Pal Rakes

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Pal Rakes

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| birth_name = Palmer Crawford Rakes

| origin = Tampa, Florida, U.S.

| genre = Country

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| years_active = 1977–1989

| label = Warner Bros., Atlantic

| associated_acts = Neal McCoy

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Palmer Crawford "Pal" Rakes (born in Tampa, Florida) is an American country music singer. He recorded for Warner Bros. Records between 1977 and 1979, and for Atlantic Records between 1988 and 1989. During his tenure on Warner, he charted in the Top 40 of Hot Country Songs with "That's When the Lyin' Stops (And the Lovin' Starts)" and "Till I Can't Take It Anymore".{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|page=338|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}} Rakes also released one album for Atlantic, Midnight Rain. One of Rakes's songs appeared on Neal McCoy's debut album At This Moment.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1776|pure_url=yes}} |title=Pal Rakes biography |last=Bush |first=John |work=Allmusic |accessdate=8 October 2010}}

Discography

=Albums=

class="wikitable"

! Year

! Album information

1988

| Midnight Rain

Label: Atlantic Records No. 90964
Released: 1988

=Singles=

class="wikitable"
rowspan="2"\|Year !rowspan="2"\|Single !colspan="2"\|Chart Positions !rowspan="2"\|Album
width="50"\|US Country !width="50"\|CAN Country{{cite web \|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5556&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=3jinovi8u1vb03701hth5h0po4 \|title=RPM Country Tracks for March 4, 1978 \|work=RPM \|accessdate=8 October 2010}}
rowspan=2\|1977 \|"That's When the Lyin' Stops (And the Lovin' Starts)" \|align=center\|24 \|align=center\|— \|rowspan=5\|non-album songs
"Till I Can't Take It Anymore" \|align=center\|31 \|align=center\|—
rowspan=2\|1978 \|"If I Ever Come Back" \|align=center\|46 \|align=center\|50
"Till Then" \|align=center\|81 \|align=center\|—
1979 \|"You and Me and the Green Grass" \|align=center\|92 \|align=center\|—
1988 \|"I'm Only Lonely for You" \|align=center\|71 \|align=center\|— \|rowspan=3\|Midnight Rain
rowspan=2\|1989 \|"All You're Takin' Is My Love" \|align=center\|73 \|align=center\|—
"We Did It Once (We Can Do It Again)" \|align=center\|66 \|align=center\|—

class="wikitable"

rowspan="2"|Year

!rowspan="2"|Single

!colspan="2"|Chart Positions

!rowspan="2"|Album

width="50"|US Country

!width="50"|CAN Country{{cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.5556&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=3jinovi8u1vb03701hth5h0po4 |title=RPM Country Tracks for March 4, 1978 |work=RPM |accessdate=8 October 2010}}

rowspan=2|1977

|"That's When the Lyin' Stops (And the Lovin' Starts)"

|align=center|24

|align=center|—

|rowspan=5|non-album songs

"Till I Can't Take It Anymore"

|align=center|31

|align=center|—

rowspan=2|1978

|"If I Ever Come Back"

|align=center|46

|align=center|50