American singer, Ray Pillow has died. He died on March 26, 2023, at the age of 85, in Nashville, Tennessee.

The cause of his death is unknown.

In his career, he had 18 singles on the Billboard country songs chart, with his highest peaking song being the number 9 single, “I’ll Take The Dog”, a duet with Jean Shepard. After charting for the last time in 1981, Pillow founded Sycamore Records with Larry McFadden and later worked in the A&R department of Capitol Records.

Pillow continued to perform as a member of the Grand Ole Opry and on popular classic country television programs such as Country’s Family Reunion, which airs regularly in the United States on the RFD-TV network.

Through his record label, Pillow released two albums, Ray Pillow Live and Country Class, the latter of which contained new material. Pillow retired in 2018.