Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Parker Jr. is one of those guys who could have had a perfectly respectable career as a session guitarist and R&B hitmaker — and then he wrote Ghostbusters, and suddenly the whole world knew his name. Growing up in Detroit, he was playing on Motown sessions as a teenager, which tells you everything about the kind of instincts this man has. "The Other Woman" from 1982 is an underrated gem that proves he had serious pop chops before the supernatural hook came along. But honestly, that Ghostbusters theme is a genuine piece of pop genius — infectious, funky, and so locked into the cultural moment that it still sounds cool forty years later. A Hollywood Walk of Fame star is well earned for a songwriter who gave the world one of the most recognizable hooks ever recorded.

Name (English)

Ray Parker Jr.

Name (Japanese)

レイ・パーカー・ジュニア

Reading

れい・ぱーかー・じゅにあ

Born

May 1, 1954 (age 72)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Horse

Origin

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Occupation

songwriter / guitarist / record producer / bandleader / composer

High school

Northwestern High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.rayparkerjr.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/rayparkerjr/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%83%8B%E3%82%A2

Tags

• Michigan
• songwriter
• guitarist
• record producer

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.