
James Van Loan (1957)
Aaron "Tex" Cornelius (1958)
Grant Kitchings (1958)

Piano

Howard Biggs (1946-1949)
Bill Sanford (1949-1957)
Bill Chambers (1957-1958)

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 12/16/2018 @ 22:40pm


Which members will be inducted?

Original members

Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks (James Thomas Ricks, August 6, 1924 – July 2, 1974) (member 1946-1956)
Warren "Birdland" Suttles (February 20, 1925 – July 24, 2009)(1946-1948, 1949-1950, 1952-1954)
Leonard "Zeke" Puzey (1926 – October 2, 2007)(1946-1951, 1953)
Henry Oliver "Ollie" Jones (December 9, 1923 – October 4, 1990) (1946-1947)

Later members

Maithe Marshall (Maithe Williams, d. November 1989)(1947-1951)
Joe Medlin (1948)
Richie Cannon (1948-1949)
Louis Heyward (1950-1951)
Joe Van Loan (December 6, 1926 – 1976)(1951-1958)
Louis Frazier (1951-1952, 1954-1956)
Jimmie Steward (1951-1956)
Tommy Evans (1954, 1956)
Willie Ray (1956-1957)
Willis Sanders (1956-1957)
Bob Kornegay (1956)
David "Boots" Bowers (1956-1958)
Paul Van Loan (1957)
James Van Loan (1957)
Aaron "Tex" Cornelius (1958)
Grant Kitchings (1958)

Piano

Howard Biggs (1946-1949)
Bill Sanford (1949-1957)
Bill Chambers (1957-1958)

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 12/16/2018 @ 22:41pm


Which members will be inducted?

Original members

Jimmy "Ricky" Ricks (James Thomas Ricks, August 6, 1924 – July 2, 1974) (member 1946-1956)
Warren "Birdland" Suttles (February 20, 1925 – July 24, 2009)(1946-1948, 1949-1950, 1952-1954)
Leonard "Zeke" Puzey (1926 – October 2, 2007)(1946-1951, 1953)
Henry Oliver "Ollie" Jones (December 9, 1923 – October 4, 1990) (1946-1947)

Later members

Maithe Marshall (1947-1951)
Joe Medlin (1948)
Richie Cannon (1948-1949)
Louis Heyward (1950-1951)
Joe Van Loan(1951-1958)
Louis Frazier (1951-1952, 1954-1956)
Jimmie Steward (1951-1956)
Tommy Evans (1954, 1956)
Willie Ray (1956-1957)
Willis Sanders (1956-1957)
Bob Kornegay (1956)
David "Boots" Bowers (1956-1958)
Paul Van Loan (1957)
James Van Loan (1957)
Aaron "Tex" Cornelius (1958)
Grant Kitchings (1958)

Piano

Howard Biggs (1946-1949)
Bill Sanford (1949-1957)
Bill Chambers (1957-1958)

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 12/16/2018 @ 22:44pm


THE RAVENS

01. Jimmy Ricks (1946-1956)
02. Warren Suttles (1946-1948, 1949-1950, 1952-1954)
03. Leonard Puzey (1946-1951, 1953)
04. Henry Jones (1946-1947)
05. Maithe Marshall (1947-1951)
06. Joe Van Loan(1951-1958)
07. Louis Frazier (1951-1952, 1954-1956)
08. Jimmie Steward (1951-1956)

Posted by Roy on Monday, 12/17/2018 @ 08:54am


Early Influence

Posted by Roy on Sunday, 05/9/2021 @ 21:13pm


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