"MISSISSIPPI SQUIRREL REVIVAL" WAS RECORDED BY RAY STEVENS IN 1974.
CARLENE AND C.W. KALB, JR.
CO-WROTE THE LYRICS.
THAT SAME YEAR, STEVENS RECORDED "THE STREAK", "GITARZAN", "SHRINERS CONVENTION", AND
"IT'S ME AGAIN, MARGARET."
RAY STEVENS EARNED THE COUNTRY MUSIC AWARD OF COMEDIAN OF
THE YEAR FROM 1986 TO 1994.
HAROLD RAY RAGSDALE WAS BORN IN JANUARY 1939. BY SEVEN YEARS-OLD, HE WAS TAKING PIANO LESSONS AND SINGING HIS OWN CREATED LYRICS.
"AHAB THE ARAB" MADE IT TO #5 ON THE POP CHARTS.
