Crackin' Up!

Crackin' Up! was Ray Stevens' twenty-fourth studio album and his fourth for MCA Records, released in 1987. Three singles were lifted from the album: "Would Jesus Wear a Rolex", "Three-Legged Man" and "Sex Symbols", the last two of which did not chart.

Crackin' Up!
Studio album by Ray Stevens
Released	June 1987
Genre	Country, novelty, comedy
Label	MCA Nashville #42020
Producer	Ray Stevens
Ray Stevens chronology
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Chuck Donkers of AllMusic rated the album four stars out of five, saying that the songs "don't just make you laugh, they make you think, too."^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"	Margaret Archer, Chet Atkins	2:46
2.	"Three-Legged Man"	Shel Silverstein	3:41
3.	"Cool Down Willard"	C.W. Kalb, Jr.	3:16
4.	"I'm My Own Grandpaw"	Dwight Latham, Moe Jaffe	2:41
5.	"The Ballad of Cactus Pete and Lefty"	C.W. Kalb, Jr., Ray Stevens	4:37
6.	"Sex Symbols"	C.W. Kalb, Jr.	3:51
7.	"Gourmet Restaurant"	Ray Stevens, C.W. Kalb, Jr.	3:45
8.	"The Flies of Texas Are upon You"	Layng Martine, Jr., Austin Roberts	3:34
9.	"Doctor, Doctor (Have Mercy on Me)"	C.W. Kalb, Jr.	2:54
10.	"The Day That Clancy Drowned"	Sheb Wooley	3:09

Album credits

As listed in liner notes.^[2]

• Produced and Arranged by Ray Stevens
• Recorded at Ray Stevens Studio (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Engineer – Stuart Keathley
• Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
• Mixed and Mastered using the JVC Digital Mastering System.
• Art Direction – Ray Stevens and Slick Lawson
• Photography – Slick Lawson
• Design Concept – Ray Stevens

Musicians

• Ray Stevens – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
• Mark Casstevens – rhythm guitars, banjo, harmonica
• Steve Gibson – electric guitars
• Stuart Keathley – bass
• Tommy Wells – drums
• Carol Chase – backing vocals
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals
• Diane Tidwell – backing vocals

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	25

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1987	"Would Jesus Wear a Rolex"	41	45