Biography

BOBBY G. RICE

From the heartland of America, Bobby G. Rice first burst forth onto the music scene with a 1970 revival of the popular Jimmy Gilmore pop classic “Sugar Shack” and then Bruce Channel’s “Hey Baby”.

Born into a musical family with its own radio show, Bobby began performing publicly at an early age. Later he decided to test his wings as a solo artist in his native Wisconsin.

He succeeded, however, beyond expectations: scoring nationally. As a stylist, he proved especially adept in adding country flavor to spicy standards like “Lover Please”, “Mountain of Love” and “Suspicion”.

Still, it was in introducing his own song “You Lay So Easy On My Mind” in late 1972, that he found a lasting niche in country music. “You Lay so Easy On My Mind” went on to be his first number one national chart record and was later recorded by such artists as Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Pat Boone, Andy Williams, and many others. Proving he was no “one-hit wonder”, he scored the next spring with another Top 10 tune “You Give Me You”.

He is that rare breed who shows us that, talent will win, by recording his initial hits on independent labels. With his career in high gear, he followed through with more Top 10 singles, among them, “Write Me A Letter” and “Freda Comes Freda Goes”. Country classics he has breathed new life into include, “Pick Me Up On Your Way Down”, “My Special Angel” and “Oh Baby Mine”.

Bobby G. Rice was the first major artist to record a song written by Teddy Gentry of “Alabama”. The song was “I May Never Be Your Lover (But I‘ll Always Be Your Friend)”.

Despite such accomplishments, he has always been among the first to volunteer his talents for a benefit or worthy cause. He remains the same, Bobby G. Rice, one step beyond ordinary entertainment.

ASCAP AWARDS “You Lay so Easy On My Mind”, “You Give Me You”, “The Whole World’s Makin’ Love Again Tonight”, “Make It Feel Like Love Again” and “The Softest Touch In Town”

SESAC AWARDS “Crystal Chandeliers”

CMA 1973 top 10 for Male Vocalist of the year

CMA/CRS New Face 1971


36 NATIONAL CHART SINGLES HIT ALBUMS
Including. . .

You Lay So Easy On My Mind
You Lay So Easy On My Mind (Hit After Hit)
You Give Me You
She Sure Laid The Lonelies On Me
The Whole Worlds Makin’ Love Again Tonight
Write Me a Letter Instant Rice ( The Best Of Bobby G.)
Write Me A Letter With Love ( From Bobby G. Rice)
Freda Comes, Freda Goes
Sugar Shack
Mountain Of Love
My Special Angel
Pick Me Up on Your Way Down

TELEVISION AND RADIO APPEARANCES:
Music Country U.S.A. -NBC T.V.
Grand Ole Opry
WWVA Wheeling Jamboree
Ralph Emery Show
Nashville Now
On Stage TNN
ET Midnight Jamboree
That Nashville Music

Bobby G Rice
P.O. Box 405
White House, TN 37188
bobby@bobbygrice.com