Ray Sanders

Background Sanders was born in Saint Johns, Kentucky on October 1, 1935. He was originally a disc jockey in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and later a performer at the Lincoln Jamboree and Renfro Valley Barn Dance. He recorded a few rockabilly songs in 1957 under the name Curly Sanders before making his Grand Ole Opry debut in 1959. A year later, he signed with Liberty, reaching #18 on the country charts with "A World So Full of Love" and #20 with "Lonelyville". In 1968, Sanders won Top New Male Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music.

He is also credited with putting singer Ron Lowry in touch with Gene Autry who signed him to his Republic label. Lowry would go on to have a hit with "Marry Me".

Career Sanders moved to Imperial Records in 1969, reaching number 22 with "Beer Drinkin' Music", and then to United Artists. By 1977, he was working in Riverside, California as a house act for a club called White Sands.

Death Sanders died in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 13, 2019, at the age of 84.

Discography Title Album details Feeling Good Is Easy Release date: 1969 Label: Imperial Records Formats: LP Judy Release date: 1970 Label: United Artists Records Formats: LP A Rose by Any Other Name Alone Release date: 1972 Label: United Artists Records Formats: LP I Don't Want to Be Alone Tonight Release date: 1977 Label: Republic Records Formats: LP Love Position Release date: 2002 Label: self-released Formats: CD Country Hits, Vol. 1 Release date: 2003 Label: self-released Formats: CD Ray Sanders and Friends Release date: 2003 Label: self-released Formats: CD Living on the Edge Release date: 2005 Label: self-released Formats: CD Ray Sanders Country Release date: 2007 Label: Hillside Formats: CD Ray Sanders Sings Texas Dance Hall Music Release date: 2008 Label: Hillside Formats: CD Funny How Time Slips Away Release date: 2010 Label: Hillside Formats: CD

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