Remembering Ray McKinley on the 109th anniversary of his birth! (June 18, 1910 – May 7, 1995) Ray "Eight Beat Mack" was a Big Band Swing/Jazz drummer, singer, songwriter and bandleader! Ray and Glenn Miller were good friends and both joined the Dorsey Brothers' Orchestra in 1934, Miller left in December of the same year, but Ray stayed on until The Dorsey's split. Of course, drumming was only one of Ray's talents. He went on to sing and write and eventually lead both his own band and, for a time