Title: You Don't Owe Me a Thing, written by Marty Robbins Artist: Johnnie Ray Publisher: Acuff-Rose Publications Copyright/Release Date: 1956 Condition: Excellent Comments: John Alvin Ray (January 10, 1927 - February 24, 1990) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Highly popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor to what became rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music, and his animated stage personality. Hit 1957 hit "You Don't Owe Me a Thing" reached number 10 on the Billboard charts in the United States. Though his American popularity was declining in 1957, he remained popular in the United Kingdom, breaking the attendance record at the London Palladium formerly set by fellow Columbia Records artist Frankie Laine.