Razzy Bailey

Rasie Michael Bailey (February 14, 1939 – August 4, 2021), better known as Razzy Bailey, was an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. In the early 1980s, he scored 5 No. 1s on the Billboard country music charts.

Early life Bailey was born in Five Points, Alabama, United States, Another group, The Aquarians, followed in 1972; in 1974, Bailey recorded the album I Hate Hate simply as "Razzy." It sold over half a million copies before being picked up by MGM Records.

Career at RCA In 1976, Dickey Lee recorded "9,999,999 Tears", and it became a country and pop hit in 1976,

Discography Albums Year Album Chart Positions LabelUS CountryUS 1974 I Hate Hate MGM 1979 If Love Had a Face 33 RCA 1980 Razzy 12 1981 Makin' Friends 8 183 1982 Feelin' Right 10 176 A Little More Razz 59 1983 Greatest Hits 33 1984 The Midnight Hour 36 1985 Cut from a Different Stone 38 MCA 1986 Arrival 2006 Decades of Hits Spectra 2009 Damned Good Time SOA

Singles YearSingleChart PositionsAlbumUS CountryCAN Country 1966 "9,999,999 Tears" — — Single only 1974 "I Hate Hate" (as Razzy)A — — I Hate Hate 1976 "Keepin' Rosie Proud of Me" 99 — Single only 1978 "What Time Do You Have to Be Back to Heaven" 9 20 If Love Had a Face "Tonight She's Gonna Love Me (Like There Was No Tomorrow)" 6 5 1979 "If Love Had a Face" 6 33 "I Ain't Got No Business Doin' Business Today" 10 18 "I Can't Get Enough of You" 5 — Razzy 1980 "Too Old to Play Cowboy" 13 — "Loving Up a Storm" 1 10 "I Keep Coming Back" / "True Life Country Music" 1 3 1981 "Friends" / "Anywhere There's a Jukebox" 1 9 Makin' Friends "Midnight Hauler" 1 1 "Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)"B 8 — "She Left Love All Over Me" 1 2 Feelin' Right 1982 "Everytime You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart)" 10 9 "Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight" 8 11 A Little More Razz "Poor Boy" 30 — 1983 "After the Great Depression" 19 23 Greatest Hits "This Is Just the First Day" 62 48 1984 "In the Midnight Hour" 14 32 The Midnight Hour "Knock on Wood" 29 — Cut from a Different Stone "Touchy Situation" 43 — 1985 "Modern Day Marriages" 51 — "Fightin' Fire with Fire" 78 — Arrival "Old Blue Yodeler" 48 — 1986 "Rockin' in the Parkin' Lot" 63 42 1987 "If Love Ever Made a Fool" 69 — Singles only 1988 "Unattended Fire" 58 — "Starting All Over Again" 73 — 1989 "But You Will" 65 — 1991 "Fragile (Handle with Care)" — 36 A"I Hate Hate" peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 50 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada. BB-side to "Midnight Hauler."

Music videos Year Video 1980 "Friends" 1981 "Anywhere There's a Jukebox" "Midnight Hauler" "I've Had My Limit (Of Two-Timing Women)" 1982 "Night Life" 1985 "Old Blue Yodeler"