Wayne Raney (August 17, 1921[1] – January 23, 1993)[2] was an American country singer and harmonica player.

[1] He met Lonnie Glosson, his long-time musical associate, in 1936, and together they found work on radio in Little Rock in 1938.

[2] Raney played the Grand Ole Opry in 1953,[1] and also worked on the California Hayride and the WWVA Jamboree.

He recorded country music into the early 1960s, including for his own label, but ceased the mail-order business in 1960.

[2] While he appeared sporadically on Hee Haw in the 1970s, he lost his voice in the 1980s and ceased performing; in 1990 he published an autobiography entitled Life Has Not Been a Bed of Roses.