Country Artist Ray Stevens

His humor is keenly observant and rich in nuance. His style is unaffected and unpretentious which for the past sixty years has allowed for entertainment that is both witty and guileless. From his multi-million selling comedy hit, “The Streak” to the socially aware “Mr. Businessman” to his Grammy award-winning “Everything Is Beautiful”, Ray’s talent has touched so many around the world. Not only a singer and composer, Ray has also produced, arranged, and performed on many legendary Nashville recordings.

Ray worked and developed friendships with many other performers including the Jordanaires, Brook Benton, Dusty Springfield, Bobby Goldsboro, Margie Singleton, Toni Wine, Lulu, “Mama” Cass Elliot, Brenda Lee, Ronnie Dove, Patti Page, and Chet Atkins. He and Charlie McCoy even played trumpet on a session for Elvis Presley. Several years later Ray would publish “Way Down”, Elvis’ last hit before his death. While at Mercury, Ray also recorded the hits “Harry the Hairy Ape” and “Santa Claus is Watching You.” Ray left Mercury and joined Monument Records as a producer overseeing new artists, including a young Dolly Parton.

For the next few years, Ray continued to release a variety of music including Gospel and Country, but the biggest song of his career came in 1974 with his comedic smash hit, “The Streak”. It was Ray’s second #1 hit and sold over 5 million copies internationally. Ray kept the ball of success rolling by winning his second Grammy award. Ray won Best Arrangement for his Bluegrass reimaging of the Erroll Gardner/Johnny Burke classic, “Misty.”

Ray then briefly signed with Warner Brothers before moving to RCA Records in 1979. His major hit during that time was “Shriner’s Convention”, inspired from a real experience in a hotel booked full of Shriners. In 1984, Ray signed with MCA Records and had hits with “Mississippi Squirrel Revival,” “It’s Me Again, Margaret,” “Southern Air,” and “Would Jesus Wear A Rolex?” Ray continued to record for MCA until 1990 when he signed with Curb Records.

Ray continued to record, releasing albums like “Hum It,” “New Orleans Moon,” and “Ray Stevens Sings Sinatra…Say What??” In 2010, he released “We The People” a CD/DVD package which contained music tracks and videos on political subjects. Due to the popularity of “We The People,” Ray released another political album, “Spirit of ’76,” in 2011.

In 2019, Ray Stevens was inducted to the Country Music Hall of Fame. Throughout his career, Stevens has sold more than 40 million albums. Ray continues daily office operations at his home base, the CabaRay.

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