Ray Merrell

Singer. (born: 1932 in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK died: 2014 in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK.) Active from 1960 to the 1980s. He mainly released middle of the road pop songs and later country & western. He is known on the Northern Soul scene for his 1970 Jay Boy single 'Tears Of Joy' which still commands high prices amongst collectors.