Edición de «Ray Stevens»

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|name                = Ray Stevens
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|background          = solo_singer
|birth_name          = Harold Ray Ragsdale
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|birth_date          = {{birth date and age|mf=y|1939|1|24}}<br />[[Clarkdale]], [[Georgia]]
|instrument          = vocal, piano, teclado
|genre               = [[country]], [[pop]], [[Novelty Song|novelty]]
|occupation          = escritor y compositor, pianista
|years_active        = 1958–presente
|label               = NRC, [[Mercury Records|Mercury]], Monument, Barnaby, [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]], [[RCA Records|RCA]], MCA, Curb, [[Columbia Records|CBS]], Janus
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|página web             = [http://www.raystevens.com/ RayStevens.com]
|notable_instruments = [[Piano]]<br />[[Banjo]]
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'''Ray Stevens''' (nacido ''Harold Ray Ragsdale'', el 24 de enero de 1939<ref>{{cita web |url=http://www.raystevens.com/bio/index.php |título=Copia archivada |fechaacceso=1 de enero de 2010 |urlarchivo=https://web.archive.org/web/20090921153550/http://www.raystevens.com/bio/index.php |fechaarchivo=21 de septiembre de 2009 }}</ref>) es un cantante y compositor estadounidense de [[country]] y [[pop]] conocido por sus [[Novelty Song|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 [[estándar del jazz]] "[[Misty (song)|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

== Discografía ==
*''[[Ray Stevens discography]]''

== Referencias ==
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* Roy, Don (1998). "Ray Stevens". In ''The Encyclopedia of Country Music'', Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: [[Oxford University Press]]. p.&nbsp;507.

== Enlaces externos ==
* [http://www.raystevens.com Official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151121153111/http://raystevensbackstage.com/ Video magazine and subscriber's website]

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[[Categoría:Cantantes de country]]