Susan Raye, born on 8 October 1944 in Eugene, Oregon, is a country music singer. She began her musical journey in a high‑school rock group before becoming a disc jockey and television host in Portland. After meeting Buck Owens’ manager Jack McFadden, she moved to Bakersfield in 1968, joined Owens as a duet partner, and issued her first recordings in 1970, including the top‑30 hit "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" and the duet albums We’re Gonna Get Together and The Great White Horse. Raye’s solo breakthrough came in 1971 with three consecutive top‑10 singles, most notably "L.A. International Airport", which peaked at number 9 on Billboard Country, reached Number 1 in New Zealand, and sold more copies in Australia than Lynn Anderson’s "Rose Garden". She married Owens’ drummer Jerry Wiggins in 1972. Subsequent albums include Cheating Game (1973), Singing Susan Raye (1974), and Honey Toast and Sunshine (1976). After a brief stint with United Artists in 1977, Raye withdrew from the industry, returned briefly in 1985 with There and Back, and retired from recording in 1986. She earned five Academy of Country Music nominations and donated a gold record to the Flight Path Museum in 2009.
