Ray Doggett

Ray Doggett (given birth to: Elmer Ray Doggett) was determined to get his specific niche market in nation music. Although non-e of his past due-1950s singles had been successful, he continued to pen music for Bob Denton, Ace Ball, Johnny Guidry, Jan Moore, Darrell Rhodes and Bruce Chanel. As Elmer Ray, he co-wrote “On My Brain Once again” and “Rakin’ And Scrapin'” with Slim Willet and Dean Beard. Doggett’s most significant success emerged as manufacturer of nation superstar Kenny Rogers’s debut documenting, “We’ll WILL HAVE ONE ANOTHER”, in 1958. Heading on to generate recordings for Tommy Clay, the Matters, Huey Meaux and Lelan Rogers, in the 1960s, he went Houston-based Big H Sound Vendors within the 1980s. Succumbing to some coronary attack, in Nashville, Doggett passed away on March 16, 2002.