Robert Gene Rice (born July 11, 1944, in Boscobel, Wisconsin, United States) is an American country music singer-songwriter, known professionally as Bobby G. Rice. Between 1970 and 1988, Rice released nine albums and charted thirty songs on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. His biggest hit, "You Lay So Easy On My Mind," peaked at Number 3 in 1973.
Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1972 Hit After Hit — Royal American 1973 You Lay So Easy on My Mind 7 Metromedia 1974 She Sure Laid the Lonelies On Me 43 GRT 1975 Write Me a Letter 43 1976 Instant Rice: The Best of Bobby G. 41 With Love — 1981 The Best of Bobby G. Rice — Sunbird Records 1982 Bobby's Back — Audiograph 1985 A New Beginning — Door Knob
Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1970 "Sugar Shack" 32 — Hit After Hit "Hey Baby" 35 — 1971 "Lover Please" 46 — "Mountain of Love" 20 — 1972 "Suspicion" 33 — 1973 "You Lay So Easy On My Mind" 3 7 You Lay So Easy on My Mind "You Give Me You" 8 8 "The Whole World's Making Love Again Tonight" 13 38 She Sure Laid the Lonelies On Me 1974 "Make It Feel Like Love Again" 30 — Write Me a Letter 1975 "Write Me a Letter" 9 13 "Freda Comes, Freda Goes" 10 17 "I May Never Be Your Lover (But I'll Always Be Your Friend)" 64 — Instant Rice: The Best of Bobby G. 1976 "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" 35 — "You Are My Special Angel" 53 — With Love "Woman Stealer" 54 — 1977 "Just One Kiss Magdelena" 66 — singles only 1978 "Whisper It to Me" 57 — "The Softest Touch in Town" 30 53 1979 "(Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" 49 — "You Make It So Easy" 67 — The Best of Bobby G. Rice 1980 "The Man Who Takes You Home" 53 — 1981 "Livin' Together (Lovin' Apart)" 86 — single only "Pardon My French" 63 — Bobby's Back 1985 "New Tradition" 95 — A New Beginning 1986 "Red Neck and Over Thirty" (w/ Wayne Kemp) 70 — singles only "You've Taken Over My Heart" 70 — 1987 "Rachel's Room" 85 — "You Lay So Easy On My Mind" (re-recording) 79 — 1988 "A Night of Love Forgotten" 70 — "Clean Livin' Folk" (w/ Perry LaPointe) 76 —
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External links
[ Bobby G. Rice] at Allmusic