Ray Price

Country Singer

Birthday January 12, 1926

Birth Sign Capricorn

Birthplace Perryville, TX

DEATH DATE Dec 16, 2013 (87)

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About

Country singer who released songs including "Heartaches by the Number" and "Crazy Arms." In 1996, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Before Fame

He immediately took to a career singing after finishing a stint with the Marines. He roomed with Hank Williams for a short period of time in Nashville in the 1950s.

Trivia

He was a baritone singer.

Family Life

He grew up splitting his childhood between his father's farm and his mother's home in Dallas after his parents' divorce. He was married to his second wife, Janie Mae, from 1970 until 2013.

Associated With

He and Hank Williams were both Country Music Hall of Fame inductees.