Birth name Raymon Sanders Name Ray Sanders Occupation(s) Singer Role Musical Artist | Instruments Vocals Years active 1950s-present | |
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Born October 1, 1935 (age 88) St. Johns, Kentucky ( 1935-10-01 ) Albums Ray Sanders and Friends, Thru the Years Record labels | ||
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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 Liberty, Imperial and United Artists labels. He also sang backing vocals for Ray Price.
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Sanders was originally a disc jockey in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and later a performer at the Lincoln Jamboree and Renfro Valley Barn Dance. He made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 1959 and signed with Liberty a year later, reaching top 20 on the country charts with "A World So Full of Love" and "Lonelyville". In 1968, Sanders won Top New Male Vocalist at the Academy of Country Music.
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 Riverside, California as a house act for a club called White Sands.
Thru the 2000s he has been recording for the independent label Hillside Records, having minor hits thru the European Country Music Charts