Real name: Raymond Otis Whitley

For the songwriter associated the Tams, the Swingin Medallions, Joe South, Billy Joe Royal, and others, use Ray Whitley (2)

American country and western singer / songwriter, radio and hollywood movie star, born December 5, 1901 in Atlanta, Georgia. Ray Whitley died on February 21, 1979, while en route to a fishing trip to Mexico with his son-in-law, Hal Bracken. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1981, and in 1996 Ray Whitley was inducted into the Western Music Association Hall of Fame.