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One being the Ray Stevens who recorded the theme of 1980s Steven King horror movie, Cat’s Eye.
The other is the Stevens’ with the recording career which began with two singles released on Prep Records, followed by a short stint with Capitol Records. Both these recording contracts were made with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery. Stevens joined Lowery’s National Recording Corporation in 1958, where he also was a member of the NRC staff band, playing numerous instruments, arranging, and doing background vocals. When NRC went into bankruptcy, he signed with Mercury Records, and started a series of hit records in the 1960s that included “Ahab the Arab” and “Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills”. The later song held the record as the longest title to hit the Top 40 chart until being surpassed in 1981 by the Stars on 45 Medley, whose official title included the titles of 10 other songs because of copyright requirements.
Stevens became a producer and well-known studio musician on the Nashville scene, and recorded hits for Monument, Barnaby, Warner Brothers, MCA and RCA. Perhaps his most famous hit is “The Streak” (1974), which poked fun at the early-1970s “streaking” fad of running nude in public; this was a No 1 in both the UK and the USA. His novelty song “Bridget the Midget (The Queen of The Blues)” made No 2 on the UK chart in 1971
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Ahab the Arab and Other Crazy Songs
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wildtony40
great songs.
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lumholdt
Every time I went with my dad in his truck, he'd play Ray Stevens. Oh the memories. My favorite will always be It's Me Again, Margaret!
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we the people commercial
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BabyfaceNelson
I love his cover of Misty. Great voice.
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Check out Ray Stevens' newest song and video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc_-L4fyLUo
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NordicByNature
Ray Stevens rocks the lid off this motherfucker.
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iagrl
I remember when Ray Stevens would summer fill in for Andy Williams. Boy that shows my age, lol.
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lostchamber
OH EE OH AHAH
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teccrom
Cannonball!
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dfielder
Ray Stevens is awesome! Many great childhood memories listening to his songs.
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tinker6toes
I have been laughing with Ray Stevens since I was a kid! He is still so......... Funny!
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don_sebbe
the guy from the simpsons epdisode where santas little helper is horny
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LiTTle-HoRn
Ahab the Arab rules ^^
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PappaWheelie
And I hollered over at Ethel...I said: Don't look Ethel! It was too late, she'd already got a free shot.
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And I hollered over at Ethel...I said: Don't look Ethel! It was too late, she'd already been incensed.
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