# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-stevens
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:30:19.191Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-stevens"
name: "Ray Stevens"
slug: "ray-stevens"
description: "Harold Ray Ragsdale, known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country singer-songwriter and comedian. He is best known for his Grammy-winning recordings \"Everything Is Beautiful\" and \"Misty\", as well as novelty hits including \"Ahab the Arab\", Gitarzan\" and \"The Streak\". Stevens has earned gold albums and has worked as a producer, music arranger, and television host. He was also inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Georgia Music Hall of Fame, the Christian Music Hall of Fame, and the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum."
tagline: "American country and pop singer-songwriter musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Stevens.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-01-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.74
  momentum:             0.7062237987745891
  historical:           13.81782133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828696/"
    handle:    "nm0828696"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MpUvihmfilIxyN20kXwQj"
    handle:    "Ray Stevens"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.raystevens.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "راي ستيفنز (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "راى ستيفنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ری استیونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(Musiker)"
    title: "Ray Stevens (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens"
    title: "Ray Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens"
    title: "Ray Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ری استیونز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(chanteur)"
    title: "Ray Stevens (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens"
    title: "Ray Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens"
    title: "Ray Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens_(musicus)"
    title: "Ray Stevens (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens"
    title: "Ray Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9"
    title: "Стивенс, Рей"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Stevens"
    title: "Ray Stevens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/140220f3-95fe-417a-8b66-4102d2deacb9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q710282"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump