Raymond Clinton "Ray" Agee (April 10, 1921 – April 15, 1989) was an American blues and R&B singer and songwriter who recorded over a hundred tracks between the early 1950s and mid-1970s, and is described at AllMusic as "a fine, versatile blues singer whose work deserves a wider audience".
[1] Agee was born in Dixons Mills, Alabama, in 1921 according to most official records,[2] though some sources give 1930.
[4] By the early 1950s, Agee had started performing secular R&B music, often in the relaxed style of Charles Brown.
He recorded in the early and mid-1950s for a variety of labels in Los Angeles, including Modern, Aladdin, Elko, Spark and Ebb, with musicians including Maxwell Davis and Chuck Norris.
[5][8][9] Agee continued to record prolifically through the 1960s, for small labels including Shirley, Celeste, Soultown, Jewel, and Krafton, but with little recognition outside his local area.