Ray Stevens The Fool On The Hill

I do not own the copyright to this recording so if it needs to be removed, I will remove it. This video is for entertainment purposes only.

Composed by John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Ray Stevens (1939-) is a country/pop/novelty/gospel singer-songwriter, producer & arranger from Clarkdale, GA. He made his first recordings for Prep Records in 1958. A successful pop/country crossover artist, he has had many hits including "Ahab The Arab" "Gitarzan", "Everything Is Beautiful", "Misty" and "The Streak". In his long career he has recorded 93 studio albums. His last country single to chart"Osama Yo' Mama"(#50) was in 2002, earning him his first gold record award since "The Streak" in 1974. Ray is still very active on the performing scene today.

This is a collective list of musicians on the album:

Bass - Norbert Putnam
Cello - Byron Bach
Drums - Jerry Carrigan
Guitar - Jerry Kennedy
Percussion - Farrell Morris
Producer - Jim Malloy
Producer, Arranged By, Piano, Organ, Bells, Vocals - Ray Stevens
Saxophone - Johnny Duke , Norm Ray
Trombone - Dennis Good , Gene Mullins
Trumpet - Don Sheffield , George Tidwell , Glenn Baxter , Ray Stevens (tracks: A6)
Viola - Gary Vanosdale , Howard Carpenter , Marvin Chantry , Bobby Becker*
Violin - Brenton Banks , George Binkley* , Lillian Hunt , Martin Katahn , Sheldon Kurland , Solie Fott

Recording at Monument Studios, Nashville TN, 1969

Originally issued on the 1969 LP "Ray Stevens:Have A Little Talk With Myself" (Monument SLP-18134)

This recording taken from the 2005 CD "Yesterday:A Country Music Tribute To The Beatles"

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Music

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• Ray
• Stevens
• Country
• Pop
• 1960's
• Beatles
• Cover
• The
• Fool
• On
• Hill

[ericcarmenfan]

Ray Stevens is so underrated. Unfortunately, he will be best remembered for his comedy songs. But his work and voice was so much better than that as can be seen through "Mr. Business Man" and this song.

[JeannieQuay1]

Love the seriious songs Ray did.  So talented.. Forever Ray Jeannie Quay

[orangehornet57]

This song first appeared on Ray's last album for Monument, Have A Little Talk With Myself. I got the LP off ebay. Unfortunately, it has yet to get a complete release. Ray also covered Hey Jude and Help on that album. The Everything is Beautiful album had covers of She Came In Through The Bathroom Window and Something. It is on CD.

[paolonaso]

:))))