Ray Pohlman(1930-1990)

Mentored Bill Aken (lead guitarist for Los Nomadas and the only Caucasian in the band, later to record as Zane Ashton) who was the adopted son of Mexican actress Lupe Mayorga and classical guitarist Francisco Mayorga. Pohlman, along with Ozzie Nelson, Les Paul and Mitch Miller, were the ones to send letters of recommendation to The Juilliard School of Music to solicit the admission of Aken as a student.