Raymon Sanders (born October 1, 1935 in Saint Johns, Kentucky) is an American Country Music artist. Between 1960 and 1980, he charted fourteen times on the Hot Country Songs charts with singles released by

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and

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labels. He also sang backing vocals for Ray Price.

Background

Sanders was originally a

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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

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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

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. Sanders is also credited with putting singer

Ron Lowry Ron Lowry (July 6, 1944 – February 6, 2007) was an American singer who had a hit in the country music charts with " Marry Me" in 1970. He also had a minor hit with " Oh How I Waited". Background Ron Lowry was born on July 6, 1944, in Sayre, ...

in touch with

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who signed him to his Republic label. Lowry would go on to have a hit with " Marry Me".

Career

He moved to Imperial Records in 1969, reaching number 22 with "Beer Drinkin' Music", and then to United Artists. By 1977, he was working in

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as a house act for a club called White Sands. Sanders also appeared on 5 episodes of ''

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'' as a background singer in 1971 and 1972.

Discography

Singles

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sanders, Ray 1935 births Living people American country singer-songwriters American male singer-songwriters Country musicians from Kentucky United Artists Records artists Liberty Records artists People from McCracken County, Kentucky Singer-songwriters from Kentucky