Ray Stevens (US singer‐songwriter & comedian)

Ray Stevens (nacido Harold Ray Ragsdale, el 24 de enero de 1939) es un cantante y compositor estadounidense de country y pop conocido por sus novelty songs. Stevens ha estado nominado 11 veces a los premios Grammy y ha ganado dos: uno por "Everything Is Beautiful" y otro por los arreglos de su versión "country and western" del estándar del jazz "Misty" (1975). Stevens entró en el Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame en 1980; el mismo año también ingresó al Georgia Music Hall of Fame. 1969: Gold Single — "Gitarzan" 1970: Gold Single — "Everything Is Beautiful" 1970: Grammy — "Everything Is Beautiful" (Best Male Pop Vocal Performance) 1974: Gold Single — "The Streak" 1975: Grammy — "Misty" (Best Arrangement of the Year) 1980: Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 1980: Georgia Music Hall of Fame 1984: Gold Album — "He Thinks He's Ray Stevens" 1985: Gold Album — "I Have Returned" 1986: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1986: #1 Country Album Plaque from Billboard — "I Have Returned" (fin de semana 15 de marzo de 1986) 1987: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1987: Platinum Album — "Greatest Hits" 1987: Gold Album — "Greatest Hits, Volume Two" 1988: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1989: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1990: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1990: Gold Album — "All-Time Greatest Comic Hits" 1991: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1992: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1992: #1 Home Video Plaque from Billboard — "Comedy Video Classics" 1992: Ten Times-Platinum Home Video — "Comedy Video Classics" 1993: Billboard Home Video of the Year 1993: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1993: Platinum Home Video — "Ray Stevens Live!" 1994: Music City News Comedian of the Year 1995: Platinum Home Video — "Get Serious!" 1995: Country Weekly Golden Pick Award "Best Comedian" 2001: Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame 2002: Gold Single — "Osama Yo' Mama" 2009: Christian Music Hall of Fame Ray Stevens discography «Copia archivada». Archivado desde el original el 21 de septiembre de 2009. Consultado el 1 de enero de 2010.  Roy, Don (1998). "Ray Stevens". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music, Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 507. Official website Video magazine and subscriber's website Datos: Q710282