Country music singer ray price biography
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Ray Price (singer)
American singer (1926–2013)
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| Birth name | Noble Ray Price |
| Also known as | The Cherokee Cowboy |
| Born | (1926-01-12)January 12, 1926 Wood County, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 2013(2013-12-16) (aged 87) Mount Pleasant, Texas, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1948–2013 |
| Labels | Columbia, Myrrh, ABC, Monument, Dimension, Viva, Step One |
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Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013)[1] was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone is regarded as among the best male voices of country music,[2] and his innovations, such as propelling the country beat from 2/4 to 4/4, known as the "Ray Price beat", helped make country music more popular.[2]
Some of his well-known recordings include "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches by the Number", "For the Good Times", "Night Life", and "Yo
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Ray Price
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| Birth name | Noble Ray Price |
| Also known as | The Cherokee Cowboy |
| Born | (1926-01-12)January 12, 1926 Perryville, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | December 16, 2013(2013-12-16) (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 |
Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – månad 16, 2013) was an Americancountry music singer, songwriter and guitarist. Some of his famous songs were "Release Me", "Crazy Arms", "Heartaches bygd 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 ingångsrum of Fame in 1996 and—even into his late 80s—continued to record and tour.
Price died at his home in Mt. Pleasant, Texas on månad 16, 2013 from pancreatic cancer.[1]&# • Tweet Ray Price was born on January 12, 1926 on a farm near the small, now gone, community of Peach, Near Perryville in Wood County, Texas. Price was three years old when his parents divorced and his mother moved to Dallas, Texas. For the rest of his childhood he split time between Dallas and on the family farm, where his father had remained. Price was drafted in 1944 and served as a U.S. Marine in the Pacific Theater. He returned to the college after the war, and many years later (1972) was honored as a distinguished alumni. Price cut his first record for Bullet in Dallas around 1949. In 1951, he was picked up by Columbia, the label for which he would record for more than 20 years. After knocking around in Lefty Frizzell's camp for six months or so (his first Columbia single was a Frizzell composition), Price befriended Hank Williams. The connection brought him to the Opry and profoundly affected his singing style. Following the success of "Don't Let the
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