Counting Sheep (album)

Counting Sheep
Counting Sheep
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	January 25, 2000
Genre	Children's music; country;
Length	31:10
Label	Sony
Producer	John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology

Counting Sheep is an album of children's music, released in 2000, by American country music artist Collin Raye. It did not produce any chart singles, and was intended as a side project.

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Counting Sheep"	Robert Ellis Orrall^[1]	2:58
2.	"I'm Gonna Love You"	Orrall	3:26
3.	"Blackbird"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:30
4.	"A Mother and Father's Prayer" (with Melissa Manchester)	Manchester Karen Taylor-Good	3:35
5.	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Leigh Harline Ned Washington	2:46
6.	"Cool Cat"	John Hobbs Collin Raye	2:28
7.	"Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)"	James Royce Shannon	2:50
8.	"Hearts Are For When You Want to Love Someone"	K. L. Gordon L. Paxton	2:20
9.	"The Dream Son"	Taylor-Good Jason Blume	3:27
10.	"When You Say Your Prayers"	Taylor-Good Blume	3:12
11.	"Stay Awake"	Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman	1:38
Total length:			31:10

All track information was taken from the CD liner notes.^[2]

Personnel edit

Joe Chemay - bass guitar, background vocals
Jim Cox - keyboards, Hammond organ
Steve Gibson - electric guitar, mandolin
Tom Hemby - acoustic guitar
Wes Hightower - background vocals
John Hobbs - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
John Jorgenson - clarinet, dulcimer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, ukulele
Paul Leim - drums, snare drums, percussion
Melissa Manchester - vocals on "A Mother and Father's Prayer"
Liana Manis - background vocals
Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano
Dean Parks - acoustic guitar
Larry Paxton - upright bass
Collin Raye - lead vocals
John Robinson - drums, snare drums
Leland Sklar - bass guitar
Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
Dennis Wilson - background vocals

References edit

^ Collin Raye - A Voice Undefeated 1586178172 2014- Page 132 "A creative new songwriter, Robert Ellis Orrall, wrote two awesome songs for this album, the most notable of which was the title song, “Counting Sheep”, which sounds very much like a McCartney/ Lennon creation, except that it's about kids ..."
^ Raye, Collin. “Counting Sheep”. Sony. 2000.

External links edit

LA Times, A Lively Album by a Cool Country Cat Archived 2012-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Collin Raye - A Voice Undefeated 1586178172 2014- Page 132 "A creative new songwriter, Robert Ellis Orrall, wrote two awesome songs for this album, the most notable of which was the title song, “Counting Sheep”, which sounds very much like a McCartney/ Lennon creation, except that it's about kids ..."

[CR-2] Raye, Collin. “Counting Sheep”. Sony. 2000.

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