Raymon Sanders (October 1, 1935 – October 13, 2019) was an American country music artist. Between 1960 and 1980, he charted fourteen times on the Hot Country Songs charts with singles released by Liberty, Imperial and United Artists labels. He also sang backing vocals for Ray Price.
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".Arizona Republic, Saturday, March 14, 1970 - Page 152 Lowry's latest recording on national charts By SHARY MYARS
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. Sanders also appeared on 5 episodes of Hee Haw as a background singer in 1971 and 1972.
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
Singles Year Single Peak chartpositions Album US Country 1960 "A World So Full of Love"18singles only 1961 "Lonelyville"201969 "Beer Drinkin' Music"22Feeling Good Is Easy "Three Tears (For the Sad, Hurt and Blue)"731970"Blame It on Rosey"36Judy"Judy"381971"Walk All Over Georgia"58single only"All I Ever Need Is You"18A Rose by Any Other Name Alone1972"A Rose by Any Other Name (Is Still a Rose)"69"Lucius Grinder"67single only1973"Another Way to Say Goodbye"751977"I Don't Want to Be Alone Tonight"56I Don't Want to Be Alone Tonight1978"Tennessee"911980"You're a Pretty Lady, Lady"93single only
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