''All I Can Be'' is the debut studio album by American

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artist

Collin Raye Floyd Elliot Wray (born August 22, 1960), known professionally as Collin Raye and previously as Bubba Wray, is an American country music singer. He initially recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made his solo debut ...

. It features the hit singles "All I Can Be (Is a Sweet Memory)" (originally recorded by

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as "All I Can Be Is a Sweet Memory" on his 1985 album ''Chasin' Rainbows''), "Love, Me" (Raye's first No. 1 on the ''

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'' country charts), and "Every Second". "Any Ole Stretch of Blacktop" was later recorded by Shenandoah as a new track for their 1992 ''

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'' album. The song "If I Were You" is not to be confused with another song with the same name which Raye recorded on his 1994 album, '' Extremes''. This song, written by Chris Farren and John Hobbs, was released by Raye as the latter album's fifth single, in 1995.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. *Acoustic guitar: Steve Gibson,

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*Background vocals: Beth Anderson,

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(track 1),

Jerry Fuller Jerrell Lee Fuller (November 19, 1938 – July 18, 2024) was an American songwriter, singer, and record producer, best known for writing several hit songs in the 1960s. Fuller toured as a featured singer with The Champs before leaving to serve i ...

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(tracks 5 & 10), Harry Stinson, Dennis Wilson, Bubba Wray *Bass guitar: Dennis Belfield,

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*Drums: Ron Krasinski,

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*Electric guitar: Steve Gibson, Kraig Hutchens, Dean Parks, Billy Joe Walker Jr.,

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*Fiddle: Rob Hajacos *Lead vocals: Collin Raye *Keyboards: John Hobbs *

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: Paul Franklin, Jay Dee Maness

Production

*Jerry Fuller, John Hobbs: Producers *Annette Fuller: Production Assistant *Gene Eichelberger, Brian Friedman: Engineering *Wally Traugott: Mastering

Chart performance

References

{{Authority control 1991 debut albums Collin Raye albums Epic Records albums