Is singer Ray Stevens a fan of President Obama?”
Ray Stevens (born Harold Ray Ragsdale, January 24, 1939,[1] Clarkdale, Georgia) is an American country music, pop singer-songwriter who has become known for his novelty songs as well as more serious works. He was born in Clarkdale, a small town west of Atlanta. Career [edit] Early career Stevens’ recording career began in the mid-1950s with two singles released on Prep Records. He then signed a contract with Capitol Records with the help of Atlanta, Georgia music maven Bill Lowery. In 1958, Stevens joined Lowery’s National Recording Corporation (NRC), playing numerous instruments, arranging music, and performing background vocals for its band. After NRC filed for bankruptcy, he signed with Mercury Records with whom Stevens recorded a series of hit records in the 1960s that included songs such as “Ahab the Arab,” “Harry the Hairy Ape,” “Funny Man,” the original recording of “Santa Claus is Watching You,” and “Jeremiah Peabody’s Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tast
On December 11, 2009, Stevens issued the single “We The People”. The song is about the controversial health care bill that was then being debated in Congress. The song asks members of Congress not to pass health care, dubbed Obama Care, because not only voting in favor of the bill will likely mean political suicide during the next round of elections in 2010 but most national polls suggest that the country doesn’t want a massive health care over-haul but instead prefers improvements on the current system. Because the health care bill is controversial, Stevens’ song is just as controversial with those who support President Barack Obama and his policies. By January 1, 2010, the music video for “We the People” had been viewed more than one million times during its first two weeks on the video hosting web-site You Tube. Originally available only as a digital download, a physical copy of the single became available soon after.
