RAY VERNON
Though Link Wray actually had a good singing voice and even had a brief stint as a teen idol under the name Ray Vernon, Wray mostly let his guitar do the talking.
(June 2011)
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While serving in the U. S. Army during the Korean War, Link Wray contracted tuberculosis; eventually, he lost one of his lungs. Doctors told him that he would never be able to sing, so he concentrated on perfecting his electric guitar technique. Some think he was strictly an instrumentalist, but he actually has a strong singing voice and briefly did a stint as a teen idol under the name Ray Vernon.
(February 2013)
