Country Music Hall of Fame 1996Ray Price
Release Date: 01/26/1999
Original Release:
1999
# of Discs:
1
J&R Item # 299404_CD
UPC # 012676380225
Label: King
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Performer: Ray Price
Distributor: Int'l Marketing Group
Texan country singer Ray Price got the best possible start by having Hank Williams himself for a mentor. After Williams's death, Price began using Hank's Drifting Cowboys as a backup band and performing in a remarkably similar style. After putting together a new band to find his own sound, he essentially invented the 4/4 country shuffle, replacing the traditional country 2/4 beat. This combination of honky-tonk and Western Swing both influenced a whole school of country and helped pave the way for rockabilly. Besides his voluminous body of solo work, Price was also known for his latter-day collaborations with Willie Nelson, whose "Night Life" had been an early-'60s Price hit.
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