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Ray Price
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American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist (1926–2013)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- The high cost of freedom
- YELLOWKNIFE (The Official Centennial History of the capital of the Northwest Territories)
- Does God Exist?
- Yellowknife
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Film & TV
Perryville, Texas, USA
Noble Ray Price was an American country music singer, songwriter, and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone is regarded as among the best male voices of country music, 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known for
- Opry Video Classics: Honky-Tonk Heroes — Self (archive footage)2007
- Opry Video Classics : Legends — Self (archive footage)2007
- Opry Video Classics: Pioneers — Self (archive footage)2007
- Last of the Breed: Live in Concert — Himself2007
- Tootsie's Orchid Lounge: Where the Music Began — self2005
- Country Gold — Self1983
- Honkytonk Man1982
- Austin City Limits — Self1975
- That Good Old Nashville Music — Self1971
- CMA Awards — Self1967
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1926-01-12
- Active to
- 2013-12-16
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 140,955
- Total plays
- 1,168,168
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Noble Ray Price (January 12, 1926 – December 16, 2013) was an American country music singer, songwriter and guitarist. His wide-ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music. Some of his well-known recordings include "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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Price
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Wood County
- Place of death
- Mount Pleasant
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Genre
- country music
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Dot Records
- Image
- Ray Price.jpg
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- date of death
- 2013-12-16
- Commons category
- Ray Price
- date of birth
- 1926-01-12
- cause of death
- pancreatic cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1948-00-00
- name in native language
- Ray Price
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