Ray Stevens - The Businessman

[WalterHaleJnr]

Any Ray Stevens fans here ?

Found this rare t v version of "Mr Businessman". Great epic song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7bcnxJskf8

[John]

I like old Ray but for me his best album, and one of my favourites, is Misty. It has covers of a number of old familiar songs but done in a very different way.

Ray is supposed to have played on and Elvis session. Can you tell me which one?

[WalterHaleJnr]

I don't believe he ever has. Did you notice Lulu joining in the next song (which I never heard before). She's a Doll.

[John]

I don't believe he ever has.

On occasion Ray used to sing with the Jordanaires. He also played on a session for Elvis Presley. That was the only Elvis session Ray ever played on. He played trumpet with Charlie McCoy and in his own words he explains, “I’m a terrible trumpet player. I played keyboards, of course, and they didn’t need me to play on this particular song. It was a sort of Mexican song, so they asked Charlie and me to get our trumpets and play a little Mexican lick on it, and we did. I’ll never forget that! The only Elvis session I ever played on, I played an instrument that I could barely hold.”

and from Keith Flynn's site check out Come What May and Fools Fall In Love, May 28th 1966.

Trumpet: Ray Stevens

[Private Presley]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=nIoTyyqs-Is&feature=shares