- Began his acting career at the age of 79, according to This Is True's "Honorary Unsubscribe".
- Murray's international collection, which contained over 300,000 records, was sold just a few months before his death to an undisclosed buyer in New York City. Moving the inventory required four tractor-trailer trucks.
- In 1938, at age 16, Murray helped create the Bronx Playgrounds Operetta Club in New York. The group sang at the 1939 World's Fair. He also started collecting 78s , especially classical vocal recordings. he began singing with the operetta club. In the 1940s, after moving to Los Angeles, he worked odd jobs while continuing to sing, often as a synagogue cantor.
- Raised in The Bronx, his father, Irving, was a cabdriver and his mother, Eileen, was a hat maker.
- He started collecting 78 rpm records when he was a teenager, especially classical vocals. In his teens, he began singing with an operetta club.
- After moving to Los Angeles, he drove a cab and helped manage a bakery. He continued to sing, working as a cantor at synagogues.
- Proprietor of Music Man Murray record shop in Los Angeles, Caifornia, USA.
- Father of Irving Gershenz.
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