Razzy

A singer whose vocal style fused country with blue-eyed soul, Alabama-born Rasie Michael "Razzy" Bailey cut his first recordings in 1959 at the age of ten. In 1966, he contributed a number of songs to the country Billboard charts like "9,999,999 Tears."

Between August 1980 and December 1981, Bailey reached his commercial peak with a string of five number one hits -- "Loving Up a Storm," "I Keep Coming Back," "Friends," "Midnight Hauler," and "She Left Love All Over Me" -- and in 1981 was named Billboard magazine's Country Singles Artist of the Year. The albums Razzy (1980), Makin' Friends (1981), Feelin' Right, and A Little More Razzy (both 1982) were also very successful. Spectra Records and Razzy Bailey are finishing up his latest work entitled "Whiskey California".