Losin' Streak (album)

Losin' Streak
Studio album by Ray Stevens
Released March 1973
Studio Ray Stevens Sound Laboratory, Nashville, TN
Genre Pop, Adult Contemporary, Country
Label Barnaby (Issued on the CBS label)
Producer Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens chronology
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(1972)		 Losin' Streak
(1973)		 Nashville
(1973)

Losin' Streak was Ray Stevens' ninth studio album and his fourth for Barnaby Records, released in 1973. The second track is a re-recording of one of Stevens' songs that was included on his second album, This Is Ray Stevens (1963). Cover versions include the Everly Brothers' hit "Bye Bye Love" and singer/songwriter Freddie Hart's hit "Easy Lovin'." Both the album and the title track (the album's sole single) unfortunately failed to chart.

On interesting notes, Stevens would have a hit the next year that contained the word "streak," and this song became his biggest hit. That same year of the release of "The Streak," the third track from this album, "Inside," was released along with a non-album track entitled "Everybody Needs a Rainbow" as a double A-side single.

The front and back of the album each contain one photo of Stevens playing the piano and singing into a microphone at a recording studio.

Track listing

Side 1
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Losin' Streak"  Nick Van Maarth 4:08
2. "Just One of Life's Little Tragedies"  Ray Stevens 3:02
3. "Inside"  Ray Stevens 3:44
4. "Things Work Out"  Tupper Saussy 2:44
5. "Bye Bye Love"  Boudleaux Bryant, Felice Bryant 4:06
Side 2
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Being Friends"  Layng Martine, Jr. 2:53
2. "Idaho Wine"  Layng Martine, Jr. 2:20
3. "This Is Your Life"  Ray Stevens 3:16
4. "Laid Back"  Ray Stevens 2:51
5. "Easy Lovin'"  Freddie Hart 2:51
6. "What Do You Know"  Ray Stevens 3:24

Personnel

Charts

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1974 "Everybody Needs a Rainbow" / "Inside" Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 16
1974 "Everybody Needs a Rainbow" / "Inside" Billboard Adult Contemporary 18
1974 "Everybody Needs a Rainbow" / "Inside" Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 37
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