Susan Raye (born October 8, 1944 in Eugene, Oregon, United States) is an American country music singer, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971.
She got her start as protegee of legendary country music singer Buck Owens. Owens and Raye recorded a number of hit albums and singles together, which jumpstarted Raye's professional career as a solo artist....
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Susan Raye (born October 8, 1944 in Eugene, Oregon, United States) is an American country music singer, best known for a series of Top 40 Country hits in the early half of the 1970s, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport" in 1971.
She got her start as protegee of legendary country music singer Buck Owens. Owens and Raye recorded a number of hit albums and singles together, which jumpstarted Raye's professional career as a solo artist. Raye retired towards the end of the decade and today is a psychologist.
Raye was born in 1944 in Eugene, Oregon. She first began singing with a high-school rock group, but after the band called it quits, she auditioned for a local country station. Not only did she begin performing on the radio, she also landed work as a disc jockey, eventually becoming the host of a Portland TV program called Hoedown. It was at one of Raye's performances at an area nightclub where she met Jack McFadden, Owens' manager. McFadden was so impressed with her...
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