Ray Price (musician)

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Ray Price (2009)

Ray Price (born January 12, 1926 in Perryville , Texas , † December 16, 2013 in Mount Pleasant , Texas) was an American country singer.

Life

Beginnings

Ray grew up in Dallas . After finishing school he was drafted into the Navy in 1942. After his release in 1946, he began to study veterinary medicine. During his studies he often appeared as a singer and guitarist in clubs and at smaller events and worked as an entertainer for a local radio station. He joined a band and eventually became a professional musician. In 1949 he recorded the first single.

Career

In the spring of 1951 he signed a record deal with Columbia Records and moved to Nashville a little later . There he befriended the then country music superstar - Hank Williams . In early 1952 he achieved a top 10 hit. Hank Williams got him a place in the Grand Ole Opry and provided him with good song material. Price, in turn, represented the big star a few times when he was too drunk to perform. After Hank Williams' death in 1953, he took over his band The Drifting Cowboys and renamed them Cherokee Cowboys . Bass player in this group was Willie Nelson for a while . Other band members were Roger Miller and Johnny Paycheck .

In 1956 he reached number 1 on the country charts for the first time with Crazy Arms . The record was sold more than a million times and even overtook Elvis Presley . A long series of other hits followed, including 1958 City Lights , 1964 Burning Memories and 1970 For The Good Times . In 1974 he changed the record company and returned to Texas. In 1980 he and his old companion Willie Nelson produced a remarkable album, from which the single Faded Love was decoupled, which reached number 3 on the country charts. The success did not wane until the beginning of the 1990s. In the 1990s he started recording gospel CDs. Ray Price was still recording and performing live in the 1990s. He could look back on a career spanning over fifty years and is considered one of the greats in his field. In 1996 he received the most coveted award in country music: he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame .

In 2011 Ray Price was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. As a result of this disease, he died on December 16, 2013 at the age of 87.

Discography (albums)

  • 1957 - Sings Heart Songs
  • 1958 - Talk To Your Heart
  • 1960 - Faith
  • 1961 - Greatest Hits
  • 1962 - San Antonio Rose
  • 1963 - Night Life
  • 1964 - Love Life
  • 1965 - Burning Memories
  • 1965 - Western Strings
  • 1965 - The Other Woman
  • 1966 - The Same Old Me
  • 1966 - Another Bridge To Burn
  • 1967 - Touch My Heart
  • 1967 - Greatest Hits 2
  • 1967 - Danny Boys
  • 1968 - Take Me As I Am
  • 1968 - She Wears My Ring
  • 1969 - Sweetheart Of The Year
  • 1969 - Christmas album
  • 1969 - You Wouldn't Know Love
  • 1970 - The World
  • 1970 - For The Good Times
  • 1970 - Make The World Go Away
  • 1971 - I Won't Mention It Again
  • 1971 - Welcome To My World
  • 1972 - All Time Greatest Hits
  • 1972 - The Lonesomest Lonesome
  • 1973 - She's Got To Be A Saint
  • 1974 - You're The Best Thing
  • 1974 - This Time Lord
  • 1975 - Like Old Times Again
  • 1975 - If You Ever Change Your Mind
  • 1975 - Say I Do
  • 1976 - Rainbows And Tears
  • 1976 - Hank'N Me
  • 1976 - The Best
  • 1976 - Precious Memories
  • 1977 - Reunited
  • 1977 - Help Me
  • 1978 - How Great Thou Art
  • 1979 - There's Always Me
  • 1980 - San Antonio Rose (with Willie Nelson)
  • 1981 - Tribute To Willie And Kris
  • 1981 - Town And Country
  • 1982 - Somewhere In Texas
  • 1982 - Master Of The Art
  • 1986 - Welcome To Ray Price Country
  • 1986 - Greatest Hits 1
  • 1986 - Greatest Hits 2
  • 1986 - Greatest Hits 3
  • 1986 - Revival Of Old Time Singing
  • 1986 - Heart Of Country Music
  • 1986 - Christmas Gift For You
  • 1987 - Just Enough Love
  • 1988 - By Request
  • 1990 - Memories That Last (with Faron Young)
  • 1990 - Hall Of Fame Series
  • 1992 - Sometimes A Rose
  • 1993 - The Old Rugged Cross
  • 1996 - Ray Price & The Cherokee Cowboys
  • 1998 - The Other Woman
  • 2000 - Prisoner Of Love
  • 2002 - Time
  • 2003 - Run That By Me One More Time (with Willie Nelson)
  • 2007 - Last Of The Breed (with Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard)
  • 2014 - Beauty Is ... The Final Sessions

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Country legend Ray Price is dead. In: Die Zeit from December 17, 2013 (accessed December 17, 2013).
personal data
SURNAME Price, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American country singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 12, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Perryville , Texas
DATE OF DEATH December 16, 2013
Place of death Mount Pleasant , Texas