Sugar Ray - Definition and Overview

Sugar Ray is a band from Orange County, California.

Sugar Ray is classified as an alternative band. Its original and most hard-core work is very ska, but the ska influence eventually dissipated with each new album and hit single.

Sugar Ray first became famous as mainstream music in the summer of 1997, with the incessant radio play of its song "Fly". By the end of 1997, critics were calling Sugar Ray a one-hit wonder. The album 14:59 was the comeback to these accusations, with the title implying that their fifteen minutes of fame were not quite up (as if they were currently clocked at 14:59).

In 1998, the radio stations played their cut "Every Morning", while throughout 1999 the choice cut was "Someday".

Sugar Ray consists of the following band members:

• Mark McGrath - vocals
• Rodney Sheppard - guitar
• Murphy Karges - bass
• Stan Frazier - drums

Hit Singles (in chronological order)

• Fly (#1 on Billboard Modern Rock, Top 40 charts)
• Every Morning (#1, Adult Top 40, Modern Rock)
• Someday (#3, Adult Top 40; #2, Top 40 Mainstream)
• Falls Apart (#29, Billboard Hot 100)
• When It's Over (#13, Billboard Hot 100; #2, Adult Top 40)

Discography

• 1995 - Lemonade and Brownies
• 1997 - Floored
• 1999 - 14:59
• 2001 - Sugar Ray
• 2003 - In the Pursuit of Leisure

For the boxers who used this name, see:

• Sugar Ray Leonard
• Sugar Ray Robinson