Born and raised in Detroit, Ray Parker Jr. got his first break playing guitar in
the house band at one of the city's most famous night spots, the 20 Grand. A
visiting act, the Detroit Spinners, were so impressed that they invited him to
join their touring show and this led to further opportunities as he wrote songs
and played sessions with the likes of The Carpenters, Stevie Wonder, Aretha
Franklin and Chaka Khan. In the 1970s he was a member of Barry White's Love
Unlimited Orchestra before forming the R&B group Raydio, who had a hit in 1978
with Jack And Jill and scored their bi...