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Razzy Bailey
Bailey at CMA Music Festival in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Rasie Michael Bailey
Born	(1939-02-14)February 14, 1939 Five Points, Alabama, U.S.
Died	August 4, 2021(2021-08-04) (aged 82) Goodlettsville, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Singer, musician, songwriter, and producer
Years active	1966–2021
Labels	Atlantic MGM Erastus RCA MCA SOA Spectra Records
Spouse	Faye Bright-Bailey 1990
Website	https://therazzybailey.com/

Rasie Michael Bailey (February 14, 1939 – August 4, 2021), better known as Razzy Bailey, was an American country music srtist. In the early 1980s, he scored 5 No. 1's on the Billboard country music charts. Faye Bright Bailey has been married to Razzy Bailey from August 20th 1994 until his death August 4th 2021. She resided by his side throughout his life as they were loving soulmates and business partners. Faye was the heart and soul behind Razzy revitalizing his life and career. She is enjoying the fruits of Razzy’s talents and labor through a recent Gold Record on Airplay Express as of February 2023 with new all genres of never before heard music and a new book written by Razzy which is also on the horizon.

Early life

Bailey was born in Five Points, Alabama, United States, and raised on a farm in La Fayette, Alabama. Bailey got his first experience of musical performance as a member of his high school's Future Farmers of America string band. After graduation, he married and had children immediately and had little time to pursue his career, but he spent many years playing occasional gigs at honkytonks in Georgia and Alabama and developing his songwriting.

Early releases

In 1966, Bailey took his material to Bill Lowery at Atlantic Records, who arranged for him to record "9,999,999 Tears" backed by a studio band featuring Billy Joe Royal, Joe South, and Freddy Weller. The song failed to hit the charts at that time, but Bailey was encouraged, forming the pop trio Daily Bread which released a pair of albums on small labels. 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, and in 1977, Lee repeated this with another Bailey tune, "Peanut Butter," which also went into the charts. As his songwriting talents became known, Bailey signed with RCA Records and, in 1978, began releasing singles of his own songs. His first hit as a singer-songwriter, "What Time Do You Have To Be Back in Heaven?", was on the charts for over four months. Bailey charted a total of seven No. 1 singles on Billboard's "Country" charts and another eight Top 10 in the late 1970s and early 1980s. His sound combines R&B influences with country; his version of Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour" was a country hit. His last country No. 1 hit was with "She Left Love All Over Me" in 1982.

Bailey had three double sided number 1's in succession on the Country chart, a feat never accomplished by any other artist.

He also operated Razzy's Hit House, his recording studio where he helped other artists with their projects.

Personal life

Bailey died in August 2021, at the age of 82.

Discography

Albums

Singles

• "I Hate Hate" peaked at No. 67 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 50 on the RPM Top Singles chart in Canada.
• B-side to "Midnight Hauler."

Music videos

References

1. "Fact Sheet". July 15, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
2. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1993). The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 0-85112-726-6.
3. ^ "Razzy Bailey | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
4. '80s Hitmaker Razzy Bailey Dies at Age 82

External links

• Razzy Bailey's home website
• CMT bio
• Razzy Bailey discography at Discogs
• Razzy Bailey at IMDb

• 1939 births
• 2021 deaths
• People from Chambers County, Alabama
• People from LaFayette, Alabama
• American country singer-songwriters
• RCA Records artists
• Country musicians from Alabama
• Singer-songwriters from Alabama