The Wrays Explained

The Wrays
Background:group_or_band
Alias:The Wray Brothers Band
Origin:Texas, USA
Genre:Country
Years Active:1981–1987
Label:CIS, Sasparilla, Mercury Records
Past Members:Bubba Wray
Scotty Wray
Jim Covert
Lin Phillips
Joe Dale Cleghorn

The Wrays, also known as The Wray Brothers Band, were an American country music group from Texas composed of Bubba Wray, Scotty Wray, Jim Covert, Lynn Phillips and Joe Dale Cleghorn. Following several independent singles, The Wrays released three singles on Mercury Records in the 1980s.[1] Their highest-charting single, "You Lay a Lotta Love on Me", reached the Top 50 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in 1987.[2] After The Wrays broke up, lead singer Bubba Wray launched a successful solo career as Collin Raye.[3]

Singles

YearSingleUS Country
1982"Cowboy Sangers"A
1983"Reason to Believe"A88
1984"The Battle of New Orleans"A
"I Need Someone Bad Tonight"A
1985"Until We Meet Again"A93
1986"I Don't Want to Know Your Name"71
"Come on Joe"
1987"You Lay a Lotta Love on Me"48
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Collin Raye: Biography . 2009-09-22 . . 2009-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090511071719/http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/raye_collin/bio.jhtml . dead .
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

    . Joel Whitburn . May 2006 . Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs, 1944-2005 . Record Research . USA . 0-89820-165-9 . 431 .

  3. Huey, Steve.