Ray Collins, the guitarist who helped found the Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, died on Monday after being admitted to the hospital a week earlier for cardiac arrest, the New York Times reports ...

How many Broadway shows has Ray Collins been in? Ray Collins has appeared on Broadway in 8 shows. How many West End shows has Ray Collins been in? Ray Collins has appeared on London's West End in 1 ...

CLAREMONT, Calif. Ray Collins, who invited guitarist Frank Zappa to join the band that eventually became the Mothers of Invention, has died at age 75. Collins' friend Patrick Brayer tells the Inland ...

As 2012 winds down, we add yet another name to the long list of musical legacies we lost this year. Ray Collins was responsible for bringing Frank Zappa into his band Soul Giants in 1964. That band ...

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Ray Collins, the guitarist who helped found the Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa, died on Monday after being admitted to the hospital a week earlier for cardiac arrest, the New York Times reports ...