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Country singer and comedian ray stevens has a number of hit songs to his name, such as the streak and everything is beautiful. Ray stevens aint nobody here but us chickens by raystevensmusic. I call it a surprise hit single because of the length of the song and the fact that country nor top40pop radio was playing many humorous or novelty songs hardly at all anymore and so. Chet atkins and ray stevens the official website of chet. Plus, theres often a video jukebox segment featuring stevens many comedy video hits. Watch ray stevens shriners convention six11 on dailymotion. Jan 2, 20 ray stevens and roger miller are truly treasures. Ray stevens shriners convention lyrics lyricsfreak. Because our mp3s have no drm, you can play it on any device that supports mp3, even on your ipod. Give the gift of hope this holiday season when you donate today. It was his debut lp for the rca label and it was named after his surprise hit single, shriner s convention. Suzi ragsdale shares how being ray stevens daughter.
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Stevens passed his love of music on to his daughter, suzi ragsdale, who has been making records for 30 years without much recognition, until now. Shriners international is a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth with nearly 200 temples chapters and clubs in several countries, and thousands of clubs around the world. Off the dvd ray stevens comedy video classics, a comedic song about an infamous streaker. It was his debut lp for the rca label and it was named after his surprise hit single, shriners convention. Shriner international tribute edition henry repeating arms. Ray stevens originally produced the shriners convention in 1999 1979.
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