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Johnnie Ray is the debut studio album by Johnnie Ray. The album was released as a 10-inch LP and 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set and was the first album in the history of recorded music to be released with no title. The 78 rpm and 45 rpm box set of this same album simply listed "Johnnie Ray" on the spine. The album was released in 1952 on the Columbia Records label and the catalogue number was CL 6199.
Reception
In a May 3, 1952 issue of Billboard, the album was listed as the fourth best-selling 10-inch 33+1⁄3 LP in the United States.
Four months later, on September 20, 1952, the record was still in the top ten Billboard sales list, ranked the fifth-best-selling 10-inch; the week prior to that, on September 13, it had been at number 7.
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