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Raye scored several major hits in the 90s, starting with 1991's "Every Second" which peaked at #2 on Billboard's Country Music Chart. He had consistent Top 3 hits on Billboard's Country charts with songs such as "I Think About You", "That Was A River", "On The Verge", "One Boy, One Girl", "I Can Still Feel You", "My Kind of Girl", "Anyone Else", "What the Heart Wants", "In This Life", "Little Rock", and his signature song, which remains his biggest hit to date, the ballad "Love, Me".

In 1996, Raye was featured on the Beach Boys' now out-of-print album "Stars and Stripes Vol. 1" singing lead vocals on a cover of their 1966 hit "Sloop John B" (itself a cover of a traditional sailing song of the West Indies). The Beach Boys themselves sang on the track as well, providing harmonies and backing vocals. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... The Beach Boys 1976 album 15 big ones The Beach Boys are a pop music group formed in Hawthorne, California in 1961, whose popularity has lasted into the twenty-first century. ... Stars And Stripes Vol. ... Sloop John B was a single which was released by The Beach Boys in 1966 on Capitol Records. ... Central America and the Caribbean (detailed pdf map) The Caribbean (Spanish: Caribe; French: Caraïbe; Dutch: Caraïben; Portuguese: Caribe or Caraíbas) is a region of the Americas consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (most of which enclose the sea), and the surrounding coasts. ...

Discography

• All I Can Be (1990)
• In This Life (1992)
• Extremes (1994)
• I Think About You (1995)
• Christmas: The Gift (1996)
• Best of Collin Raye: Direct Hits (1997)
• The Walls Came Down (1998)
• Counting Sheep (2000)
• Tracks (2000)
• Love Songs (2000)
• Can't Back Down (2001)
• Super Hits (2002}
• 16 Biggest Hits (2002)
• Live at Billy Bob's Texas (2004)
• Twenty Years and Change (2005)