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125%;">"Along Came Jones"</th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">The Coasters</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"That Is Rock & Roll"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">May <a href="/wiki/1959_in_music" title="1959 in music">1959</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">March 26, 1959</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">Rock and roll</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">2</span>:<span class="s">53</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Atco_Records" title="Atco Records">Atco</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller" title="Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller">Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">The Coasters</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Charlie_Brown_(The_Coasters_song)" title="Charlie Brown (The Coasters song)">Charlie Brown</a>" <br />(1959) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Along Came Jones</b>" <br />(1959) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Poison_Ivy_(song)" title="Poison Ivy (song)">Poison Ivy</a>" <br />(1959) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Along Came Jones</b>" is a comedic song written by <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Leiber_and_Mike_Stoller" title="Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller">Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller</a> and originally recorded by <a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">the Coasters</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-pc13_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc13-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1959 peaking at number 9 in the Billboard Hot 100 but recorded by many other groups and individuals in the years that followed. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_song">The song</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Along_Came_Jones_(song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: The song"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Told from the perspective of a person watching television, the song tells of the interaction between a hero ("Jones"), a bad gunslinger ("Salty Sam") and a ranch owner ("Sweet Sue") on an unnamed television show. </p><p>The television shows feature various "<a href="/wiki/Damsel_in_distress" title="Damsel in distress">damsel in distress</a>" scenarios, whereby Sam abducts Sue and places her in peril, intending to force her to give him the deed to her ranch or face a gruesome death: </p> <ul><li>In the first verse, the narrator watches Sam attempt to kill Sue by cutting her in half in an abandoned sawmill.</li> <li>In the second verse, the narrator prepares a snack during a commercial break, and comes back to see Sam attempting to destroy Sue with dynamite in an abandoned mine.</li> <li>In the third verse, apparently tired of the show, the narrator changes channels, only to find a different episode of the show, this time with Sam attempting to stuff Sue into a burlap sack and throw her in front of an oncoming train.</li></ul> <p>However, Sue is rescued each time, and Sam's plans foiled, by the hero, a "tall, thin", "slow-walkin'", "slow-talkin'", "long, lean, lanky" fellow named Jones. How — or even if — Jones defeats Sam and rescues Sue is never told.<sup id="cite_ref-pc13_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pc13-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The tenor saxophone heard on this record by <a href="/wiki/The_Coasters" title="The Coasters">The Coasters</a> is <a href="/wiki/King_Curtis" title="King Curtis">King Curtis</a>, who played the saxophone on many of their hits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins_and_meaning">Origins and meaning</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Along_Came_Jones_(song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Origins and meaning"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Westerns</a> were the most popular genre on TV and film in the 1950s and early 1960s. In mocking their inescapable presence, the song takes inspiration from the 1945 <a href="/wiki/Gary_Cooper" title="Gary Cooper">Gary Cooper</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Along_Came_Jones_(film)" title="Along Came Jones (film)">Along Came Jones</a></i>, a comedy <a href="/wiki/Western_(genre)" title="Western (genre)">Western</a>. In the film the "long, lean, lanky" Cooper lampoons his usual "slow-walkin', slow-talkin'" screen persona. The music for the film was composed by <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Lange" title="Arthur Lange">Arthur Lange</a>, mentor to songwriter Mike Stoller. The idea for the song may also have been based on old movie serials like "The Perils of Pauline", "The Hazards of Helen" and "The Exploits of Elaine". </p><p>Historian Ken Emerson notes of the song: "What was original in the humor of 'Along Came Jones' was not its parody of shoot-'em-ups … What was new were black voices mocking an iconic Caucasian genre fifteen years before <a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/Blazing_Saddles" title="Blazing Saddles">Blazing Saddles</a></i>. Leiber's original lyrics sharpened the racial angle by calling attention to the hero's white hat, white boots, and faithful white horse. Those lines did not pass muster with <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Wexler" title="Jerry Wexler">Jerry Wexler</a>, the executive producer at <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Records" title="Atlantic Records">Atlantic</a> to whom Leiber and Stoller generally reported."<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chart_performance">Chart performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Along_Came_Jones_(song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Chart performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_Coasters">The Coasters</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Along_Came_Jones_(song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The Coasters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1959) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">9 </td></tr> <tr> <td>US <a href="/wiki/Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">Hot R&B Sides</a> (<i>Billboard</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">14 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Later_Versions">Later Versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Along_Came_Jones_(song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later Versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Righteous_Brothers" title="The Righteous Brothers">The Righteous Brothers</a> included the song on their <i>Sayin' Something</i> album (1967).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In their version, by the third verse <a href="/wiki/Bill_Medley" title="Bill Medley">Bill Medley</a>, who says the repeated line "And then ...", has lost patience with the story as told by <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hatfield" title="Bobby Hatfield">Bobby Hatfield</a>.</li> <li>A comedy version by novelty pop artist <a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens" title="Ray Stevens">Ray Stevens</a> in 1969, reached a peak of #27 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stevens was also the voice of "Salty Sam," and (in falsetto) of "Sweet Sue," who screams for help and makes humorous ad-libs (e.g. "there he go again, tyin' me up, same routine", Help, he tied me up again", and "here comes the train, here comes the train"). The track features dubbed-in laughter and cheering from a "live" audience, and includes a brief quote from Rossini's "William Tell Overture" at the end.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Micky_Dolenz" title="Micky Dolenz">Micky Dolenz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Davy_Jones_(actor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Davy Jones (actor)">Davy Jones</a> (of <a href="/wiki/The_Monkees" title="The Monkees">Monkees</a> fame) recorded it with songwriters <a href="/wiki/Boyce_and_Hart" title="Boyce and Hart">Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart</a>, on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Dolenz,_Jones,_Boyce_%26_Hart" title="Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart">Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart</a></i> in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones makes humorous comments in a mock-posh British accent ("That's not cricket, old chap"). "<a href="/wiki/Yakety_Sax" title="Yakety Sax">Yakety Sax</a>" is interpolated during the saxophone solo.</li> <li>The song was recorded in 1980 in a country duet by <a href="/wiki/George_Jones" title="George Jones">George Jones</a> and <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Paycheck" title="Johnny Paycheck">Johnny Paycheck</a> on their album <i><a href="/wiki/Double_Trouble_(George_Jones_and_Johnny_Paycheck_album)" title="Double Trouble (George Jones and Johnny Paycheck album)">Double Trouble</a></i>.</li> <li>The French singer <a href="/wiki/Henri_Salvador" title="Henri Salvador">Henri Salvador</a> recorded the song in French, but with different lyrics and a children's television hero in the starring role: "<a href="/wiki/Zorro" title="Zorro">Zorro</a> est arrivé" (1964).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Norwegian vocal group <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Key_Brothers" class="extiw" title="no:The Key Brothers">The Key Brothers</a>, backed by <a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quivers" class="extiw" title="no:The Quivers">The Quivers</a>, shared a stage with <a href="/wiki/Roger_Moore" title="Roger Moore">Roger Moore</a> in 1965, and for the occasion performed the song as "...og så kom Helgenen frem", with <a href="/wiki/The_Saint_(TV_series)" title="The Saint (TV series)">The Saint</a> as the hero. The single became a huge hit in Norway.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Popular_culture">Popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Along_Came_Jones_(song)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The song is alluded to in the song "Million Dollar Bash" by <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dylan" title="Bob Dylan">Bob Dylan</a>.</li> <li>An interpretation of the song appeared in a TV advertisement for Australian tyre retailer <a href="/wiki/Beaurepaires" title="Beaurepaires">Beaurepaires</a> during the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span 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href="/wiki/Charlie_Brown_(The_Coasters_song)" title="Charlie Brown (The Coasters song)">Charlie Brown</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Along Came Jones</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Poison_Ivy_(song)" title="Poison Ivy (song)">Poison Ivy</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_About_Us_(The_Coasters_song)" title="What About Us (The Coasters song)">What About Us</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9same_Mucho" title="Bésame Mucho">Besame Mucho (Part I)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Wake_Me,_Shake_Me" title="Wake Me, Shake Me">Wake Me, Shake Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shoppin%27_for_Clothes" title="Shoppin' for Clothes">Shoppin' for Clothes</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Egypt_(Ying-Yang)" title="Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)">Little Egypt (Ying-Yang)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Girls_Girls_Girls_(The_Coasters_song)" title="Girls Girls Girls (The Coasters song)">Girls Girls Girls</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/T%27ain%27t_Nothin%27_to_Me" title="T'ain't Nothin' to Me">T'ain't Nothin' to Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Let%27s_Go_Get_Stoned" title="Let's Go Get Stoned">Let's Go Get Stoned</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/D._W._Washburn" title="D. W. Washburn">D. W. Washburn</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Potion_No._9_(song)" title="Love Potion No. 9 (song)">Love Potion Number Nine</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Cool_Jerk" title="Cool Jerk">Cool Jerk</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">B-sides</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Aquarela_do_Brasil" title="Aquarela do Brasil">Brazil</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Searchin%27" title="Searchin'">Searchin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zing!_Went_the_Strings_of_My_Heart" title="Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart">Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Three_Cool_Cats" title="Three Cool Cats">Three Cool Cats</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9same_Mucho" title="Bésame Mucho">Besame Mucho (Part II)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Lovey_Dovey" title="Lovey Dovey">Lovey Dovey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Money_Honey_(Clyde_McPhatter_and_the_Drifters_song)" title="Money Honey (Clyde McPhatter and the Drifters song)">Money Honey</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Saturday_Night_Fish_Fry" title="Saturday Night Fish Fry">Saturday Night Fish Fry</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Autumn_Leaves_(1945_song)" title="Autumn Leaves (1945 song)">Autumn Leaves</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/But_Beautiful_(song)" title="But Beautiful (song)">But Beautiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Around_Much_Anymore" title="Don't Get Around Much Anymore">Don't Get Around Much Anymore</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Easy_Living_(song)" title="Easy Living (song)">Easy Living</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman" title="Frosty the Snowman">Frosty the Snowman</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gee,_Baby,_Ain%27t_I_Good_to_You" title="Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You">Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Love_Paris" title="I Love Paris">I Love Paris</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/If_I_Had_a_Hammer" title="If I Had a Hammer">If I Had a Hammer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_%27In%27_Crowd" title="The 'In' Crowd">The 'In' Crowd</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moonglow_(song)" title="Moonglow (song)">Moonglow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Moonlight_in_Vermont_(song)" title="Moonlight in Vermont (song)">Moonlight in Vermont</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mustang_Sally_(song)" title="Mustang Sally (song)">Mustang Sally</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/My_Babe" title="My Babe">My Babe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_Broadway_(song)" title="On Broadway (song)">On Broadway</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/On_the_Sunny_Side_of_the_Street" title="On the Sunny Side of the Street">On the Sunny Side of the Street</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Satin_Doll" title="Satin Doll">Satin Doll</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Way_You_Look_Tonight" title="The Way You Look Tonight">The Way You Look Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Willow_Weep_for_Me" title="Willow Weep for Me">Willow Weep for Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27d_Be_So_Nice_to_Come_Home_To" title="You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To">You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1256394678"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox navbox-musical-artist navbox-musical-artist-solo" aria-labelledby="Ray_Stevens" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks vcard hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Ray_Stevens" title="Template:Ray Stevens"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Ray_Stevens" title="Template talk:Ray Stevens"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Ray_Stevens" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Ray Stevens"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Ray_Stevens" class="fn" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens" title="Ray Stevens">Ray Stevens</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/1,837_Seconds_of_Humor" title="1,837 Seconds of Humor">1,837 Seconds of Humor</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/This_Is_Ray_Stevens" title="This Is Ray Stevens">This Is Ray Stevens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Even_Stevens_(album)" title="Even Stevens (album)">Even Stevens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gitarzan_(album)" title="Gitarzan (album)">Gitarzan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Have_a_Little_Talk_with_Myself_(album)" title="Have a Little Talk with Myself (album)">Have a Little Talk with Myself</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Everything_Is_Beautiful_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Everything Is Beautiful (Ray Stevens album)">Everything Is Beautiful</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Unreal!!!" title="Unreal!!!">Unreal!!!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turn_Your_Radio_On_(album)" title="Turn Your Radio On (album)">Turn Your Radio On</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Losin%27_Streak_(album)" title="Losin' Streak (album)">Losin' Streak</a></i></li> <li><i>Nashville</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Boogity_Boogity" title="Boogity Boogity">Boogity Boogity</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Misty_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Misty (Ray Stevens album)">Misty</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Just_for_the_Record_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Just for the Record (Ray Stevens album)">Just for the Record</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Feel_the_Music_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Feel the Music (Ray Stevens album)">Feel the Music</a></i></li> <li><i>There Is Something on Your Mind</i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Be_Your_Own_Best_Friend" title="Be Your Own Best Friend">Be Your Own Best Friend</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Shriner%27s_Convention_(album)" title="Shriner's Convention (album)">Shriner's Convention</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_More_Last_Chance_(album)" title="One More Last Chance (album)">One More Last Chance</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Laugh_Now" title="Don't Laugh Now">Don't Laugh Now</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Me_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Me (Ray Stevens album)">Me</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/He_Thinks_He%27s_Ray_Stevens" title="He Thinks He's Ray Stevens">He Thinks He's Ray Stevens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Have_Returned" title="I Have Returned">I Have Returned</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Surely_You_Joust" title="Surely You Joust">Surely You Joust</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crackin%27_Up!" title="Crackin' Up!">Crackin' Up!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Never_Made_a_Record_I_Didn%27t_Like" title="I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like">I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Beside_Myself_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Beside Myself (Ray Stevens album)">Beside Myself</a></i></li> <li><i>Funny Man</i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s/2000s albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Number_1_with_a_Bullet" title="Number 1 with a Bullet">#1 With a Bullet</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Osama%E2%80%94Yo%27_Mama:_The_Album" title="Osama—Yo' Mama: The Album">Osama—Yo' Mama: The Album</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Ray_Stevens_(1967_album)" title="The Best of Ray Stevens (1967 album)">The Best of Ray Stevens (1967)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Best_of_Ray_Stevens_(1968_album)" title="The Best of Ray Stevens (1968 album)">The Best of Ray Stevens (1968)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_(1983_Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Greatest Hits (1983 Ray Stevens album)">Greatest Hits (1983 Ray Stevens album)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits,_Vol._1_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Ray Stevens album)">Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (Ray Stevens album)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits,_Vol._2_(Ray_Stevens_album)" title="Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Ray Stevens album)">Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (Ray Stevens album)</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/His_All-Time_Greatest_Comic_Hits" title="His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits">His All-Time Greatest Comic Hits</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Very_Best_of_Ray_Stevens" title="The Very Best of Ray Stevens">The Very Best of Ray Stevens</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Masters_%E2%80%93_The_Millennium_Collection:_The_Best_of_Ray_Stevens" title="20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ray Stevens">20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Ray Stevens</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Notable singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Jeremiah_Peabody%27s_Polyunsaturated_Quick-Dissolving_Fast-Acting_Pleasant-Tasting_Green_and_Purple_Pills" title="Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills">Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green and Purple Pills</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ahab_the_Arab" title="Ahab the Arab">Ahab the Arab</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Gitarzan" title="Gitarzan">Gitarzan</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Along Came Jones</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sunday_Mornin%27_Comin%27_Down" title="Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down">Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Have_a_Little_Talk_with_Myself" class="mw-redirect" title="Have a Little Talk with Myself">Have a Little Talk with Myself</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I%27ll_Be_Your_Baby_Tonight" title="I'll Be Your Baby Tonight">I'll Be Your Baby Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Everything_Is_Beautiful" title="Everything Is Beautiful">Everything Is Beautiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_My_Trials" title="All My Trials">All My Trials</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Streak_(song)" title="The Streak (song)">The Streak</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Misty_(song)" title="Misty (song)">Misty</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Indian_Love_Call" title="Indian Love Call">Indian Love Call</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Young_Love_(1956_song)" title="Young Love (1956 song)">Young Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You_Are_So_Beautiful" title="You Are So Beautiful">You Are So Beautiful</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Mood" title="In the Mood">In the Mood</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Need_Your_Help_Barry_Manilow" title="I Need Your Help Barry Manilow">I Need Your Help Barry Manilow</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Shriner%27s_Convention" title="Shriner's Convention">Shriner's Convention</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Squirrel_Revival" title="Mississippi Squirrel Revival">Mississippi Squirrel Revival</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Would_Jesus_Wear_a_Rolex" title="Would Jesus Wear a Rolex">Would Jesus Wear a Rolex</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Stevens_discography" title="Ray Stevens discography">Ray Stevens discography</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist 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