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Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, January 24, 1939,[2] Clarkdale, Georgia) is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, a small town west of Atlanta.
Stevens' recording career began in the mid-1950s with two singles released on Prep Records. He then signed a contract with Capitol Records with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery. In 1958, Stevens joined Lowery's National Recording Corporation (NRC), playing numerous instruments, arranging music, and performing background vocals for its band. After NRC filed for bankruptcy, he signed with Mercury Records with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s that included songs such as "Ahab the Arab," "Harry the Hairy Ape," "Funny Man," the original recording of "Santa Claus is Watching You," and "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills."
In 1966, Stevens signed with Monument Records and started to release serious material such as "Mr. Businessman" in 1968, a Top 30 pop hit, and "Have A Little Talk With Myself" and the original version of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" in 1969, which became Steven's first two singles to reach the country music charts. Stevens continued releasing novelty songs, and in 1969 he had a million-selling Top 10 pop hit with "Gitarzan." Stevens also became a regular on The Andy Williams Show during the 1969–1970 season, and he even hosted his own summer show, The Ray Stevens Show, in 1970.
Prep (1957) Capitol subsidiary
F-108 Rang Tang Ding Dong / Silver Bracelet - 57
F-122 Five More Steps / Tingle - 57
Capitol (1958)
F4101 Clown / School - 01-59
NRC (1959-1960)
031 High School Yearbook / Truly True - 59
042 My Heart Cries For You / What Would I Do Without You - ca. 11-59
057 Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon / Who Do You Love - ca. 09-60
063 Happy Blue Year / White Christmas - 11-60
Mercury (1961-1965)
71843 Jeremiah Peabody's Poly / Teen Years - 07-61 -/35
71888 Scratch My Back / When You Wish Upon A Star - 11-61
71966 Ahab The Arab / It's Been So Long - 04-62 -/5
72039 Further More / Saturday Night At The Movies - 09-62 -/91
72058 Santa Claus Is Watching You / Loved And Lost - 11-62 -/45
72098 Funny Man / Just One Of Life's Little Tragedies - 02-63 -/81
72125 Harry The Hairy Ape / Little Stone Statue - 05-63 -/17
72189 Speed Ball / It's Party Time - 09-63
72255 Butch Barbarian / Don't Say Anything - 03-64
72307 Bubble Gum The Bubble Dancer / Laughing Over My Grave - 08-64
72382 Rockin' Teenage Mummies / It Only Hurts When I Love - 01-65
72430 Mr Baker The Undertaker / Old English Surfer - 05-65
C30129 Ahab The Arab / Harry The Hairy Ape - ca. 65 (reissue)
72816 Funny Man / ? - 06-68
Monument (1965-1969)
45-911 ABC / Party People - 12-65
45-927 Devil May Care / Make A Few Memories - 03-66
45-946 Freddie Feelgood / There's One In Every Crowd - 06-66 -/91
45-1001 Mary My Secretary / Answer Me My Love - ca. 02-67
45-1048 Unwind / For He's A Jolly Good Fellow - 12-67 -/52
45-1083 Mr Businessman / Face The Music - 07-68 -/28
45-1099 Great Escape / Isn't It Lonely Together - ca. 11-68
45-1131 Gitarzan / Bagpipes That's My Bag - 03-69 -/8
45-1150 Along Came Jones / Yakety Yak - 05-69 -/27
45-1163 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down / Minority - 09-69 55/81
45-1171 Have A Little Talk With Myself / Little Woman - 12-69 63/-
45-1187 Fool On The Hill / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - 02-70
Barnaby (1970-1976)
ZS7-2011 Everything Is Beautiful / Brighter Day - 04-70 39/1
ZS7-2016 America Communicate With Me / Monkey See Monkey Do - 06-70 -/45
ZS7-2021 Sunset Strip / Islands - 10-70 -/81
ZS7-2024 Bridget The Midget (Queen Of The Blues) / Night People - 01-71 -/50
ZS7-2029 Mama And A Papa / Melt - 04-71
ZS7-2039 All My Trials / Have A Little Talk With Myself - 07-71 -/70
ZS7-2048 Turn Your Radio On / Loving You On Paper - 11-71 17/-
ZS7-2058 Love Lifted Me / Glory Special - 02-72
ZS7-2065 Losing Streak / Inside - 06-72
B-5020 Nashville / Golden Age - 06-73 37/-
B-5028 Love Me Longer / Float - 10-73
B-600 Streak / You've Got The Music Inside - 02-74 3/1
B-604 Moonlight Special / Just So Proud To Be Home - 06-74 -/73
B-610 Inside / Everybody Needs A Rainbow - 11-74
B-614 Misty / Sunshine - 04-75 3/14
B-616 Indian Love Call / Piece Of Paradise - 08-75 38/68
B-618 Young Love / Deep Purple - 12-75 48/93
B-619 Mockin' Bird Hill / Lady Of Spain - 04-76
B-503 Love Me Longer / Float - (reissue)
B-514 Gitarzan / Unwind - (reissue, Monument recordings)
B-515 Everything Is Beautiful / Turn Your Radio On - (reissue)
B-516 Sunday Morning Coming Down / Mister Business Man - (reissue)
B-517 Ahab The Arab / Along Came Jones - (reissue)
B-518 Freddie Feelgood / Isn't It Lonely Together - (reissue)
B-519 Bridget The Midget / Have A Little Talk With Myself - (reissue)
Warner Brothers (1976-1979)
WBS-8198 You Are So Beautiful / One Man Band - 04-76 16/-
WBS-8237 Honky Tonk Waltz / Om - 08-76 27/-
WBS-8301 In The Mood / Classical Cluck - 12-76 as Henhouse Five Plus Two 39/40
WBS-8318 Get Crazy With Me / Dixie Hummingbird - 02-77 81/-
WBS-8393 Dixie Hummingbird / Feel The Music - 05-77 44/-
WBS-8603 Be Your Own Best Friend / With A Smile - ca. 21-06-78 36/-
WBS-8785 I Need Your Help Barry Manilow / Daydream Romance - 03-79 85/49
WBS-8849 Get Crazy With Me / Feeling's Not Right Again - 06-79
RCA Victor (1980-1982)
PB-11911 Shriner's Convention / You're Never Goin' To Tampa With Me - 02-80 7/-
PB-12069 Night Games / Let's Do It Right This Time - 08-80 20/-
PB-12170 One More Last Chance / I Believe You Love Me - 01-81 33/-
PB-12185 Misty / Streak - 03-81
GB-12368 Everything Is Beautiful / Gitarzan - 10-81 (reissue)
GB-12370 Shriner's Convention / You're Never Goin' To Tampa With Me - 10-81 (reissue)
PB-13038 Written Down In My Heart / Country Boy Country Club Girl - 01-82 35/-
PB-13207 Where The Sun Don't Shine / Why Don't We Go Somewhere And Love - 04-82 63/-
5303-7-R Midnight Rocks / Optical Illusion - 10-87
Mercury (1983)
812496-7 Mary Lou Nights / Piece Of Paradise Called Tennessee - 07-83
818057-7 My Dad / Me - 12-83 64/-
MCA (1984-1989)
52451 I'm Kissing You Goodbye / Joggin' - 09-84
52492 Mississippi Squirrel Revival / Ned Nostril (And His South Seas Paradise) - 11-84 20/-
52548 It's Me Again Margaret / Joggin' - 03-85 74/-
52657 Haircut Song / Punk Country Love - 08-85 45/-
52738 Santa Claus Is Watchin' You / Armchair Quarterback - 11-85
52771 Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone / Vacation Bible School - 01-86 50/-
52906 Southern Air / Camping Trip - 08-86 63/-
52924 People's Court / Dudley Dorite - 10-86 70/-
53007 Can He Love You Half As Much As I / Dudley Dorite (Of The Highway Patrol) - 12-86
53101 Would Jesus Wear A Rolex / Cool Down Willard - 04-87 41/-
53178 Three Legged Man / Doctor Doctor - 08-87
53232 Sex Symbols / Ballad Of Cactus Pete And Me - 12-87
53372 Surfin' USSR / Language Nudity Violence And Sex - 05-88
53423 Day I Tried To Teach Charlene Mackenzie How To Drive / I Don't Need None Of That - 09-88
53661 I Saw Elvis In A UFO / I Used To Be Crazy - 06-89
Curb (1991-)
NR-76870 There's A Star Spangled Banner - 91 (DJ single)
D7-73130 Osama-Yo' Mama / United We Stand - 12-01 48/-
Platten zum Scannen gibt es in Hülle und Fülle !
Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, January 24, 1939,[2] Clarkdale, Georgia) is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, a small town west of Atlanta.
Stevens' recording career began in the mid-1950s with two singles released on Prep Records. He then signed a contract with Capitol Records with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery. In 1958, Stevens joined Lowery's National Recording Corporation (NRC), playing numerous instruments, arranging music, and performing background vocals for its band. After NRC filed for bankruptcy, he signed with Mercury Records with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s that included songs such as "Ahab the Arab," "Harry the Hairy Ape," "Funny Man," the original recording of "Santa Claus is Watching You," and "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills."
In 1966, Stevens signed with Monument Records and started to release serious material such as "Mr. Businessman" in 1968, a Top 30 pop hit, and "Have A Little Talk With Myself" and the original version of "Sunday Morning Coming Down" in 1969, which became Steven's first two singles to reach the country music charts. Stevens continued releasing novelty songs, and in 1969 he had a million-selling Top 10 pop hit with "Gitarzan." Stevens also became a regular on The Andy Williams Show during the 1969–1970 season, and he even hosted his own summer show, The Ray Stevens Show, in 1970.
Prep (1957) Capitol subsidiary
F-108 Rang Tang Ding Dong / Silver Bracelet - 57
F-122 Five More Steps / Tingle - 57
Capitol (1958)
F4101 Clown / School - 01-59
NRC (1959-1960)
031 High School Yearbook / Truly True - 59
042 My Heart Cries For You / What Would I Do Without You - ca. 11-59
057 Sergeant Preston Of The Yukon / Who Do You Love - ca. 09-60
063 Happy Blue Year / White Christmas - 11-60
Mercury (1961-1965)
71843 Jeremiah Peabody's Poly / Teen Years - 07-61 -/35
71888 Scratch My Back / When You Wish Upon A Star - 11-61
71966 Ahab The Arab / It's Been So Long - 04-62 -/5
72039 Further More / Saturday Night At The Movies - 09-62 -/91
72058 Santa Claus Is Watching You / Loved And Lost - 11-62 -/45
72098 Funny Man / Just One Of Life's Little Tragedies - 02-63 -/81
72125 Harry The Hairy Ape / Little Stone Statue - 05-63 -/17
72189 Speed Ball / It's Party Time - 09-63
72255 Butch Barbarian / Don't Say Anything - 03-64
72307 Bubble Gum The Bubble Dancer / Laughing Over My Grave - 08-64
72382 Rockin' Teenage Mummies / It Only Hurts When I Love - 01-65
72430 Mr Baker The Undertaker / Old English Surfer - 05-65
C30129 Ahab The Arab / Harry The Hairy Ape - ca. 65 (reissue)
72816 Funny Man / ? - 06-68
Monument (1965-1969)
45-911 ABC / Party People - 12-65
45-927 Devil May Care / Make A Few Memories - 03-66
45-946 Freddie Feelgood / There's One In Every Crowd - 06-66 -/91
45-1001 Mary My Secretary / Answer Me My Love - ca. 02-67
45-1048 Unwind / For He's A Jolly Good Fellow - 12-67 -/52
45-1083 Mr Businessman / Face The Music - 07-68 -/28
45-1099 Great Escape / Isn't It Lonely Together - ca. 11-68
45-1131 Gitarzan / Bagpipes That's My Bag - 03-69 -/8
45-1150 Along Came Jones / Yakety Yak - 05-69 -/27
45-1163 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down / Minority - 09-69 55/81
45-1171 Have A Little Talk With Myself / Little Woman - 12-69 63/-
45-1187 Fool On The Hill / I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - 02-70
Barnaby (1970-1976)
ZS7-2011 Everything Is Beautiful / Brighter Day - 04-70 39/1
ZS7-2016 America Communicate With Me / Monkey See Monkey Do - 06-70 -/45
ZS7-2021 Sunset Strip / Islands - 10-70 -/81
ZS7-2024 Bridget The Midget (Queen Of The Blues) / Night People - 01-71 -/50
ZS7-2029 Mama And A Papa / Melt - 04-71
ZS7-2039 All My Trials / Have A Little Talk With Myself - 07-71 -/70
ZS7-2048 Turn Your Radio On / Loving You On Paper - 11-71 17/-
ZS7-2058 Love Lifted Me / Glory Special - 02-72
ZS7-2065 Losing Streak / Inside - 06-72
B-5020 Nashville / Golden Age - 06-73 37/-
B-5028 Love Me Longer / Float - 10-73
B-600 Streak / You've Got The Music Inside - 02-74 3/1
B-604 Moonlight Special / Just So Proud To Be Home - 06-74 -/73
B-610 Inside / Everybody Needs A Rainbow - 11-74
B-614 Misty / Sunshine - 04-75 3/14
B-616 Indian Love Call / Piece Of Paradise - 08-75 38/68
B-618 Young Love / Deep Purple - 12-75 48/93
B-619 Mockin' Bird Hill / Lady Of Spain - 04-76
B-503 Love Me Longer / Float - (reissue)
B-514 Gitarzan / Unwind - (reissue, Monument recordings)
B-515 Everything Is Beautiful / Turn Your Radio On - (reissue)
B-516 Sunday Morning Coming Down / Mister Business Man - (reissue)
B-517 Ahab The Arab / Along Came Jones - (reissue)
B-518 Freddie Feelgood / Isn't It Lonely Together - (reissue)
B-519 Bridget The Midget / Have A Little Talk With Myself - (reissue)
Warner Brothers (1976-1979)
WBS-8198 You Are So Beautiful / One Man Band - 04-76 16/-
WBS-8237 Honky Tonk Waltz / Om - 08-76 27/-
WBS-8301 In The Mood / Classical Cluck - 12-76 as Henhouse Five Plus Two 39/40
WBS-8318 Get Crazy With Me / Dixie Hummingbird - 02-77 81/-
WBS-8393 Dixie Hummingbird / Feel The Music - 05-77 44/-
WBS-8603 Be Your Own Best Friend / With A Smile - ca. 21-06-78 36/-
WBS-8785 I Need Your Help Barry Manilow / Daydream Romance - 03-79 85/49
WBS-8849 Get Crazy With Me / Feeling's Not Right Again - 06-79
RCA Victor (1980-1982)
PB-11911 Shriner's Convention / You're Never Goin' To Tampa With Me - 02-80 7/-
PB-12069 Night Games / Let's Do It Right This Time - 08-80 20/-
PB-12170 One More Last Chance / I Believe You Love Me - 01-81 33/-
PB-12185 Misty / Streak - 03-81
GB-12368 Everything Is Beautiful / Gitarzan - 10-81 (reissue)
GB-12370 Shriner's Convention / You're Never Goin' To Tampa With Me - 10-81 (reissue)
PB-13038 Written Down In My Heart / Country Boy Country Club Girl - 01-82 35/-
PB-13207 Where The Sun Don't Shine / Why Don't We Go Somewhere And Love - 04-82 63/-
5303-7-R Midnight Rocks / Optical Illusion - 10-87
Mercury (1983)
812496-7 Mary Lou Nights / Piece Of Paradise Called Tennessee - 07-83
818057-7 My Dad / Me - 12-83 64/-
MCA (1984-1989)
52451 I'm Kissing You Goodbye / Joggin' - 09-84
52492 Mississippi Squirrel Revival / Ned Nostril (And His South Seas Paradise) - 11-84 20/-
52548 It's Me Again Margaret / Joggin' - 03-85 74/-
52657 Haircut Song / Punk Country Love - 08-85 45/-
52738 Santa Claus Is Watchin' You / Armchair Quarterback - 11-85
52771 Ballad Of The Blue Cyclone / Vacation Bible School - 01-86 50/-
52906 Southern Air / Camping Trip - 08-86 63/-
52924 People's Court / Dudley Dorite - 10-86 70/-
53007 Can He Love You Half As Much As I / Dudley Dorite (Of The Highway Patrol) - 12-86
53101 Would Jesus Wear A Rolex / Cool Down Willard - 04-87 41/-
53178 Three Legged Man / Doctor Doctor - 08-87
53232 Sex Symbols / Ballad Of Cactus Pete And Me - 12-87
53372 Surfin' USSR / Language Nudity Violence And Sex - 05-88
53423 Day I Tried To Teach Charlene Mackenzie How To Drive / I Don't Need None Of That - 09-88
53661 I Saw Elvis In A UFO / I Used To Be Crazy - 06-89
Curb (1991-)
NR-76870 There's A Star Spangled Banner - 91 (DJ single)
D7-73130 Osama-Yo' Mama / United We Stand - 12-01 48/-
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