Counting Sheep (album)

Counting Sheep is an album of children's music, released in 2000, by American country music artist Collin Raye. It did not produce any chart singles, and was intended as a side project.

Counting Sheep
Studio album by Collin Raye
Released	January 25, 2000
Genre	Children's music country
Length	31:10
Label	Sony
Producer	John Hobbs
Collin Raye chronology
The Walls Came Down (1998) Counting Sheep (2000) Tracks (2000)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Counting Sheep"	Robert Ellis Orrall[1]	2:58
2.	"I'm Gonna Love You"	Orrall	3:26
3.	"Blackbird"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	2:30
4.	"A Mother and Father's Prayer" (with Melissa Manchester)	Manchester Karen Taylor-Good	3:35
5.	"When You Wish Upon a Star"	Leigh Harline Ned Washington	2:46
6.	"Cool Cat"	John Hobbs Collin Raye	2:28
7.	"Too Ra Loo Ra Loo Ral (An Irish Lullaby)"	James Royce Shannon	2:50
8.	"Hearts Are For When You Want to Love Someone"	K. L. Gordon L. Paxton	2:20
9.	"The Dream Son"	Taylor-Good Jason Blume	3:27
10.	"When You Say Your Prayers"	Taylor-Good Blume	3:12
11.	"Stay Awake"	Robert B. Sherman Richard M. Sherman	1:38
Total length:			31:10

• All track information was taken from the CD liner notes.^[2]

Personnel

• Joe Chemay - bass guitar, background vocals
• Jim Cox - keyboards, Hammond organ
• Steve Gibson - electric guitar, mandolin
• Tom Hemby - acoustic guitar
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• John Hobbs - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano, synthesizer
• John Jorgenson - clarinet, dulcimer, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, tin whistle, ukulele
• Paul Leim - drums, snare drums, percussion
• Melissa Manchester - vocals on "A Mother and Father's Prayer"
• Liana Manis - background vocals
• Steve Nathan - keyboards, Hammond organ, piano
• Dean Parks - acoustic guitar
• Larry Paxton - upright bass
• Collin Raye - lead vocals
• John Robinson - drums, snare drums
• Leland Sklar - bass guitar
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson - background vocals