Ray Price
Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013) was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. Some of his famous songs were "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times", "Night Life", and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996 and—even into his late 80s—continued to record and tour.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Noble Ray Price |
| Also known as | The Cherokee Cowboy |
| Born | January 12, 1926 Perryville, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 2013 (aged 87) Mount Pleasant, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Country, Western swing, Traditional Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, songwriter, guitarist |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1948–2013 |
| Labels | Columbia, Myrrh, ABC, Monument, Dimension, Viva, Step One |
| Associated acts | Johnny Bush, Merle Haggard, Rosetta Tharpe, Harlan Howard, George Jones, Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Johnny Paycheck |
Price died at his home in Mt. Pleasant, Texas on December 16, 2013 from pancreatic cancer.[1][2]
Related pages
References
- ↑ "Country legend Ray Price dead at 87". CMT.com. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ↑ "Country singer Ray Price dead at 87". ABC News.com. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
Other websites
Media related to Ray Price at Wikimedia Commons
- Ray Price on IMDb
- The "Ray Price Shuffle" with audio examples
- at the Country Music Hall of Fame Archived 2010-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Allmusic Ray Price with Biography, Discography, Charts
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