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|Occupation = ], ] |Occupation = ], ]
|Years_active = 1967-present |Years_active = 1966-present
|Label = ]<br />Plantation<br />]<br />SOA |Label = ]<br />]<br />Erastus<br />]<br />]<br />SOA
|URL = http://www.razzybailey.com/ |URL = http://www.razzybailey.com/
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''Razzy Bailey''' (born '''Erastus Michael Bailey''', ], ] in Hugley, Alabama) is an ] ] ]. He was raised on a farm in ]. Bailey got his first experience of musical performance as a member of his high school's ] 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. '''Razzy Bailey''' (born '''Erastus Michael Bailey''', ], ] in Hugley, Alabama) is an ] ] ]. He was raised on a farm in ]. Bailey got his first experience of musical performance as a member of his high school's ] 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.


In 1966, Bailey took his material to ] at ], who arranged for him to record "9,999,999 Tears" backed by a studio band featuring ], ], and ]. The song failed to hit the charts at that time, but Razzy was encouraged, forming the ] trio ] which releasing a pair of albums on small labels. Another group, the ], followed in 1972; in 1974, Bailey recorded the album ''I Hate Hate'' simply as "Razzy." The failure of this latest project led him to drop out of the business once more. In 1966, Bailey took his material to ] at ], who arranged for him to record "9,999,999 Tears" backed by a studio band featuring ], ], and ]. The song failed to hit the charts at that time, but Razzy was encouraged, forming the ] trio Daily Bread which releasing a pair of albums on small labels. Another group, the ], followed in 1972; in 1974, Bailey recorded the album ''I Hate Hate'' simply as "Razzy." The failure of this latest project led him to drop out of the business once more.


In the mid 1970s, ] 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 ] 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 thirteen number one singles in the late 1970s- early 1980s. His sound combines ] influences with country; his version of ]'s "]" was a country hit. His last country #1 hit was with "She Left Love All Over Me" in 1982. In the mid 1970s, ] 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 ] 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 thirteen number one singles in the late 1970s- early 1980s. His sound combines ] influences with country; his version of ]'s "]" was a country hit. His last country #1 hit was with "She Left Love All Over Me" in 1982.


He now lives outside ] with his wife, Faye Bright-Bailey, who is also his manager and helps him operate SOA Records, an ] for his own work. He now lives outside ] with his wife, Faye Bright-Bailey, who is also his manager and helps him operate SOA Records, an ] for his own work.

==Discography==
===Albums===
{|class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Album
! colspan="2"| Chart Positions
! rowspan="2"| Label
|-
! width="60"|<small>]</small>
! width="60"|<small>]</small>
|-
| 1974
| ''I Hate Hate''
|
|
| MGM
|-
| 1979
| ''If Love Had a Face''
| align="center"| 33
|
| rowspan="7"| RCA
|-
| 1980
| ''Razzy''
| align="center"| 12
|
|-
| 1981
| ''Makin' Friends''
| align="center"| 8
| align="center"| 183
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1982
| ''Feelin' Alright''
| align="center"| 10
| align="center"| 176
|-
| ''A Little More Razz''
| align="center"| 59
|
|-
| 1983
| ''Greatest Hits''
| align="center"| 33
|
|-
| 1984
| ''The Midnight Hour''
| align="center"| 36
|
|-
| 1985
| ''Cut from a Different Stone''
| align="center"| 38
|
| rowspan="2"| MCA
|-
| 1986
| ''Arrival''
|
|
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Single
! width="60"|<small>]</small>
! Album
|-
| 1966
| "9,999,999 Tears"<sup>A</sup>
|
| Single only
|-
| 1974
| "I Hate Hate"<sup>B</sup>
|
| ''I Hate Hate''
|-
| 1976
| "Keepin' Rosie Proud of Me"
| align="center"| 99
| Single only
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1978
| "What Time Do You Have to Be Back to Heaven"
| align="center"| 9
| rowspan="4"| ''If Love Had a Face''
|-
| "Tonight She's Gonna Love Me (Like There Was No Tomorrow)"
| align="center"| 6
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1979
| "If Love Had a Face"
| align="center"| 6
|-
| "I Ain't Got No Business Doin' Business Today"
| align="center"| 10
|-
| "I Can't Get Enough of You"
| align="center"| 5
| rowspan="4"| ''Razzy''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1980
| "Too Old to Play Cowboy"
| align="center"| 13
|-
| "Loving Up a Storm"
| align="center"| 1
|-
| "I Keep Coming Back"
| align="center"| 1
|-
| rowspan="4"| 1981
| "Friends"
| align="center"| 1
| rowspan="3"| ''Makin' Friends''
|-
| "Midnight Hauler"
| align="center"| 1
|-
| "Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)"
| align="center"| 8
|-
| "She Left Love All Over Me"
| align="center"| 1
| rowspan="2"| ''Feelin' Alright''
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1982
| "Everytime You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart)"
| align="center"| 10
|-
| "Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight"
| align="center"| 8
| rowspan="2"| ''A Little More Razz''
|-
| "Poor Boy"
| align="center"| 30
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1983
| "After the Great Depression"
| align="center"| 19
| rowspan="2"| ''Greatest Hits''
|-
| "This Is Just the First Day"
| align="center"| 62
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1984
| "]"
| align="center"| 14
| ''The Midnight Hour''
|-
| "Knock on Wood"
| align="center"| 29
| rowspan="3"| ''Cut from a Different Stone''
|-
| "Touchy Situation"
| align="center"| 43
|-
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| "Modern Day Marriages"
| align="center"| 51
|-
| "Fightin' Fire with Fire"
| align="center"| 78
| rowspan="3"| ''Arrival''
|-
| "Old Blue Yodeler"
| align="center"| 48
|-
| 1986
| "Rockin' in the Parkin' Lot"
| align="center"| 63
|-
| 1987
| "If Love Ever Made a Fool"
| align="center"| 69
| rowspan="4"| Singles only
|-
| rowspan="2"| 1988
| "Unattended Fire"
| align="center"| 58
|-
| "Starting All Over Again"
| align="center"| 73
|-
| 1989
| "But You Will"
| align="center"| 65
|}
*<sup>A</sup>Failed to chart.
*<sup>B</sup>"I Hate Hate" peaked at #64 on the ].


==External links== ==External links==

Revision as of 01:26, 25 July 2008

Razzy Bailey
Musical artist

Razzy Bailey (born Erastus Michael Bailey, February 14, 1939 in Hugley, Alabama) is an American country music singer-songwriter. He was raised on a farm in Lafayette, 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.

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 Joel, Joe South, and Freddy Weller. The song failed to hit the charts at that time, but Razzy was encouraged, forming the pop trio Daily Bread which releasing 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." The failure of this latest project led him to drop out of the business once more.

In the mid 1970s, 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 thirteen number one singles in the late 1970s- 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 #1 hit was with "She Left Love All Over Me" in 1982.

He now lives outside Nashville with his wife, Faye Bright-Bailey, who is also his manager and helps him operate SOA Records, an independent label for his own work.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Chart Positions Label
US Country US
1974 I Hate Hate MGM
1979 If Love Had a Face 33 RCA
1980 Razzy 12
1981 Makin' Friends 8 183
1982 Feelin' Alright 10 176
A Little More Razz 59
1983 Greatest Hits 33
1984 The Midnight Hour 36
1985 Cut from a Different Stone 38 MCA
1986 Arrival

Singles

Year Single US Country Album
1966 "9,999,999 Tears" Single only
1974 "I Hate Hate" I Hate Hate
1976 "Keepin' Rosie Proud of Me" 99 Single only
1978 "What Time Do You Have to Be Back to Heaven" 9 If Love Had a Face
"Tonight She's Gonna Love Me (Like There Was No Tomorrow)" 6
1979 "If Love Had a Face" 6
"I Ain't Got No Business Doin' Business Today" 10
"I Can't Get Enough of You" 5 Razzy
1980 "Too Old to Play Cowboy" 13
"Loving Up a Storm" 1
"I Keep Coming Back" 1
1981 "Friends" 1 Makin' Friends
"Midnight Hauler" 1
"Scratch My Back (And Whisper in My Ear)" 8
"She Left Love All Over Me" 1 Feelin' Alright
1982 "Everytime You Cross My Mind (You Break My Heart)" 10
"Love's Gonna Fall Here Tonight" 8 A Little More Razz
"Poor Boy" 30
1983 "After the Great Depression" 19 Greatest Hits
"This Is Just the First Day" 62
1984 "In the Midnight Hour" 14 The Midnight Hour
"Knock on Wood" 29 Cut from a Different Stone
"Touchy Situation" 43
1985 "Modern Day Marriages" 51
"Fightin' Fire with Fire" 78 Arrival
"Old Blue Yodeler" 48
1986 "Rockin' in the Parkin' Lot" 63
1987 "If Love Ever Made a Fool" 69 Singles only
1988 "Unattended Fire" 58
"Starting All Over Again" 73
1989 "But You Will" 65

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