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Collin Raye

 

Summer Games Opening Ceremonies Features Country Music Legend Collin Raye

Country Music Legend Collin Raye takes center stage during the Opening Ceremonies at Summer Games. Collin touched listeners and shot to fame with "Love, Me" in 1991. That set the cornerstone for a career built on meaningful songs. Five times nominated as country music's Male Vocalist of the Year, Collin Raye has consistently used his stardom to advance social causes including Special Olympics. At the 2001 Country Radio Seminar, Clint Black presented Collin Raye with the organization's Humanitarian of the Year award in recognition of Collin's issue-oriented music and his tireless charity work. Collin's new album, Selected Hits, features live renditions of four classic Collin tunes along with a pair of newly recorded songs, "Quitters" and "A Soldier's Prayer." Collin explained that the song "Quitters" celebrates the spirit of disabled people who struggle so hard to do the things we take for granted. Shortly after being released to radio, "Quitters" surpassed more than 130,000 spins on Collin Raye's MySpace page.