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Collin Raye
Collin Raye, and previously as
Bubba Wray. Under the latter name, he recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made his solo debut in 1991 as Collin Raye with the album
All I Can Be, which produced his first Number One hit in Love, Me .
All I Can Be was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each. Raye maintained several Top Ten hits throughout the rest of the decade and into 2000. 2001 s
Collin Raye
Collin Raye, and previously as
Bubba Wray. Under the latter name, he recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987. He made his solo debut in 1991 as Collin Raye with the album
All I Can Be, which produced his first Number One hit in Love, Me .
All I Can Be was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each. Raye maintained several Top Ten hits throughout the rest of the decade and into 2000. 2001 s
Can t Back Down was his first album that did not produce a Top 40 country hit, and he was dropped by his record label soon afterward. He did not record another studio album until 2005 s
Flashback Friday: Collin Raye in the Studio with Big D and Bubba
Collin Raye is one of country music s favorite artist. With songs like Little Rock , Love, Me , I Can Still Feel You and My Kind of Girl , you can see why. He has a brand new album,
Scars, with the title track being a duet with Miranda Lambert. Collin sat down in the Big D and Bubba studio to talk about the new album and about his biggest hits.
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I think we all learned something new after all these years, Collin Raye is not his real name. Collin s real name is Floyd Wray, with his nickname being Bubba. His record label gave him the name of Collin Raye because they were afraid some stations wouldn t play an artist named Bubba Wray. It s really interesting to hear Collin tell the story of his name change.