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Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, January 24 1939, in Clarkdale, Georgia, a small town west of Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta) is an United States|American country music and pop music|pop singer-songwriter known for his novelty songs and also for some more serious works.
Career
Early career
Stevens' recording career began in the mid-1950s with two singles released on Prep Records. He then signed a contract with Capitol Records. Both recording contracts were made 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" (a sequel, of sorts, to "Ahab the Arab"), and "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills".
Stevens often employed canned laugh tracks in his comedic novelty songs, such as "The Streak", "Harry the Hairy Ape", "It's Me Again, Margaret" and others, which no doubt contributed to his succ... read all
Ray Stevens Santa Claus Is Watching You
