He may not have released an official studio album, but he had been recording. He had waxed some discs in a studio in Cucamonga, Calif., at the time a wide spot along Rte. 66 in the middle of the San Bernardino Valley's wine country.
The World's Greatest Sinner--Baby Ray & the Ferns (1963)
Got a chuckle from this:
As sinner he’s a winner
Honey, he’s no beginner