![]() Many country stations played the song, with it peaking at number 39 on Billboard 's chart. The song also spent three weeks atop the adult contemporary chart. Stevens's recording was the Number 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in the summer of 1970. The song was responsible for two wins at the Grammy Awards of 1971: Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for Ray Stevens and Grammy Award for Best Inspirational Performance for Jake Hess. This group includes Stevens's two daughters. The children heard singing the chorus of the song, using the hymn, "Jesus Loves the Little Children", are from the Oak Hill Elementary School in Nashville, Tennessee. It has appeared on many of Stevens's albums, including one named after the song, and has become a pop standard and common in religious performances. " Everything Is Beautiful" is a song written, composed, and performed by Ray Stevens. Art Direction and Design: Neuman, Walker + Assoc.Ĭompiled from liner notes."Gitarzan" was produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens, Fred Foster and Jim Malloy.All tracks except "Gitarzan" were produced and arranged by: Ray Stevens."The All-American Two Week Summer Family Vacation" "Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)" Inside the album cover is an essay by Barry Alfonso that covers Stevens' life and career from his year of birth to the time of the release of this collection. Overall, it is not completely accurate to include the word "hits" in the title of this compilation, as it contains only seven songs that were previously released as singles and five of the seven made true impact on the charts. The sixth to ninth tracks were taken from the album Classic Ray Stevens, the tenth to thirteenth tracks from #1 With a Bullet, and the last seven from Lend Me Your Ears. The remaining tracks are selections that were recorded for Curb Records of these selections, only two were released as singles ("Super Cop" and "The Motel Song") and the rest served as album cuts. The selection of " Shriner's Convention" is a live version that was taken from the album Ray Stevens Live! " Gitarzan" is the album version that begins with audience noises, and " Ahab the Arab" is a re-recording of his 1962 hit for his album Gitarzan (released in 1969). The first, third, fourth and fifth tracks were included through the courtesy of Barnaby Records, for whom Stevens recorded during the early seventies. 20 Comedy Hits is a collection of previously recorded songs by Ray Stevens, released in 1995.
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