16 Biggest Hits

Performer: Ray Price
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution (

Notes: Recorded between 1956 and 1973. All tracks have been digitally mastered using HDCD technology. Recording information: 1956-1973. 16 Biggest Hits may be missing some noteworthy songs, but it does provide an excellent summary of Ray Price's Columbia recordings between 1956 and 1973. Since it does contain the majority of his best-known songs -- "Crazy Arms," "I've Got a New Heartache," "City Lights," "Heartaches by the Number," "The Same Old Me," "Make the World Go Away," "For the Good Times," "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me," "She's Got to Be a Saint" -- at a mid-line price, it's an excellent introductory collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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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