The Wrays, also known as The Wray Brothers Band, were an American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
group from
Oregon
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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
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in the 1980s.
Their highest-charting single, "You Lay a Lotta Love on Me," reached the Top 50 on the ''
Billboard''
Hot Country Singles
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sa ...
chart in 1987.
After The Wrays broke up, lead singer Bubba Wray launched a successful solo career as
Collin Raye
Floyd Elliot Wray (born August 22, 1960) is an American country music singer, known professionally as 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 ...
.
[Huey, Steve. ]
Singles
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ACredited to The Wray Brothers Band.
References
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* as 'The Wrays'
* as 'The Wray Brothers Band'
American country music groups
Musical groups from Oregon
1983 establishments in Oregon
1987 disestablishments in Oregon
Musical groups established in 1983
Musical groups disestablished in 1987
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