Their Career
Lloyd Mercey joined the group in 1966 when he was twenty years old, and together they called themselves The Mercey Brothers. After signing with CTL/Columbia Records, they released four RPM chart-topping singles, including "Whistling on the River". In 1968, they released the singles "Uncle Tom", "What’s a Guy to Do?", and "The Great Snowman" under their self-titled album The Mercey Brothers.
Singles such as "Who Drinks My Beer When I’m Gone" and "Ordinary Peeping Tom" came out under albums titled My Song For You (Columbia) and The Mercey Brothers (Harmony) in 1969.
The Mercey Brothers signed with RCA Records in 1970 and had a string of singles hitting the airwaves. At the 1970 Juno Awards, their Canadian peers, winning “Best Country Group or Duo”, honoured them. They went on to win this award for the next four years in a row (1970–1974), and again in 1976.
In 1971, The Mercey Brothers toured England for the first time and made an appearance on BBC television. Columbia Records produced all their hit singles on the album Have Mercey like "Hello Mom", "Who Wrote the Words", and "Old Bill Jones".
Ray Mercey left the band in 1980 to spend more time with his family, instead acting as their manager. To fill in for Ray’s absence, they brought in George Orilgie and Darrell Scott. Over the next few years, artists like Dann Peer, Gord Heins, John Dymond, and Enz Mahar filled in for the band. It wasn’t until 1989 that the Mercey Brothers decided to quit the music industry, and were ironically enough inducted into the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame that same year.
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