Ray Baker (music producer)

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Ray Baker is a Nashville music producer. His first hit record produced was I Just Started Hatin' Cheating Songs Today by Moe Bandy in 1974. He also produced It Was Always so Easy to Find an Unhappy Woman and It's a Cheatin' Situation, both by Moe Bandy. He also produced duets by Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley. Good Ole Boys was a million-selling duet in 1979. In 1983 he produced Right or Wrong by George Strait, his first gold album. He also produced You Look so Good in Love and Let;s Fall to Pieces Together by Strait. In 1984 he produced several hit records by Merle Haggard, including Grammy-winning That's the Way Love Goes. Ray Baker also produced Natural High, Let's Chase Each Other 'Round the Room, What am I Gonna Do with the Rest of My Life, You Take Me for Granted, all number on records for Haggard. Baker also produced a number one record in 1987 for Charley Pride, Have I Got some Blues for You. Prior to his producing career, Ray was a very successful music producer. His catalogue contained such hits as "Elvira" "There Goes My Everything" "Son Of Hickory Hollows Tramp","If My Heart Had Windows" "That's The Way Love Goes", "Johnny One Time" and over 35 other Number One Country & Pop Songs from 1966 through the 1990's.

Many of these facts can be corraborated in a book written by Michael Kosser entitled "How Nashville Became Music City USA" Description Published by the Hal Leonard Corporation. Sixteen pages of historical pictures. Details the raw beginnings of nearly every recording studio that ever graced Music Row. Guide Review - Michael Kosser - How Nashville Became Music City USA: 50 Years of Music Row