Hey John,

Razzy's written number ones in both country (Anywhere There's a Jukebox) and rock (9,999,999 Tears). He had an R&B hit in the 70's with I Hate Hate. Recently, his song City of Lost Angels was number one on both U.S. and European indie charts. And Razzy's not only had hits as the singer of his songs. Other artists such as Dickie Lee (9,999,999 Tears #1 and Peanut Butter #13) and Bobby G. Rice (She's Looking Up #1 European), just to name two, have had success with Razz's material

As an artist, Razzy's resume is so impressive (fifteen number one hits, thirty top tens, Billboard Country Entertainer, Alabama Music Hall of Fame and etc.) that people forget he's a songwriter.

Nearly every time I work with him in the studio, he'll take a break and pull out his guitar to play me some song idea. Sometimes, I even get to co-write. I guess we've written over a dozen songs like that. Razzy's probably written three or four thousand songs. He's got several hundred song demos at his studio. Befored buying his own studio, Razzy would routinely spend $500 to $1000 and more per song doing demos.

Last night we played near Alabama at a dance hall called Big Jim Country. The place was packed. In two sets, at least two thirds of the songs were Razzy Bailey compositions, and the audience knew most of them.

Razzy's not at the very top of the list of Nashville songwriters, but he's on lists those other songwriters will never enter.

Mike

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