Ray Price ~Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
Sep 30, 2011 Columbia Records
During his long and distinguished career, Ray Price has accomplished the remarkable feat of re-inventing hard-core honky-tonk and also gaining success with lushly arranged love ballads aimed at the country-and-pop crossover market. Whether clad in rhinestone suits or tuxedos, he has maintained an independence characteristic of great innovators in all artistic fields. He was born Ray Noble Price near Perryville, Texas, on Jan. 12, 1926. As a boy, he divided his time between his father’s farm and his mother’s home in Dallas, where she moved after she and her husband divorced. After serving in the US Marines during World War II, Ray planned to become a veterinarian and attended North Texas Agricultural College. Singing at nearby Roy’s House Cafe, however, led Price down a different road, and with assistance from Dallas recording entrepreneur Jim Beck, he made his first record for the Nashville-based Bullet label in late 1949 or early 1950. Soon he was singing on Dallas radio programs, including the popular KRLD Big D Jamboree. His work impressed Peer-Southern publishing executive Troy Martin, who steered him to a contract with Columbia Records in 1951. Hank Williams also helped Ray by featuring him on road shows and writing “Weary Blues (From Waitin’)” for him. Price’s recording of the tune sold well enough to strengthen his bid for Grand Ole Opry membership. He joined the cast in 1952, roomed with Hank for a time, and shared Hank’s Drifting Cowboys as his band. Not …
NeedToBreathe- You Said too Much
Jul 2, 2011 Atlantic Records
New Needtobreathe song. Amazing!!! You’re lucky if you get to see them perform it.
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