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    Collin shot to fame in 1992 with his first #1 country hit, "Love Me," but he'd been singing professionally long before then. He's never held any other job. "I grew up in traditional country music," Collin says. "I knew every song on Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits by heart. To this day, I can sing them to you. I think that's where I got my love of story songs." His mother, Lois Wray, was a country singer, and he was on stage with her by the age of 7. His family moved to Texas when he was young and when he was 13 he and his brother Scott formed the Wray Brothers band to entertain in the Lone Star State. The brothers migrated to lucrative casino work in Reno, Nevada. Billed as "Bubba Wray," Collin became a master of stagecraft and a "human jukebox" whose repertoire included thousands of songs from across the American musical landscape. The Wrays first attracted Nashville's attention with a string of independent-label singles recorded in the Pacific Northwest in the 1980s. Mercury Records signed them and issued a couple of singles in 1986-87.
    But Scott tired of the road and the band broke up. Like his brother, Collin also considered giving up music. That all changed when he began making solo records in 1990. After "Love Me" came "Every Second," which climbed to #2 in the country charts and brought him his first platinum album. In 1992, Collin released the platinum-selling In This Life, which included the #1 title track and three more top 10 country singles. Two more platinum albums followed, Extremes in 1994 and I Think About You in 1995. After a Christmas album and a greatest hits collection, Raye returned with a new studio album in 1998, The Walls Come Down. It gave

Collin his fourth #1 and two more top 5 hits. Collin released two projects in 2000, Counting Sheep and Tracks. In 2001 he released Can't Back Down, his last album for Epic, then Twenty Years and Change on his own Aspirion Records in 2005. 2009's Never Going Back marks his return to a major label with Saguaro Road Records.
    Raye's "Love Me" wasn't just his first commercial hit, it was also the start of a career built on meaningful songs. "Little Rock" was an anthem for the recovery community. "Not That Different" and "On The Verge" please for tolerance. "The Eleventh Commandment" decried Child Abuse. And "I Think About You" was a powerful anti-domestic violence message. He won awards for the child-advocacy video "I Think About You." Raye has consistently used his music and stardom to advance social causes. Collin recently partnered with Operation Kids to offer a free download of "She's With Me" (off his new album) to anyone who donates to the charity via their website. Among the other organizations he has supported are Boys Town, First Steps, Al-Anon, Special Olympics, Country Cares About AIDS, Catholic Relief Services, Parade of Pennies, Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, The Tennessee Task Force Against Domestic Violence, The Emily Harrison Foundation, Childhelp USA, Silent Witness National Initiative, Easter Seals and make a Difference Day. At the 2001 Country Radio Seminar, Clint Black presented Collin with the organization's Humanitarian of the Year award in recognition of his issues-oriented music and his tireless charity work.