Susan Raye – (I've Got A) Happy Heart / How Long Will My Baby Be Gone <br />Label: Capitol Records – 3209 <br />Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Jacksonville Pressing <br />Country: US <br />Released: 1972 <br /><br />Susan Raye (born October 8, 1944) is an American country music singer. She enjoyed great popularity during the early and mid-1970s, and chalked up seven top-10 and 19 top-40 country hits, most notably the song "L.A. International Airport", an international crossover pop hit in 1971. <br /><br />Raye was a protegee of country music singer Buck Owens. Owens and Raye recorded a number of hit albums and singles together, and were one of the most successful country duet acts of the era, in addition to their solo careers. <br /><br />She moved to Bakersfield and began singing with Owens in 1968, and soon after, she cut her first recordings. One of these songs, "Put a Little Love in Your Heart," made the top 30 in 1970. At about the same time, she began a nine-year stint as a featured performer on the program Hee Haw.
