Ray Davis (musician)
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Raymond "Ray" Davis (born March 29, 1940 in Sumter, South Carolina - died July 5, 2005 New Brunswick, New Jersey) was the original bass singer and one of the founding members of The Parliaments, Parliament and Funkadelic. He has more recently performed in The Original P which consisted of four founding members of Parliament and was briefly in The Temptations. Ray replaced the original bass singer of the Temptations' Melvin Franklin on the album For Lovers Only and in the group after Franklin's death in 1995. Davis left the group after being diagnosed with throat cancer. In later years, he performed with former Temptation Glenn Leonard in Leonard's group, The Temptations Experience. Ray Davis died on the evening of Tuesday, July 5 2005 of respiratory problems.
