- Born
- Died
- Birth nameNoble Ray Price
- Nickname
- The Cherokee Cowboy
- Ray Price was born on January 12, 1926 in Perryville, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Guilt Trip (2012), Star Trek: Enterprise (2001) and A Man of No Importance (1994). He was married to Janie Mae and Betty Berthena Greb (Linda Powers). He died on December 16, 2013 in Mount Pleasant, Texas, USA.
- SpousesJanie Mae(June 11, 1970 - December 16, 2013) (his death)Betty Berthena Greb (Linda Powers)(April 1957 - 1969) (divorced, 1 child)
- Other major hits included "Please Release Me" (1954), "Heartaches by the Number" (1959, No. 2, spent 40 weeks on the charts), "Make the World Go Away" (1963, later recorded by Eddy Arnold), "Night Life" (also 1963, written by Willie Nelson), "The Other Woman (in My Life)" (1966), "Danny Boy" (1967), "Angels and Love Songs" (1975), "It Don't Hurt Half as Bad" (1981) and "Diamonds in the Stars" (1982). Also had a couple of duet hits with Willie Nelson, the biggest of which was "Faded Love" (1980, re-recording of the old Bob Wills tune that Patsy Cline made very popular.
- The No. 1 hits include "Crazy Arms" (20 weeks, 1956), "My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You" (1957), "City Lights" (13 weeks, 1958), "The Same Old Me" (1959), "For the Good Times" (1970), "I Won't Mention it Again" (1971), "She's Got to Be a Saint" (1972) and "You're the Best Thing That's Ever Happened to Me" (1973). Of those, it was "For the Good Times" -- which spent just one week at No. 1 but spent nearly six months on the charts -- that became his signature song.
- Had a long string of hits on Billboard magazine's country singles chart from 1951 to 1982, including eight No. 1 hits.
- He studied to be a veterinarian at North Texas Agricultural College, before deciding a career in music.
- As a young man, he became friends with Hank Williams, and toured with him.
- If you got a pop hit, you sold a lot more records. It was my style, really. I'm still a country boy. I don't pretend to be anything else.
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