An accomplished singer and songwriter, Rayburn Anthony was born and raised in West Tennessee between Memphis and Nashville. Growing up so close to the blues of Memphis and the country of Nashville, Rayburn developed his own unique style of music.

Rayburn made his first recordings for the legendary Sun label in Memphis. He was at Sun during 1959-1960. After Sun, Rayburn started to write more often with friends like Tony Austin and Gene Dobbins. He got his first big check with Dobbins when they got the B side of Sandy Posey's hit "Born A Woman" with their song "Caution To The Wind." At this time, he was writing for Bill Black's publishing company. Next Rayburn moved to Nashville to be in a better position to get songs cut and he went to work at Scotty Moore's (Elvis’ original guitarist) Music City Recorders. He had met Scotty in Memphis and this new association gave him lots of studio time to work on his demos.

Rayburn has also worked on the road with Billy Walker, Melba Montgomery and Bobby Bare. Rayburn wr