20 Facts About Collin Raye

Collin Raye initially recorded as a member of the band The Wrays between 1983 and 1987.

Collin Raye made his solo debut in 1991 as Collin Raye with the album All I Can Be, which produced his first Number One hit in "Love, Me".

All I Can Be was the first of four consecutive albums released by Raye to achieve platinum certification in the United States for sales of one million copies each.

Collin Raye maintained several Top Ten hits throughout the rest of the decade and into 2000.

Collin Raye did not record another studio album until 2005's Twenty Years and Change, released on an independent label.

Between 1991 and 2007, Collin Raye charted 30 singles on the US country charts; he has charted twice on the Adult Contemporary format as a duet partner on two Jim Brickman songs.

Collin Raye's mother, Lois Wray, was a local musician; in the 1950s, she served as an opening act for several Sun Records artists, including Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Carl Perkins.

In late 1992, Collin Raye made an appearance on the Carl Weathers television drama series "Street Justice", where he gave a live performance of "In This Life".

In 1996, Collin Raye released a Christmas album titled Christmas: The Gift.

The album included a cover of Journey's "Open Arms", with Collin Raye's version reaching a peak of number 70 from unsolicited airplay.

Also included on The Walls Came Down was a ballad entitled "The Eleventh Commandment", in which Collin Raye addressed the issue of child abuse.

In late 1999, Collin Raye sang backing vocals on Phil Vassar's debut single "Carlene".

Collin Raye released two albums in 2000: Counting Sheep, an album consisting of lullabies for his children, and Tracks.

Collin Raye released a live album, Live at Billy Bob's Texas, in 2004, and a promotional single titled "World History 101" in 2005.

In 2005, Collin Raye signed to the independent Aspirion label, releasing his Twenty Years and Change album.

Collin Raye is known primarily for his country pop ballads, such as "Love, Me" and "In This Life".

Collin Raye is known for dealing with social issues in his material.

Collin Raye was raised as a Southern Baptist but became a Catholic when he was 23 years old.

On February 17,2016, Collin Raye performed at the "Two Nations, One Faith" celebration at Sun Bowl Stadium in El Paso, Texas, prior to the stadium's simulcast of the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis just across the Mexican border in Ciudad Juarez.

Collin Raye married Connie Parker in 1980; they divorced in 1987.