Razzy Bailey

Country hitmaker Razzy Bailey was born Rasie Michael Bailey on February 14, 1939 in Five Points, Alabama. After marrying and working non-music jobs as a young man, he finally got the opportunity to record his first single, “9,999,999 Tears”, in 1966. Though it failed to make an impact, he proceeded to play in a number of bands including Daily Bread and the Aquarians. He made his debut under the moniker Razzy in 1974 with the album I Hate Hate. He signed to RCA where he proceeded to begin an impressive run on the country singles charts beginning with 1978’s “What Time Do You Have to Be Back to Heaven?”, which later appeared on his 1979 album If Love Had a Face. That single was the first of 13 top 10 singles he would rack up between 1978 and 1982 including four straight Number 1 singles in 1980 and 1981: “Loving Up a Storm”, “I Keep Coming Back”/”True Life Country Music”, “Friends”/”Anywhere There’s a Jukebox”, and “Midnight Hauler”. Those hits helped put the LPs Razzy and Makin’ Friends in the upper rungs of the country album chart. 1981’s “She Left Love All Over Me” was his final country chart-topper, but he was still reaching the top 20 as late as 1984 with “In the Midnight Hour”, a country take on the Wilson Pickett classic. His recording career dried up at the end of the 1980s. Razzy Bailey passed away August 4, 2021.

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