Michael Ray Martin is an American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist, known professionally as Martin Delray. He worked as a songwriter in the 1980s, with his writing credits including "Old Fashioned Love" by The Kendalls

The Kendalls

The Kendalls was an American country music duo, consisting of Royce Kendall and his daughter Jeannie Kendall . Between the 1960s and 1990s, they released sixteen albums on various labels, including five on Mercury Records...

. Delray's first single release was "Temptation" in 1985 on the Compleat label, credited to Mike Martin.

He recorded two albums on the Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 label: 1991's Get Rhythm and 1992's What Kind of Man. In addition, he charted five singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts. Delray's highest-charting single was a cover version

Cover version

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 of Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

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's "Get Rhythm

Get Rhythm

"Get Rhythm" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in September 1969 as a single.-Content:...

," which Delray took to number 27 on the country charts. Cash sang guest vocals on Delray's version and was featured in its music video

Music video

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Albums

Title	Album details	Peak positions
		US Country
Get Rhythm	Release date: January 16, 1991 Label: Atlantic Records Atlantic Records Atlantic Records is an American record label best known for its many recordings of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and jazz...	57
What Kind of Man	Release date: November 10, 1992 Label: Atlantic Records	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1985	"Temptation" (as Mike Martin)	76	—	Single only
1991	"Get Rhythm Get Rhythm "Get Rhythm" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. It was released in September 1969 as a single.-Content:... "	27	18	Get Rhythm
	"Lillie's White Lies"	58	—
1992	"Who, What, Where, When, Why, How"	51	70
	"What Kind of Man"	61	72	What Kind of Man
"—" denotes releases that did not chart