Ray Stevens

Ray Stevens (nacido Harold Ray Ragsdale, el 24 de enero de 1939^[1]) es un cantante y compositor estadounidense de country y pop conocido por sus novelty songs.

Premios y reconocimientos

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 jazz standard "Misty" (1975). Stevens entró en el Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame en 1980; el mismo año también ingresó al Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

Otros premios

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