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7 unusual facts about Ray Stevens


Let's roll

And Ray Stevens's song by the name was included in a box set in 2006.

Paul Peek

Musicians who appeared on Peek's NRC singles included Joe South, Jerry Reed, and Ray Stevens, Sonny James.

Ray Stevens...Unreal!!!

On May 17, 2005, Collectables Records re-released this album and Stevens' previous album Everything Is Beautiful together on one CD.

Ross D. Wyllie

Wyllie had a Top 20 hit with his cover of Ray Stevens' song "Funny Man" and an Australian No. 1 with "The Star", both in 1969.

Snake handling

Ray Stevens's "Smoky Mountain Rattlesnake Retreat" comically portrays a couple going to a Bible camp where snakes are passed around.

The Sheik of Araby

Ray Stevens in 1991; the song title "Sheik of Araby" is spoofed as "Sheik of R&B" about a sheik depressed with his material possessions and how he found happiness playing R&B all over the world

The Von Steigers

They would lose the titles to longtime rival Moondog Mayne and local star Ray Stevens but quickly regain the titles.


1,837 Seconds of Humor

1,837 Seconds of Humor is the debut album of Ray Stevens, released in 1962.

20 Comedy Hits

20 Comedy Hits is a collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens, released in 1995.

Don't Laugh Now

Don't Laugh Now was Ray Stevens' nineteenth studio album and his third and final for RCA Records, released in 1982.

Eddie Graham

He made a one-shot return to the ring for one final match in 1979 when he defeated Killer Khan by pinfall after the referee was knocked out and subsequent interference by Mr. Hito and Kazuo Sakurada on Khan's behalf was fought off by Mike Graham and Ray Stevens.

Have a Little Talk with Myself

"Have a Little Talk With Myself" was a song recorded by Ray Stevens, released in early 1970.

His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits

His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits is a 10-track collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens, released in 1990 by Curb Records.

Jana Jae

Additionally, she has appeared with such country music artists as Mel Tillis, Ricky Skaggs, Chet Atkins, Roy Clark, Ray Stevens, The Oakridge Boys, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

Jerry Carrigan

He played on hits for some of the biggest country stars of the era - Charlie Rich, Ray Stevens, Charley Pride, George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Johnny Paycheck, Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash.

Mike Tredgett

He shared three All-England mixed doubles titles (1978, 1980, 1981) with Nora Perry and reached the All-England men's doubles final twice with Ray Stevens (1972, 1980) and twice with Martin Dew (1983, 1984).

Paul Craft

He is known as the songwriter for Mark Chesnutt's single "Brother Jukebox", and for "It's Me Again, Margaret", recorded by Ray Stevens.

Ray Stevens Christmas: Through a Different Window

Ray Stevens Christmas: Through a Different Window was the thirty-first studio album of Ray Stevens, released in 1997, as well as his first album of Christmas music.

The Feeling's Not Right Again

The Feeling's Not Right Again is a collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens, released in 1979.


see also

20 Comedy Hits

The sixth to ninth tracks were taken from the album Classic Ray Stevens, the tenth to thirteenth tracks from #1 With a Bullet, and the last seven from Lend Me Your Ears.

Barnaby Records

Barnaby also released new material by artists such as Ray Stevens, who scored a Top Ten hit with his single "Everything Is Beautiful," some early LPs by Jimmy Buffett as well as a few LPs by Claudine Longet, who was Williams's wife at the time.

Beside Myself

Beside Myself was Ray Stevens' twenty-sixth studio album and his sixth for MCA Records, released in 1989.

E. Ray Stevens

Stevens was born Edmund Ray Stevens on June 20, 1869 in Lake County, Illinois.

WVRE

Other programs aired include Chicken Man, The Nashville Music Minute, The Country's Hot List with Shawn Parr, Powered by Country with Fitz and Serving Your Country with Ramblin' Ray Stevens.