The Ray-O-Vacs has been played on NTS in shows including Daisy Holiday w/ Haruomi Hosono, featured first on 15 August 2021. Songs played include My Baby's Gone.

The Ray-O-Vacs are best remembered for "I've Got Two Arms to Hold You," which sold well in both the R&B and pop music fields in the mid-'50s. The Ray-O-Vacs -- led by Lester Harris -- appeared on the doo wop scene in early March of 1950. At the time, "Once Upon a Time" was a big number one hit for the Ames Brothers, who recorded for Coral Records. Coral's parent label -- Decca -- had tried to get…