Older COUNTRYMUSIC LOVERS,ever heard of SUSAN RAYE?!
Question: SURE HAVE..SHE USED TO SING BACKUP FOR BUCK OWENS AND DID A COUPLE OF SONGS WITH HIM ALSO, SHE HAD A MAJOR HIT...
"L.A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT"BACK IN THE 70'S ALSO A SMALL HIT.."PITTY PITTY PATTER OF LITTLE BITTY FEET".
I WROTE TO BUCK'S CRYSTAL PALACE ASKING ABOUT HER ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO AND GOT A HAND WRITTEN LETTER BACK FROM BUCK SAYING THAT SHE LONG AGO RETIRED FROM THE BIZ AND IS TEACHING SCHOOL...I TREASURE THAT LETTER!
Answers: SURE HAVE..SHE USED TO SING BACKUP FOR BUCK OWENS AND DID A COUPLE OF SONGS WITH HIM ALSO, SHE HAD A MAJOR HIT...
"L.A. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT"BACK IN THE 70'S ALSO A SMALL HIT.."PITTY PITTY PATTER OF LITTLE BITTY FEET".
I WROTE TO BUCK'S CRYSTAL PALACE ASKING ABOUT HER ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO AND GOT A HAND WRITTEN LETTER BACK FROM BUCK SAYING THAT SHE LONG AGO RETIRED FROM THE BIZ AND IS TEACHING SCHOOL...I TREASURE THAT LETTER!
...LA International Airport....
love that song
LA International Airport
Sure have. I think she is a class act and she and husband Jerry are no longer in the music business. She did sing on Hee Haw and was part of the Buck Owens Show for many years. I think if she had broken off the association with Buck she might have done better than she did by staying on.
On Edit: I didn't mean to infer that her association with Buck was bad because of who he was but just that had she branched out on her own she might have done more in the field of country music.
She sang for 9 years on Hee Haw.
She issued her first solo LP, One Night Stand, in 1970; the single "Willy Jones" became her first Top Ten hit, lending its name to the title of her follow-up album the next year. Also in 1970, she released two duet records with Buck Owens, We're Gonna Get Together and The Great White Horse.
Her biggest year as a solo artist came in 1971, when she issued three consecutive Top Ten hits -- "L.A. International Airport," "Pitty, Pitty, Patter," and "(I've Got A) Happy Heart."