Career
Prior to his film and television career, Colcord worked as a session musician and an A&R (Artists & Repertoire) representative for Columbia Records, was responsible for Aerosmith"s signing, and co-produced their second album, Get Your Wings. He was the first music director of the Los Angeles improvisational comedy group The Groundlings. Colcord played keyboards on the Lou Reed live album Rock n Roll Animal (1974).
Ray also played keyboards on American Pie, the album by Don McLean.
Colcord died on February 5, 2016 in Los Angeles at the age of 66. He had pancreatic cancer for four years.