Country Hall of Famer Ray Stevens Recovering From Heart Attack

Country Music Hall of Fame member Ray Stevens is in recovery after undergoing minimally invasive heart surgery on Monday morning (July 7).

Last Friday, Stevens had complained of chest pains and was admitted to a Nashville-area hospital, where it was determined that he had suffered a mild heart attack. While Stevens is in recovery, his performances at his West Nashville CabaRay Showroom have been canceled through July.

In March, Stevens released the album Say Whut?, which included songs such as “Everybody’s On The Telephone” and “The More You Cry.”

Stevens is a two-time Grammy winner, known for both comedic songs such as “The Streak” and the “The Mississippi Squirrel Revival,” but also touching songs such as the pop-country classic “Everything Is Beautiful,” which won a Grammy for male pop vocal performance in 1971. “The Streak” was nominated for Country Music Association Awards for single of the year and song of the year in 1974.

He was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2019. During his more than six decades in the spotlight, Stevens has held roles as singer, songwriter, producer, music publisher, session musician, television star and real estate developer. Stevens previously ran an entertainment venue in Branson, Missouri from 1981 to 1993. In 2018, he launched the CabaRay entertainment venue in Nashville. Additionally, his shows at CabaRay have been aired on public television stations.

He is also a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Musicians Hall of Fame, the Music City Walk of Fame and the Georgia Music Hall of Fame.

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