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Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), [1] known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country [2] and pop singer-songwriter and comedian. [3] [4] He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings "Everything Is Beautiful" and "Misty", as well as novelty hits such as "Gitarzan" and "The Streak".
Good Times is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Willie Nelson, released in 1968. [1] Arrangements were by Anita Kerr , Bill Walker and Ray Stevens . Background
1,837 Seconds of Humor is the debut album of Ray Stevens, released in 1962. [1] The front of the album shows a sheik that rides a camel, which is a reference to Stevens' song " Ahab the Arab ." All of the material on the album was written by Ray Stevens and published by Lowery Music Co., Inc. (BMI).
Ray Stevens recognized the power of the music video in the mid-80s and has been releasing them ever since. Ray released a direct-to-video collection of these videos in 1992 called Ray Stevens Comedy Video Classics , which won Billboard Home Video of the Year in 1993.
She sang as part of the chorus on her father Ray Stevens’ song "Everything Is Beautiful", using the hymn, "Jesus Loves the Little Children." [2] Ragsdale provided background vocals for artists such as Guy Clark, Pam Tillis, Suzy Bogguss, Randy Travis, and Ian Tyson. In 1991, Ragsdale secured a publishing contract and wrote songs full-time. [3]
"Everything Is Beautiful" was responsible for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. Stevens's recording was the number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in summer 1970.
Unlike Stevens' previous album releases, this album shows Stevens' spiritual side and was his first album of gospel music. The fourth track, "Let Your Love Be a Light unto the People", was written by Stevens' brother, John Ragsdale. The sixth track, "Have a Little Talk with Myself", was taken from Stevens' album of the same name.
"I Need Your Help Barry Manilow" is a 1979 song by Dale Gonyea, sung by Ray Stevens. [1] It was the first track on Stevens' album, The Feeling's Not Right Again. The single's release in March preceded the release of the album in June. The single reached number 49 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It spent a total of eight weeks on the chart.