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Raelene Claire Claussen, known professionally as Sue Raney (born June 18, 1940, in McPherson, Kansas) is an American jazz singer. Raney was signed by Capitol Records in 1957 at age 17. That same year, she recorded her debut album, When Your Lover Has Gone, produced by Nelson Riddle.
After a move to Los Angeles in 1955, she became a regular on the Jack Carson radio show when she was sixteen. At seventeen, she was signed to Capitol Records and did her first album with Nelson Riddle called When Your Lover is Gone. She also recorded with Billy May, and Ralph Carmichael on Capitol, and with Billy Byers on Imperial and Philips.
Nov 5, 2012 · So why isn't Sue Raney better known? She came up a little late—in the early '60s, when the music changed and pulled the rug out from under young pop singers. Lacking hits, she found recording increasingly difficult as pop-rock and soul began to dominate the charts and studios.
Jul 14, 1992 · Signed to Capitol Records in 1957 at age 16, Sue Raney took a shot at teen stardom with silly songs such as “Biology,” which became a minor hit. But, after 11 albums, Raney burned out in...
Jun 9, 2022 · By the time she taped Songs For A Raney Day (1960), she had been singing professionally for nearly 10 years, had been a teenaged star of radio, and had made her recording debut for Capitol in the company of the redoubtable Nelson Riddle, the singer’s arranger.
- Randy L. Smith
Feb 4, 2022 · Sue Raney has one of the most beautiful voices in music. She is always in-tune, displays complete control over her vibrato, and has the rare gift of being able to interpret lyrics with such deep understanding that she makes them sound fresh, even if the words are familiar.
So why isn't Sue Raney better known? She came up a little late—in the early '60s, when the music changed and pulled the rug out from under young pop singers. Lacking hits, she found recording increasingly difficult as pop-rock and soul began to dominate the charts and studios.
