RSThe Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will feature items from Grammy Award-winning Ray Stevens in its permanent exhibition Sing Me Back Home: A Journey Through Country Music beginning September 22. The display entitled Ray Stevens: Everything Is Beautiful will celebrate Stevens’ 60 years in country music.

“I am very flattered that the Country Music Hall of Fame has chosen to display some items from my career,” says Stevens. “I can hardly wait to see the items on exhibition myself!”

Artifacts on loan to the museum from Stevens include:
– Spinet keyboard used by Stevens to compose “Everything Is Beautiful”
– Handwritten studio chart for “Everything Is Beautiful,” with musical notation for rubato, piano, and voice
– Grammy®, Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Male (1970) for “Everything is Beautiful”
– Grammy®, Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists (1975) for “Misty”
– Nashville Songwriters Association International Hall of Fame induction award (1980)
-Rhinestone-embellished “Coy” fez used in Stevens’ video for “Shriner’s Convention”

Stevens has been burning the candle at both ends as of late. His hit national television show, Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville, now in its 3rd season, has moved to Public Television and this fall, the country music legend will open the doors to his new Nashville entertainment venue, CabaRay. The 35,000 square foot live music venue will include a 700-seat showroom, a full service kitchen, a piano bar, a gift shop as well as television production and recording studios.

Items on display in the museum’s permanent exhibition, Sing Me Back Home, are updated frequently. These short-term, informal displays provide a closer look at a particular person or special anniversaries. Rotated often, these displays also offer a glimpse into the museum’s unique collection of over 2.5 million artifacts, which includes recorded discs; historical photographs; films and videotapes; thousands of posters; books; songbooks; periodicals and sheet music; personal artifacts such as performers’ instruments, costumes and accessories; and more. Recent Sing Me Back Home displays have featured Bob Moore, Keith Whitley and John Anderson.

Ray Stevens 12117About Ray Stevens    Twelve-time nominated and two-time Grammy® Award winner Ray Stevens has spanned the generations with nearly 60 years of comedic musical talent, including songs such as his multi-million selling hit “The Streak” and his classic pop standard “Everything Is Beautiful.” Throughout his career, Stevens has sold more than 40 million albums and continues daily office operations at his home base, Ray Stevens Music, located on Nashville’s historic Music Row.  Stevens hosts Ray Stevens CabaRay Nashville, a 30-minute weekly music/talk show airing on Public Television. The music legend will soon open his very own Nashville entertainment venue, the CabaRay Showroom, a 35,000 square foot music venue set to make its debut in the fall of 2017.

For more information on Ray Stevens, visit www.raystevens.com or his official Facebook Page.

Country-Music-Hall-of-Fame-logoAbout the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum   The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum collects, preserves, and interprets country music and its history for the education and entertainment of diverse audiences. In exhibits, publications, and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural importance and enduring beauty of the art form. The museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) educational organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and in 2015 and 2016 welcomed over one million patrons, placing it among the most visited museums in the U.S. The Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA Studio B, Hatch Show Print® poster shop, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive, and CMF Press. Museum programs are supported by Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission, Tennessee Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org or by calling (615) 416-2001

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The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum will feature items from Grammy Award-winning Ray Stevens in its permanent exhibition Sing Me Back Home: A Journey Through Country Music beginning September 22. The display entitled Ray Stevens: Everything Is Beautiful will celebrate Stevens' 60 years in country music. 'I...