ABSTRACT
Angels” climbed through the winter to reach # on the country chart in March, a stun-
ning triumph for Ray’s Nashville campaign and noted as such by journals as diverse as
Jet and USA Today. Columbia released the single on video. After Michael Jackson’s suc-
cess with the Thriller videos, pop singers had to make similar short films to stay in the
game; this was Ray’s first, singing with Willie at the piano of an Old West saloon.
