The Best of Ray Stevens | ||||
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Released | 1967 | |||
Genre | Pop, Novelty, Comedy | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Ray Stevens chronology | ||||
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The Best of Ray Stevens is a collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens. The sixth track, "Santa Claus Is Watching You," was electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo.
The back of the album contains an essay by Bob Scherl that explains how Stevens helped change Nashville's reputation from being a marketplace for only country music to that of all types of popular music. The essay mentions how Stevens' breakthrough in the music industry came with the release of " Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" and then his next hit " Ahab the Arab" helped establish him as a singer and songwriter of the music genres of comedy and novelty. It then tells how Stevens began trying to establish a reputation as a versatile artist after the release of his debut album and has an upcoming single release entitled "Mr. Businessman" (which was released a year after this compilation) and has had his own television series during the summer that temporarily replaced The Andy Williams Show. The essay ends with the quote: "Ray is bound to become more successful than ever before, and this album of greatest hits stands as a permanent monument to his artistic genius." Ironically, at the time of this album's release, Stevens was signed to a label called " Monument Records".
Three singles, "Santa Claus Is Watching You", "Butch Babarian" and "Bubble Gum the Bubble Dancer", make their first album appearance on this collection.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | " Ahab the Arab" | 3:23 |
2. | " Funny Man" | 2:33 |
3. | "Harry the Hairy Ape" | 2:47 |
4. | "It's Been So Long" | 2:03 |
5. | "Speed Ball" | 2:40 |
6. | " Santa Claus Is Watching You" | 2:17 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Butch Babarian" | 4:03 |
2. | "Loved and Lost" | 1:32 |
3. | "The Rock and Roll Show" | 4:22 |
4. | " Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" | 2:22 |
5. | "Bubble Gum the Bubble Dancer" | 2:35 |
The Best of Ray Stevens | ||||
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Compilation album by | ||||
Released | 1967 | |||
Genre | Pop, Novelty, Comedy | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Ray Stevens chronology | ||||
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The Best of Ray Stevens is a collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens. The sixth track, "Santa Claus Is Watching You," was electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo.
The back of the album contains an essay by Bob Scherl that explains how Stevens helped change Nashville's reputation from being a marketplace for only country music to that of all types of popular music. The essay mentions how Stevens' breakthrough in the music industry came with the release of " Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" and then his next hit " Ahab the Arab" helped establish him as a singer and songwriter of the music genres of comedy and novelty. It then tells how Stevens began trying to establish a reputation as a versatile artist after the release of his debut album and has an upcoming single release entitled "Mr. Businessman" (which was released a year after this compilation) and has had his own television series during the summer that temporarily replaced The Andy Williams Show. The essay ends with the quote: "Ray is bound to become more successful than ever before, and this album of greatest hits stands as a permanent monument to his artistic genius." Ironically, at the time of this album's release, Stevens was signed to a label called " Monument Records".
Three singles, "Santa Claus Is Watching You", "Butch Babarian" and "Bubble Gum the Bubble Dancer", make their first album appearance on this collection.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | " Ahab the Arab" | 3:23 |
2. | " Funny Man" | 2:33 |
3. | "Harry the Hairy Ape" | 2:47 |
4. | "It's Been So Long" | 2:03 |
5. | "Speed Ball" | 2:40 |
6. | " Santa Claus Is Watching You" | 2:17 |
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Butch Babarian" | 4:03 |
2. | "Loved and Lost" | 1:32 |
3. | "The Rock and Roll Show" | 4:22 |
4. | " Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills" | 2:22 |
5. | "Bubble Gum the Bubble Dancer" | 2:35 |