Stevens' recording career began sustaining 2 singles freed in Prep Records, followed by the short stint by having Capitol Records. Two these recording contracts were processed by using a assist of Atlanta music ace Bill Lowery. Stevens joined Lowery's National Recording Corporation in 1958, where he too was the member of the NRC staff b&, swimming many instruments, arrangement, and doing background vocals. Once NRC went into bankruptcy, he signed by using Mercury Records, and began the series of hit records in the Sixties that involved "Ahab the Arab" & "Jeremiah Peabody's Polyunsaturated Quick-Dissolving, Fast-Acting Pleasant-Tasting Green And Purple Pills".

Stevens became the producer & easily-known studio musician on the Nashville scene, & recorded hits for Monument, Barnaby, Warner Brothers, MCA, & RCA. Perchance his best known hit is "The Streak" (1974), which make fun at a early-1970s "streaking" furore of heading nude publicly. Stevens' large hit was his gospel-inflected lone "Everything Is Beautiful" (1970). The plea for love & tolerance when you took turbulent days in the United States, the song shot to First & remained there for weeks within a bit of U.S. & British markets. Stevens has won both Grammy Awards: one for "Everything Is Beautiful" & 1 for the arrangement of his version of the jazz standard "Misty".

By using a popularity of the song "Everything Is Beautiful", Stevens experienced the variety in CTV. A Ray Stevens Indicate appeared around Canada in 1970 and soon appeared in the United States on NBC and the United Kingdom on the BBC. Although it just has eight episodes, these are mostly known for existence a indicate that launched regular cast member Steve Martin's career.

Ray Stevens was inducted into a Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980. Since a Eighties, Stevens has appeared regularly at a country and western performing venue of Branson, Missouri. His talents keep close at hand been showcased within the successful series of streaming videos.

Discography
1950s: The NRC Years 1958-1960 1960s: 1837 Seconds of Humor - 1962 This Is Ray Stevens - 1963 ''Ray 'Ahab the Arab' Stevens and Hal Winters - 1965 The Best of Ray Stevens - 1967 Even Stevens - 1968 Gitarzan - 1969 Have a Little Talk with Myself - 1969

1970s: Unreal - 1970 Everything Is Beautiful - 1970 Ray Stevens Rock & Roll Show - 1971 Ray Stevens Greatest Hits - 1971 Losin' Streak - 1973 Nashville - 1973 Boogity - Boogity - 1974 Turn Your Radio On - 1974 Misty - 1975 The Very Best of Ray Stevens - 1975 Both Sides of Ray Stevens - 1976 Just for the Record - 1976 Feel the Music - 1977 The Many Sides of Ray Stevens - 1977 The Remarkable Ray Stevens - 1977 There Is Something on Your Mind - 1978 Be Your Own Best Friend - 1978 The Feeling's Not Right Again - 1979 The Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Collection - 1979 The Best of Ray Stevens - 1979

1980s: Shriner's Convention - 1980 Wild and Crazy - 1980 Oh Lonesome Me - 1981 One More Last Chance - 1981 Don't Laugh Now - 1982 Turn Your Radio On - 1982 Greatest Hits - 1983 Me - 1983 He Think's He's Ray Stevens - 1984 Mississippi Squirrel Revival - 1984 Ray Stevens Collection - 1984 Ray Stevens Greatest Hits - 1984 I Have Returned - 1985 Ray Stevens Collector's Series - 1985 Surely You Joust - 1986 The Very Best Of Ray Stevens/Roger Miller - 1986 Crackin' Up - 1987 Get the Best of Ray Stevens - 1987 Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Volume 1 - 1987 Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Volume 2 - 1987 I Never Made a Record I Didn't Like - 1988 Beside Myself - 1989 Funny Man - 1989 Ray Stevens - At His Best - 1989

1990s: Everything Is Beautiful and Other Hits - 1990 His All Time Greatest Comic Hits - 1990 Lend Me Your Ears - 1990 #1 with a Bullet - 1991 Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Volume 3 - 1991 Ray Stevens Greatest Hits Volume 4 - 1991 Ahab the Arab - 1992 Everything Is Beautiful - 1992 Ray Stevens/Jim Stafford - 1992 The Gospel Side of Ray Stevens - 1992 A Brighter Day - 1993 Classic Ray Stevens - 1993 The Legendary Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford - 1993 Get Serious! The Original Movie Soundtrack - 1994 Ray Stevens - 20 Comedy Hits - 1995 Ray Stevens Live! - 1995 3 CD or Cassette Set - 1995 3 CD Set - 1995 Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful - 1996 Great Gospel Songs - 1996 Ray Stevens - All-Time Hits - 1996 Even Stevens - 1996 Gitarzan - 1996 Hum It - 1997 Ray Stevens - The Streak - 1997 The Best Of Ray Stevens - 1997 Ray Stevens - Christmas Through a Different Window - 1997 Ray Stevens - Golden Classics/Collector's Edition - 1997 Ray Stevens - The Country Hits Collection - 1998 Ray Stevens: The Last Laugh - 1999

2000s: Ear Candy - 2000 Funniest Characters - 2000 Ray Stevens All-Time Greatest Hits - 2001 Osama-Yo' Mama, The Album'' - 2002