Herbert Raymond "Ray" Pillow (born July 4, 1937) is 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, ...

singer who has also worked as a

music publisher A music publisher is a type of publisher that specializes in distributing music. Music publishers originally published sheet music. When copyright became legally protected, music publishers started to play a role in the management of the intellect ...

and

artists and repertoire Artists and repertoire ( colloquially abbreviated to A&R) is the division of a record label or music publishing company that is responsible for talent scouting and overseeing the artistic development of recording artists (singers, instrumental ...

(A&R) representative. In his career, he has charted 18 times on the '' Billboard'' country singles chart, with his highest-peaking song being the number 9 "I'll Take the Dog", a duet with

Jean Shepard Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016) was an American honky-tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which ...

. After charting for the last time in 1981, Pillow founded Sycamore Records with Larry McFadden, and later worked in the A&R department of Capitol Records. Today, Pillow continues to perform as a member of the Grand Ole Opry and on popular classic country television programs such as ''Country's Family Reunion'', which airs regularly in the United States on RFD-TV network. Through his record label, Pillow has released two albums, including ''Ray Pillow Live'' and his recent studio effort containing new material, ''Country Class''. Pillow has been a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1966.

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Jim Glaser James William Glaser (December 16, 1937 – April 6, 2019) was an American country music artist. He was born in Spalding, Nebraska. Biography The brother of country singers Chuck and Tompall Glaser, he performed as both a solo artist and alo ...

is listed as Webmaster; Glaser died in 2019.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pillow, Ray 1937 births Living people American country singer-songwriters Grand Ole Opry members American male singer-songwriters ABC Records artists Place of birth missing (living people) Capitol Records artists Dot Records artists MCA Records artists Singer-songwriters from Virginia Musicians from Lynchburg, Virginia