Ray Stevens discography

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The following is a complete discography of singles and albums released by the American country, pop, and novelty artist Ray Stevens.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] 1950s

[edit] 1960s

  • 1837 Seconds of Humor — 1962
  • This Is Ray Stevens — 1963
  • Ray "Ahab the Arab" Stevens and Hal Winters — 1962
  • The Best of Ray Stevens — 1967
  • Even Stevens — 1968
  • Gitarzan — 1969
  • Have a Little Talk with Myself — 1969

[edit] 1970s

  • Unreal — 1970
  • Everything Is Beautiful — 1970
  • Ray Stevens Rock & Roll Show — 1971
  • Ray Stevens Greatest Hits — 1971
  • Losin' Streak — 1973
  • Nashville — 1973
  • Boogity-Boogity — 1974
  • Turn Your Radio On — 1974
  • Misty — 1975
  • The Very Best of Ray Stevens — 1975
  • Both Sides of Ray Stevens — 1976
  • Just for the Record — 1976
  • Feel the Music — 1977
  • The Many Sides of Ray Stevens — 1977
  • The Remarkable Ray Stevens: 20 Incredible Hits — 1977
  • There Is Something on Your Mind — 1978
  • Be Your Own Best Friend — 1978
  • The Feeling's Not Right Again — 1979
  • The Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Collection — 1979
  • The Best of Ray Stevens — 1979

[edit] 1980s

  • Shriner's Convention — 1980
  • Wild and Crazy — 1980
  • Oh Lonesome Me — 1981
  • Cannonball Run Soundtrack — 1981
  • One More Last Chance — 1981
  • Don't Laugh Now — 1982
  • Turn Your Radio On — 1982
  • Greatest Hits — 1983
  • Me — 1983
  • He Thinks He's Ray Stevens — 1984 (Certified Platinum by the RIAA)
  • Ray Stevens Collection — 1984
  • Ray Stevens Greatest Hits — 1984
  • I Have Returned — 1985 (Certified Gold by the RIAA)
  • Ray Stevens Collector's Series — 1985
  • Surely You Joust — 1986
  • The Very Best Of Ray Stevens/Roger Miller — 1986
  • Crackin' Up — 1987
  • Get the Best of Ray Stevens — 1987
  • Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Volume 1 — 1987 (Certified PLATINUM by the RIAA)
  • Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Volume 2 — 1987 (Certified Gold by the RIAA)
  • I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like — 1988
  • Beside Myself — 1989
  • Funny Man — 1989
  • Ray Stevens — At His Best — 1989 (a repackaging of Beside Myself)

[edit] 1990s

  • Everything Is Beautiful and Other Hits — 1990
  • His All Time Greatest Comic Hits — 1990 (Certified Gold by the RIAA)
  • Lend Me Your Ears — 1990
  • #1 with a Bullet — 1991
  • Ray Stevens Greatest Hits — 1991
  • Ahab the Arab — 1992
  • Everything Is Beautiful — 1992
  • Mississippi Squirrel Revival (Actually a repackaging of 1984's He Thinks He's Ray Stevens with new title and cover art) — 1992
  • Ray Stevens/Jim Stafford — 1992
  • The Gospel Side of Ray Stevens — 1992
  • A Brighter Day — 1993
  • Classic Ray Stevens — 1993
  • The Legendary Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford — 1993
  • Get Serious! The Original Movie Soundtrack — 1994
  • Ray Stevens — 20 Comedy Hits — 1995
  • Ray Stevens Live! — 1995
  • 3 CD or Cassette Set — 1995 "Cornball", "Do You Wanna Dance", and "The Serious Side Of Ray Stevens". All material released on Warner Brothers Records, 1976-1979.
  • Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful — 1996
  • Great Gospel Songs — 1996
  • Ray Stevens — All-Time Hits — 1996
  • Even Stevens — 1996
  • Gitarzan — 1996
  • Hum It — 1997
  • Ray Stevens - The Streak — 1997
  • The Best Of Ray Stevens — 1997
  • Ray Stevens - Christmas Through a Different Window — 1997
  • Ray Stevens - Golden Classics/Collector's Edition — 1997
  • Ray Stevens - The Country Hits Collection — 1998
  • Ray Stevens: The Last Laugh — 1999

[edit] 2000s

  • Ear Candy — 2000
  • Thank You — 2000
  • Funniest Characters — 2000
  • Ray Stevens All-Time Greatest Hits — 2001
  • Osama-Yo' Mama, The Album — 2002
  • The Collection — 2003
  • Box Set — 2006
  • New Orleans Moon; 2007 (originally available only as digital album, but now available on CD as well)
  • Hurricane; 2008 (available both as a digital album and as a physical CD, although the CD is exclusive to on-line stores)
  • Laughter is the Best Medicine; 2008 (a collection of comedy recordings available exclusively in hospital gift shops)
  • Greatest Hits: The 50th Anniversary Collection — 2008

[edit] Singles

Year Single US Country US Hot 100 US AC US R&B Album
1957 "Rang Tang Ding Dong"
1957 "Five More Steps"
1959 "Clown"
1959 "High School Yearbook"
1959 "My Heart Cries for You"
1960 "Sgt. Preston of the Yukon"
1960 "Happy Blue Year"
1961 "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving
Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills"		 35 1,837 Seconds of Humor
1961 "Scratch My Back (I Love It)" 1,837 Seconds of Humor
1962 "Ahab the Arab" 5 9 1,837 Seconds of Humor
1962 "Furthermore" 91 1,837 Seconds of Humor
1962 "Santa Claus Is Watching You" 45
1963 "Funny Man" 81 This Is Ray Stevens
1963 "Harry the Hairy Ape" 17 14 This Is Ray Stevens
1963 "Speed Ball" 59 29 This Is Ray Stevens
1964 "Butch Barbarian" The Best of Ray Stevens
1964 "Bubble Gum the Bubble Dancer" The Best of Ray Stevens
1965 "Rockin' Teenage Mummies"
1965 "Mr. Baker the Undertaker"
1965 "ABC"
1966 "Devil May Care"
1966 "Freddie Feelgood (And His Funky Little Five Piece Band)" 91 Gitarzan
1967 "Mary, My Secretary"
1968 "Unwind" 52 Even Stevens
1968 "Mr. Businessman" 28 Even Stevens
1968 "The Great Escape"
1969 "Gitarzan" 8 Gitarzan
1969 "Along Came Jones" 27 Gitarzan
1969 "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down" 55 81 Have a Little Talk with Myself
1970 "Have a Little Talk with Myself" 63 Have a Little Talk with Myself
1970 "Fool on the Hill" Have a Little Talk with Myself
1970 "Everything Is Beautiful" 39 1 1 Everything Is Beautiful
1970 "America, Communicate with Me" 45 12 Unreal
1970 "Sunset Strip" 81 17 Unreal
1971 "Bridget the Midget (Queen of the Blues)" 50 Greatest Hits (Barnaby)
1971 "A Mama and a Papa" 82 4 Turn Your Radio On
1971 "All My Trials" 70 6 Turn Your Radio On
1971 "Turn Your Radio On" 17 63 24 Turn Your Radio On
1972 "Love Lifted Me" Turn Your Radio On
1972 "Losin' Streak" Losin' Streak
1973 "Nashville" 37 44 Nashville
1973 "Love Me Longer" Nashville
1974 "The Streak" 3 1 12 Boogity Boogity
1974 "Moonlight Special" 73 Boogity Boogity
1974 "Everybody Needs A Rainbow"/"Inside" 37 18 Losin' Streak
1975 "Misty" 3 14 8 Misty
1975 "Indian Love Call" 38 68 Misty
1976 "Young Love" 48 93 44 Misty
1976 "Mockingbird Hill" Misty
1976 "You Are So Beautiful" 16 Just For the Record
1976 "Honky Tonk Waltz" 27 Just For the Record
1977 "In the Mood" (credited to the Henhouse Five) 39 40 38 single release only
1977 "Get Crazy with Me" 81 Feel the Music
1977 "Dixie Hummingbird" 44 Feel the Music
1978 "Be Your Own Best Friend" 36 50 Be Your Own Best Friend
1979 "I Need Your Help Barry Manilow" 85 49 11 The Feeling's Not Right Again
1980 "Shriner's Convention" 7 Shriner's Convention
1980 "Night Games" 20 One More Last Chance
1981 "One More Last Chance" 33 One More Last Chance
1982 "Written Down in My Heart" 35 Don't Laugh Now
1982 "Where the Sun Don't Shine" 63 Don't Laugh Now
1983 "Mary Lou Nights" Me
1984 "My Dad" 64 Me
1984 "I'm Kissing You Goodbye" He Thinks He's Ray Stevens
1985 "Mississippi Squirrel Revival" 20 He Thinks He's Ray Stevens
1985 "It's Me Again Margaret" 74 He Thinks He's Ray Stevens
1985 "The Haircut Song" 45 I Have Returned
1985 "Santa Claus Is Watchin' You" (re-recording and re-release) I Have Returned
1986 "The Ballad of the Blue Cyclone" 50 I Have Returned
1986 "Southern Air" (feat. Jerry Clower and Minnie Pearl) 63 Surely You Joust
1986 "People's Court" 70 Surely You Joust
1986 "Can He Love You Half As Much As I" Surely You Joust
1987 "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex" 41 Crackin' Up
1987 "Three Legged Man" Crackin' Up
1987 "Sex Symbols" Crackin' Up
1988 "Surfin' U.S.S.R." I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like
1988 "The Day I Tried to Teach Charlene Mackenzie How to Drive" 88 I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like
1988 "I Saw Elvis in a UFO" Beside Myself
1989 "There's a Star Spangled Banner" Beside Myself
1991 "Workin' for the Japanese" 62 #1 With a Bullet
1991 "Power Tools" 72 #1 With a Bullet
2001 "Osama - Yo' Mama" 48 Osama - Yo' Mama: The Album

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