This man took country music to a whole different level. The backrounds on this are sharp and clear. He is one of the top ten country artists of all time. Oh, and from what I've read down below, your channel hound must be on vacation!
like most kids, i cut my teeth on rock n roll, but after a few hunting trips camping out in canvas wall tents on cold nights with a hot woodstove and lots of old whiskey, I became a devoted classic country fan. Faron, Patti, Hank, Hank Thompson, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, and especially Frank Stanley. His gospel material is awesome. I invite viewers to have a look at my Bird Dog Photo Album on my channel, cheers classic country fans.
I love soul music and the 50's but there's something about country songs that make me feel like I'm home and can let my hair down! Must be the New Yorker in me.
tysm...omg this so reminds me of back in the day, my parents had a lil band for 9yrs, and my DAD, wow! could he sing this with all his heart, <3 Miss you DAD <3 much love xoxo R.I.P
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Even though i'm only 15, I absolutely LOVE this music. I'm literally the ONLY one in my school that likes REAL Country, and i'm damn proud of it! I can't stand any of the new rap/rock/pop, or even new country for that matter. Thanks for posting.
First time I heard this song, I knew it was going to be a classic. With the Elvis craze in full swing, this is just what country music needed to bring the fans back.
It sure brought joy to the hearts of us pure country music lovers, not only being #1 for the year but spending 40plus weeks on all three charts. The only song of any genre to ever do so.
The late great Chuck Seal co wrote this great song. He pasted away 1997 just outside Nashville Tn. I had the plesure of knowing his. Chucks nephu was Dan Seals.
I got into these classic country songs in a unique way, after doing several back country pack horse big game hunting trips and living out of traditional miner's style wall-tents with woodstoves. It just seemed like the right kind of music, and now I always carry Buck Owens, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Ray Price, Ralph Stanley, Bob Wills... this music is goes great with old whiskey and winter camping.
I just had to hear this after Patty Loveless almost brought me to tears with her oh so haunting version of "Crazy Arms-" I love the thump thump of the background- Puts the emphasis on his hurtin' voice...
I am always stunned at how people think that they have the right to decide what kind of music other people "should" like. Ray Price had the gift of taking the best elements of many musical styles to create one that is completely his own.
@flashbell Not much of a rap fan. I prefer Lady Gaga's pop music and techno remixed Anime themes. I found this video because somebody suggested it as a prank. How could anybody like this stuff?
@videoguy604 , Anyone who likes that bitch Laddy Gagagagagaga is distorted. She is scum from the word go. In the scheme of things she is zero. I wouldn't take her to a dog fight, unless I didn't have a dog. She is insignificant and not worth spliting sheets. Besides that she can't sing, she just does gagagagaga stuff. Most babies do that! Listen to Ray Price and you will be set free.
@flashbell What part of *TWANG* *TWANG* *TWANG* is there to like? But hey if you like it, go ahead and listen to it. Just out of curiosity, I'm assuming that you are at least 70 years old, would I be correct?
@videoguy604 HAHAHAHAHA Lady Gaga? You can't tell somebody their music is bad and say you listen to Lady Gaga. Come on, man. If you would have said "Dream Theater" then I would agree, those guys have more talent in one finger then most people have in their whole body. Country paved the way for more than just one genre of music. If you are going to argue with people at least use something credible. Why is Gaga's "bad romance" real music compared to Price's "crazy arms?"
@videoguy604 You not only insulted Ray Price, but also the late Jimmy Day, Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Pete Wade, James Selph, Jack Evins, Buddy Killen, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Tommy Jackson, Floyd Cramer, and Van Howard.
@videoguy604 thats just wrong, i enjoy all kinds of music, classic country doesnt pop up first on the list for me, but that doesnt mean i dont like it, dont say such hateful things, God bless ya Ray Price, and you too videoguy604
@jesusisthesavior777 This is the lamest troll job I ever started, and it keeps flaming up again and again on a slow burn. Personally, I think this music sucks, but if you like it, enjoy it, just please use earbuds if you listen to it around me.
@videoguy604 wait were yuo seriously insulting this music after listing the music you listen to? i'm sorry, there's opinion and then there's just stupidity. you have no soul.
@jesusisthesavior777 It's "hateful" to say that I don't like the music. I mean come on, the music is ear rape. But if you like it, more power to you. By the way, there was no Jesus and you have no sin you need saved from.
@videoguy604 no, i didnt say it was hateful to say you dont like this music, i said it was hateful to come on a video you dont even like and say you dont like it in the way you did. And you are seriously mistaken about Jesus and sin..they both exist..i will pray for you :)
@videoguy604 I'm sorry that's your view of Christians, there are a bunch of fake, heartless, wrong Christians that make us look bad like that. I wish you wouldnt let it ruin your view of me, because when I say i'll pray for you, it truly means i will, it means i care. I can see how some people would think it sounds like im saying im better than you, but that isnt how a person should act towards other people, its hateful and messed up. It's sad when i meet a person who doesnt know Jesus so i pray
@mccurryburg come right out and say it if that's what you want. I dont care what you say to me, i really dont. You just got yourself to be prayed for thats all :)
Yeah I agree with ya Flashbell. These young fuckers today don't really know what talent is. We've got the automated voice bullshit where the untalented singers couldn't hold a note with out the help of a robot, and the rap bullshit is just what you said ( Crap, but the c fell off ). The Lady goo-goo's and ga-gaga's and no-no's will fade away like the shit stains from a cold wash in the marketing machine.
@wrestleguy24 , Well I chose Ray Price, because he started ourt in 1952 as a pure honky-tonker. From 1952 until Touch My Heart in 1966. Then he switched gears and moved to a contemporary sound begining with Danny Boy (1967). He held that style through the mid-70s with big hits such as For the Good Times. By the early-80s, he was appealing to a much wider audience as he blended honky-tonk with a contemporary sound.
@wrestleguy24 , Ernest Tubb was a pure hillbilly/honky-tonker who remained true to his style. He turned out a cache of big hits and filled the dance halls and concerts without fail. He is one of my favorite singers and I never get tired of listening to his music. Thanks for asking for my opinion.
my dad played ray price when i was a little girl- he is my favorite singer; his voice is so great; but i feel like crying when i hear it; if i could meet him in person; it would be the greatest gift i could ever get!
the 4/4 shuffle is born. Also known as the Ray Price beat and sometimes as the Texas Shuffle. It would become more pronounced in Rays later releases, until he switched to the countrypolitan sound.
Back in the day this beat was known as the 'Texas Shuffle'. The dance to it was just a real slow bouncy walk arm in arm around the dance floor. Smooth as glass.
Whether it was the earlier countrified voice he displays here or the more understated and dignified voice he displayed in later hits, this guy could, and still can, sing the hell out every song he does.
Ralph co-wrote this song with Chuck Seals, and they did real well on this song, recorded over 80 times. I knew Chuck and he told me this one song was his career income.
Hi,real true Country classic,saw him recently live on the Marty Stuart show,looked like a puff of wind would blow him over,but his voice could still blow away most of the so called Country singers of today.
I love Ray Price, and this is a classic... I recorded a piano arrangement of this on my homepage, but certainly nothing close to the real deal. thanks for sharing
Although there are bigger selling songs and more well known, the melody and sentiment of this song epitomizes classic country music. Thanks for posting!
i think jerry lee lewis' version is so much better, the singing is in the blues scale in his, its heavier and just feels better, this is a bit depressing, the other version has more groove.
Brings back memories of my childhood listening to Ray Price, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline, et al; true country legends!
ray & i had the same boot maker in garland, henry leopold,rip. he orderded a pair of boots & didn't pay for them I I got them. I met ray backstage at a willie concert in luckenbach & told him i got his boots. I still have the pic
We have no great artists like this anymore. And I am NOT an old fogey. But the glory years of country and western were the '50s through the '70s, Thanks so much for giving us this.
nashville has what they have today and TEXAS still has this! Over 50 years old and it will still pack any Texas dance floor! And 3/4 of the dancers will be singing the words! Jimmy Day played steel on it and he said they knew they made music history when they play the last note on this recording!
I always sang this with dad and his band every time they invited me to come up and do a number. Love this old song. Thanks so much for posting. Terrific.
Last Monday,my Dad's 21st anniversary, I told my family of the precious time we shared listening to "The Hillbilly Show" in the late 40's and early 50's on Saturday mornings. .Born in Australia in '43 I have an abiding love for Hank Williams and true "country music" as a legacy from Dad.To hear Ray and "Crazy Arms" is just wonderful.Thank you so much.
And Ray was right it was past time for him to be inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame should have happened a long, long time ago. This man is amazing I am 61 and have been listening to him since I was 8 years old. He is the greatest singer of all times.
Wonderful Ray. I have just returned to England from Missouri where I see Ray in concert on three consecutive nights. True Perfection in every way. He was the reason I went to the U.S. and he is the reason that I will be going back. Thank you. Jenny.xx
Time marches on &.unfortunately C&W has lost its way, much like it did in the 1970's and early 1980's. It took two young men, one from Texas and one from NC to save it in the 1980's(Strait & Travis)...they saved it, by going back to those honky tonk roots. Bar none the finest example of this is Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys. The best duo vocally C&W has seen was Price & Howard- the pair that made this song probably the greatest C&W song ever recorded.
Ray Price...a country music legend. I would never spend money on the new country artists....they all sound alike. Why can't we hear these oldies on the radio?
Love Ray Price. Thanks for the tune. If you have "Diamonds in the Stars" please upload. It might have been called "Diamonds in the Sky". I can't remember. It was released in the 80's
I grew up listening to Ray Price... My Dad :Little Red" was in the band... He was one of the original Cherokee Cowboys. He and Ray are to only 2 remaining Originals of the Cherokee Cowboys.. Dad still plays at age 75. I watched Ray on the Glen Beck program.. I was truly amazed at the quality he still has in his voice.. He is one of the Greatest Singers Country music has every had.
THANK YOU so much for posting this immortal tune...one of the greatest country songs ever....and sung by one of the greatest talents in that field! Sheer heaven to listen to!!! :)
FFairlane57 Hank Sr. was good But If you think about Ray Price out lived most of his Contemparies and he still preforms to this day. He also Roomed with Hank Sr. for alittle while and played in his band. His Voice is timeless mind you that is my opnion Hank Sr was a great song writer but Ray is classic and timless.
@Whitedovie Amen brother! And these "Good ole boys" did it without 57 tracks and so much damned electronic modulation that you could light up Nashville for ten years. And most of today's "superstars" couldn't carry a tune in a covered milk pail!
Flat and Scruggs over Rascal Flatts, old country has much more of a true to life folk feel then the "New Country". New country is pop garbage with cowboy hats.
Stunning! I last heard this so long ago, it seems like something all new, yet something so crazy wonderful form my past, so MUCH BETTER than what we hear today! 85200xrider, you're a great kid. Keep going and doing it YOUR way.
It is too bad that more young people have not discovered this older brand of country music. However, when you grow up thinking racket is music you end up spending your time listening to racket.
Ralph holds the copyright on this song, so I'd say he paid his house note and more. Moreover, Ralph has the distinction of writing the 4th biggedt song in country music of all time with this song.
im only 16 years old and i have more respect for these old singers than this new crap. none of the kids i go to school with have any respect for anyone.
viva la country soul
songtree27 18 hours ago in playlist Favorite videos
The twangier the better ! HAHA! Thats what im talkin bout! Sweet song.
PNYPWR30 1 week ago
This man took country music to a whole different level. The backrounds on this are sharp and clear. He is one of the top ten country artists of all time. Oh, and from what I've read down below, your channel hound must be on vacation!
74142kokopelli 4 weeks ago
@74142kokopelli , My channel hound got a little lazy. TY
flashbell 3 weeks ago
like most kids, i cut my teeth on rock n roll, but after a few hunting trips camping out in canvas wall tents on cold nights with a hot woodstove and lots of old whiskey, I became a devoted classic country fan. Faron, Patti, Hank, Hank Thompson, Webb Pierce, Ray Price, and especially Frank Stanley. His gospel material is awesome. I invite viewers to have a look at my Bird Dog Photo Album on my channel, cheers classic country fans.
dogterd 1 month ago
Now THAT is Country Music!
chefrazorboy 1 month ago
Great to hear this again! If only I could have those old albums back!
deledlightsolutions 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Ray Price
I got to see Ray live at Floore's a few years ago...wow that man can sing...
thane99x 1 month ago
there is a creator caLLED JEHI-OVA
steamo100 1 month ago
i miss when country music was country & western music and it sounded like this, listen to those pipes on ray.
newwavepop 2 months ago
Yep, she's gone O_O that's why i'm lonely all the time
MrBuckwilliam 2 months ago
My momma's favorite artist. And I mean a MEGAARTIST!!!!!
LashBridges 2 months ago
These comments are entertaining though,
great quality, thanks I like hearing this
justdadance 4 months ago
You can't write a better song than this one, no sirree!
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TheServiceWeb 4 months ago
I love soul music and the 50's but there's something about country songs that make me feel like I'm home and can let my hair down! Must be the New Yorker in me.
gambleonme 4 months ago
tysm...omg this so reminds me of back in the day, my parents had a lil band for 9yrs, and my DAD, wow! could he sing this with all his heart, <3 Miss you DAD <3 much love xoxo R.I.P
kk294Darlene 4 months ago
Curley Evans Done A Gret Job Playing Pedal Steel Guitar On This Original Recording !
thedavidrollins 5 months ago
the best honky tonk country very bluesy in its own way
akemoguy 5 months ago
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flashbell 5 months ago 7
@flashbell, BIG roger on that one!
sonyahannah 2 months ago
Even though i'm only 15, I absolutely LOVE this music. I'm literally the ONLY one in my school that likes REAL Country, and i'm damn proud of it! I can't stand any of the new rap/rock/pop, or even new country for that matter. Thanks for posting.
RatifiedCow 5 months ago
Love this song , done it many times at Karaoki ,this version, & Jerry Lee Lewis version. see it at > arinvests ~ Arthur , I,ll try to put it here !!
arinvests 5 months ago
First time I heard this song, I knew it was going to be a classic. With the Elvis craze in full swing, this is just what country music needed to bring the fans back.
It sure brought joy to the hearts of us pure country music lovers, not only being #1 for the year but spending 40plus weeks on all three charts. The only song of any genre to ever do so.
glipzik 5 months ago
At the age of 11 years I rode the Cheyenne Indian Reservation (SO. DAK) for months and sang this song a thousand times. PCR
JWRED4ME 6 months ago
The Late Steel Guitar Player,Ralph Mooney Wrote This Song!
thedavidrollins 6 months ago
This is real country music - call it what you will "twangy" etc etc
I love it
theskeptic2010 6 months ago
Ray Price is not only one of the best! He is the best ever!
givingthanks2006 6 months ago
The late great Chuck Seal co wrote this great song. He pasted away 1997 just outside Nashville Tn. I had the plesure of knowing his. Chucks nephu was Dan Seals.
all74red 6 months ago
man this song always gets me. just that very first line, now blue aint the WORRRDDDD.
the way he wails out that word is heartbreaking.
newwavepop 7 months ago
This is one of the most awesome songs/recordings in American history and I'm not even big C&W fan either.
Cadmium77 8 months ago
8 morons in the world huh.
lonnierogers 8 months ago
I got into these classic country songs in a unique way, after doing several back country pack horse big game hunting trips and living out of traditional miner's style wall-tents with woodstoves. It just seemed like the right kind of music, and now I always carry Buck Owens, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Ray Price, Ralph Stanley, Bob Wills... this music is goes great with old whiskey and winter camping.
dogterd 8 months ago
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honkykong77 7 months ago
Ray Price has to be one of the best Country and Western singers ever
FlyboyLWB 8 months ago
"I Love You More Than Anyone Else Just For Tonight"
buzzclick500 8 months ago
I just had to hear this after Patty Loveless almost brought me to tears with her oh so haunting version of "Crazy Arms-" I love the thump thump of the background- Puts the emphasis on his hurtin' voice...
RamJamable 9 months ago
i looked up that gaga gal, she aint nothin.
davebob65 10 months ago 2
Ralph Mooney, the writer of this song, passed away Sunday. RIP
ChicJanowicz 10 months ago 3
I am always stunned at how people think that they have the right to decide what kind of music other people "should" like. Ray Price had the gift of taking the best elements of many musical styles to create one that is completely his own.
dragknuckle 10 months ago
original by Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye on Pep records from California where Buck Owens started
flippar54 10 months ago
Ray Price was great - Lady Gaga is great in her won write. Plenty of room for ALL music on this planet. This hater s**t has got to go!
rdm1957 10 months ago 4
@rdm1957 That's a lot of bullshit.
captainbadd 8 months ago
@captainbadd You are a Communist touch hole city slicker dumb ass!
wa1ufo 6 months ago
Don't know why, but the twangier the better. I love classic country. Not to dis modern country, but the Ray Prices of the genre had "country soul."
Tigermoon1950 11 months ago 24
@Tigermoon1950
With the exception of maybe Dwight Yoakum playing the fiddle I think the "country soul" is pretty much dead now
Cadmium77 8 months ago
@Cadmium77 have you ever heard of George Strait??
mjdrewerm 6 months ago
who the heck is lady gaga or whatever the name is?
davebob65 11 months ago
@flashbell, i was just teasing. you're ok. lol
stan1247 11 months ago
@flashbell, you need a brain overhaul and fast. lol
stan1247 11 months ago
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People actually used to listen to this crap? It's so over the top twangy that I burst out laughing.
videoguy604 11 months ago
@videoguy604 , You don't appreciate good talent, B/C you are lost in Rap Crap! Go surfing at the Rap Crap Shack! Don't dishoror Ray Price!
flashbell 11 months ago 24
@flashbell Not much of a rap fan. I prefer Lady Gaga's pop music and techno remixed Anime themes. I found this video because somebody suggested it as a prank. How could anybody like this stuff?
videoguy604 11 months ago
@videoguy604 , Anyone who likes that bitch Laddy Gagagagagaga is distorted. She is scum from the word go. In the scheme of things she is zero. I wouldn't take her to a dog fight, unless I didn't have a dog. She is insignificant and not worth spliting sheets. Besides that she can't sing, she just does gagagagaga stuff. Most babies do that! Listen to Ray Price and you will be set free.
flashbell 11 months ago 2
@flashbell I did listen to your Ray Price *TWANG*. Listen to Gaga's "Bad Romance" now there's some real music.
videoguy604 11 months ago
@videoguy604 , Comparing Gagaga to Ray Price. Man check into a rehab center and I will pray 4 U.
flashbell 11 months ago 2
@flashbell What part of *TWANG* *TWANG* *TWANG* is there to like? But hey if you like it, go ahead and listen to it. Just out of curiosity, I'm assuming that you are at least 70 years old, would I be correct?
videoguy604 11 months ago
@videoguy604 nope im 12 years old
sixroads 11 months ago
@videoguy604 I tried to listen to you, but I coudn't stop staring at the dent in your head.
laslos3 11 months ago
@videoguy604 HAHAHAHAHA Lady Gaga? You can't tell somebody their music is bad and say you listen to Lady Gaga. Come on, man. If you would have said "Dream Theater" then I would agree, those guys have more talent in one finger then most people have in their whole body. Country paved the way for more than just one genre of music. If you are going to argue with people at least use something credible. Why is Gaga's "bad romance" real music compared to Price's "crazy arms?"
uniman12 5 months ago
@uniman12 Oh, good grief. This twang-fest is PURE ear-rape. No person could enjoy this garbage.
videoguy604 5 months ago
@videoguy604 You not only insulted Ray Price, but also the late Jimmy Day, Grady Martin, Harold Bradley, Pete Wade, James Selph, Jack Evins, Buddy Killen, Bob Moore, Buddy Harman, Tommy Jackson, Floyd Cramer, and Van Howard.
flashbell 5 months ago
@flashbell And nothing of value was lost.
videoguy604 5 months ago
@videoguy604 , You are skirting on violating our channel policy, which could get you blocked from our channel, so don't push your luck.
flashbell 5 months ago
@videoguy604 thats just wrong, i enjoy all kinds of music, classic country doesnt pop up first on the list for me, but that doesnt mean i dont like it, dont say such hateful things, God bless ya Ray Price, and you too videoguy604
jesusisthesavior777 5 months ago
@jesusisthesavior777 This is the lamest troll job I ever started, and it keeps flaming up again and again on a slow burn. Personally, I think this music sucks, but if you like it, enjoy it, just please use earbuds if you listen to it around me.
videoguy604 5 months ago
@videoguy604 wait were yuo seriously insulting this music after listing the music you listen to? i'm sorry, there's opinion and then there's just stupidity. you have no soul.
danhabsfan9 4 months ago
@jesusisthesavior777 It's "hateful" to say that I don't like the music. I mean come on, the music is ear rape. But if you like it, more power to you. By the way, there was no Jesus and you have no sin you need saved from.
videoguy604 4 months ago
@videoguy604 , Enough already. This man is a saint!
flashbell 4 months ago
@videoguy604 no, i didnt say it was hateful to say you dont like this music, i said it was hateful to come on a video you dont even like and say you dont like it in the way you did. And you are seriously mistaken about Jesus and sin..they both exist..i will pray for you :)
jesusisthesavior777 4 months ago
@jesusisthesavior777 "I'll pray for you" the thinly veiled Christian way of saying "Fuck you."
videoguy604 4 months ago
@videoguy604 I'm sorry that's your view of Christians, there are a bunch of fake, heartless, wrong Christians that make us look bad like that. I wish you wouldnt let it ruin your view of me, because when I say i'll pray for you, it truly means i will, it means i care. I can see how some people would think it sounds like im saying im better than you, but that isnt how a person should act towards other people, its hateful and messed up. It's sad when i meet a person who doesnt know Jesus so i pray
jesusisthesavior777 4 months ago
@jesusisthesavior777 what's a thinly veiled way to tell Christians (all followers any version of the god of Abraham), that they are full of &%$#
mccurryburg 2 months ago
@mccurryburg come right out and say it if that's what you want. I dont care what you say to me, i really dont. You just got yourself to be prayed for thats all :)
jesusisthesavior777 2 months ago
@videoguy604 you're drunk,Satin,go home
tn526 4 months ago
@videoguy604 , BTW. You need to listen to those suggestions. I think there is redeeming hope for you!
flashbell 11 months ago
Yeah I agree with ya Flashbell. These young fuckers today don't really know what talent is. We've got the automated voice bullshit where the untalented singers couldn't hold a note with out the help of a robot, and the rap bullshit is just what you said ( Crap, but the c fell off ). The Lady goo-goo's and ga-gaga's and no-no's will fade away like the shit stains from a cold wash in the marketing machine.
mrdefkon1 11 months ago
@flashbell I cant choose between these two, so I'd like your input, Ray Price or Ernest Tubb?
wrestleguy24 10 months ago
@wrestleguy24 , Well I chose Ray Price, because he started ourt in 1952 as a pure honky-tonker. From 1952 until Touch My Heart in 1966. Then he switched gears and moved to a contemporary sound begining with Danny Boy (1967). He held that style through the mid-70s with big hits such as For the Good Times. By the early-80s, he was appealing to a much wider audience as he blended honky-tonk with a contemporary sound.
flashbell 10 months ago
@wrestleguy24 , Ernest Tubb was a pure hillbilly/honky-tonker who remained true to his style. He turned out a cache of big hits and filled the dance halls and concerts without fail. He is one of my favorite singers and I never get tired of listening to his music. Thanks for asking for my opinion.
flashbell 10 months ago
@flashbell I agree...Ray Price sang REAL Music!!!
RatifiedCow 7 months ago
@flashbell ...love your vids, Flashbell.
RatifiedCow 5 months ago
@videoguy604 Damn Justin Bieber fan.
JeffroTV 11 months ago
My wife and I attended a concert he gave at Central Arkansas Univ. back about 2004.
He sang many of the songs old folks like me remember and love and his voice was
as beautiful and strong as ever. Even more amazing, he had given an outside show
in Little Rock that morning and got a cold from the damp weather yet that never affected what we heard. He is my all time favorite .
iceland69able 11 months ago
my dad played ray price when i was a little girl- he is my favorite singer; his voice is so great; but i feel like crying when i hear it; if i could meet him in person; it would be the greatest gift i could ever get!
gabachabonita707 11 months ago
This is the Country Should always be sang. Agree with Whitedove
ERNESTWILSON47 11 months ago
Now this is country, thanks, love it!
funkadelisized 11 months ago
the 4/4 shuffle is born. Also known as the Ray Price beat and sometimes as the Texas Shuffle. It would become more pronounced in Rays later releases, until he switched to the countrypolitan sound.
RossM3838 11 months ago
Back in the day this beat was known as the 'Texas Shuffle'. The dance to it was just a real slow bouncy walk arm in arm around the dance floor. Smooth as glass.
1dpoppyman 11 months ago
He looks just like Howdy Doody !
nucoach 1 year ago
How the hell could anyone dislike this? Maybe they were wiggers and rappers who finally found a good song and thought they were clicking 'dis i like.
tricolorpicks 1 year ago
You just can't beat this song...it's country gold and Ray Price ain't no liar...
laslos3 1 year ago
Great Classic Country tune. This is REAL COUNTRY, not the crap they try to market to us today. Love the Honky Tonk piano.
HoboGus 1 year ago
One of the greatest performances of all time!!
craps2010 1 year ago
Whether it was the earlier countrified voice he displays here or the more understated and dignified voice he displayed in later hits, this guy could, and still can, sing the hell out every song he does.
larrydonguy 1 year ago
I agree real country .
lindalovesal 1 year ago
Now this is REAL Country music not the phoney "no talent" sh!t we have today.
HoboGus 1 year ago
He told me once he was a cousin but I can't remember how close.
palmpedal 1 year ago
@palmpedal , Ok. TY.
flashbell 1 year ago
Ralph co-wrote this song with Chuck Seals, and they did real well on this song, recorded over 80 times. I knew Chuck and he told me this one song was his career income.
palmpedal 1 year ago
@palmpedal , Was Chuck related to Dan Seals?
flashbell 1 year ago
Yeeeee~haaaw! This is some real boot scootin' music! Sing it Ray! Thanks for posting. ;)
Texasfilly101 1 year ago
Hi,real true Country classic,saw him recently live on the Marty Stuart show,looked like a puff of wind would blow him over,but his voice could still blow away most of the so called Country singers of today.
BABSINUK 1 year ago
One of my all-time favorites!
cyclenut86 1 year ago
this is true country music not like the crap out there today.
CHIEFPETTYOFFICER1 1 year ago
I love Ray Price, and this is a classic... I recorded a piano arrangement of this on my homepage, but certainly nothing close to the real deal. thanks for sharing
ChurchPianistFL 1 year ago
Although there are bigger selling songs and more well known, the melody and sentiment of this song epitomizes classic country music. Thanks for posting!
ladmex53 1 year ago
@ladmex53 bigger selling perhaps, but more well known there are few. Love Patsy Cline's version, too.
manhatesmonkey 1 year ago
I Am In Love! With This Song.
And You As Well Baby ^_^
ModelMan1987 1 year ago
love it love it
callista204 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
this song sucks!!
shanejh2007 1 year ago
Who are the 4 assholes who gave this a thumbs down? I would hit you if I ever met you
Odysseus087 1 year ago
i think jerry lee lewis' version is so much better, the singing is in the blues scale in his, its heavier and just feels better, this is a bit depressing, the other version has more groove.
plus that fiddle is EVIL!
nananaalgoodaye 1 year ago
Classic Country - touching lyrics!
edgardesouza27 1 year ago
very awesome song and music
cowboytony47 1 year ago
Brings back memories of my childhood listening to Ray Price, Hank Williams, Hank Snow, Jim Reeves, Marty Robbins, Patsy Cline, et al; true country legends!
paranoidpolack 1 year ago
WTF does Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) on the cover?
Kapomafioso 1 year ago
@Kapomafioso , translate please!
flashbell 1 year ago
@flashbell To which language? It's in English already ! :D
Kapomafioso 1 year ago
@flashbell i think that kapomafioso seems to think that mr bean is the dude on the picture lol
greaser1993 1 year ago
@Kapomafioso Yeah, Ray does look a bit like Rowan.
beccita 1 year ago
ray & i had the same boot maker in garland, henry leopold,rip. he orderded a pair of boots & didn't pay for them I I got them. I met ray backstage at a willie concert in luckenbach & told him i got his boots. I still have the pic
cyn303 1 year ago
Love the harmony...so tight and haunting.
OBDjFH05 1 year ago
We have no great artists like this anymore. And I am NOT an old fogey. But the glory years of country and western were the '50s through the '70s, Thanks so much for giving us this.
l2r8kdng 1 year ago
Anyone have Ray Price videos from the 80s?
mitashiki 1 year ago
I love Ray Price and this song means something to me.
sarabarden 1 year ago
nashville has what they have today and TEXAS still has this! Over 50 years old and it will still pack any Texas dance floor! And 3/4 of the dancers will be singing the words! Jimmy Day played steel on it and he said they knew they made music history when they play the last note on this recording!
dgtxdutch 1 year ago
I always sang this with dad and his band every time they invited me to come up and do a number. Love this old song. Thanks so much for posting. Terrific.
TheInvincibleViolet 1 year ago
True country preserved in Ray's rich rendition of this melancholy melody.
edgardesouza27 1 year ago
Oh, Man! Awesome! We're really reaching back for some wonderful Ray Price music! And the crying steel guitar is great!
b46kim 1 year ago
Got Soul?
jessiebrawer 1 year ago
Last Monday,my Dad's 21st anniversary, I told my family of the precious time we shared listening to "The Hillbilly Show" in the late 40's and early 50's on Saturday mornings. .Born in Australia in '43 I have an abiding love for Hank Williams and true "country music" as a legacy from Dad.To hear Ray and "Crazy Arms" is just wonderful.Thank you so much.
nam9506 1 year ago
Another great song by a great artist. I would like to hear Ray do the Morning After Baby Let me down. It must be out ther somewhere
mokatop 1 year ago
Ray is one of the most underrated singers of all time, a tremendous talent.
BobK1001 1 year ago 2
We heard Ray at The Stafford Centre in Stafford Texas this January. Ray still has a great sound.
Cope1024 1 year ago
i just found some of his albums in my grand papies basement ... yee
THElillyANDtheGREEN 1 year ago
And Ray was right it was past time for him to be inducted in the Country Music Hall of Fame should have happened a long, long time ago. This man is amazing I am 61 and have been listening to him since I was 8 years old. He is the greatest singer of all times.
jlongworthtn 1 year ago
this is on top of my list!!! the great ray price
MARKERIC23 1 year ago
Ray Price, cheap beer, and a roadhouse in Olympia Washington. What nights those were. Good songs that even I could sing. tronson
CrazyMonkeyTV1 1 year ago
Wonderful Ray. I have just returned to England from Missouri where I see Ray in concert on three consecutive nights. True Perfection in every way. He was the reason I went to the U.S. and he is the reason that I will be going back. Thank you. Jenny.xx
atmailcalltoday 1 year ago
Lighten up -cuz I'm the greatest Ray Price fan I know. Okay now- He looks like "Howdy Doody" - in this picture
GARYTEXAS 1 year ago
amen to you greenlittlebit ray rocks yet and thanks to your dad
KDBarFarmCowgirl 1 year ago
I remember them, I worked with them in Canada. I am one of the Morgan Sisters. martinmary555 catch my video
martinmary555 1 year ago
this version and jerry lee's are my favorite. What a greatly writen song. and music.
just enjoy everybody. god bless
stevet0 1 year ago
Time marches on &.unfortunately C&W has lost its way, much like it did in the 1970's and early 1980's. It took two young men, one from Texas and one from NC to save it in the 1980's(Strait & Travis)...they saved it, by going back to those honky tonk roots. Bar none the finest example of this is Ray Price and the Cherokee Cowboys. The best duo vocally C&W has seen was Price & Howard- the pair that made this song probably the greatest C&W song ever recorded.
operhoot 1 year ago
Ray Price...a country music legend. I would never spend money on the new country artists....they all sound alike. Why can't we hear these oldies on the radio?
Mageen
McElheron 1 year ago
Today's country sucks.
MrBigrobmjca3 1 year ago 2
I must agree with ellroypalema, I wish there was a decent radio station that would play this music.
94eaton 1 year ago
I must agree with ellroypalema, I wish there was a decent radio station that would play this music.
94eaton 1 year ago
They just don't make music like this anymore...
Too bad.
ellroypalema 1 year ago
Love Ray Price. Thanks for the tune. If you have "Diamonds in the Stars" please upload. It might have been called "Diamonds in the Sky". I can't remember. It was released in the 80's
debralmcbryde 1 year ago
I think the original ver would have been recorded in the mid 50s.With Jimmy Day on Steel Guitar..
gowlan 1 year ago
I grew up listening to Ray Price... My Dad :Little Red" was in the band... He was one of the original Cherokee Cowboys. He and Ray are to only 2 remaining Originals of the Cherokee Cowboys.. Dad still plays at age 75. I watched Ray on the Glen Beck program.. I was truly amazed at the quality he still has in his voice.. He is one of the Greatest Singers Country music has every had.
greenlittlebit 1 year ago 17
@greenlittlebit , what instrument did LittleRed play and did he sing? Was that during the Jimmy day era?
flashbell 1 year ago
Drove 120 miles last summer to see Little Red play in Navasota. He is a TOUGH one on the fiddle!
dgtxdutch 1 year ago
@greenlittlebit Ray doesnt live far from me and is a freind of mines uncle!
MrPoonasty 1 year ago
@greenlittlebit Ewww Glenn Beck
str33twarrior22 1 year ago
This man is a classic. Have love his music for a long time now and never get tired of hearing him sing.
delora32 1 year ago
great song
mrflex83 1 year ago 3
THANK YOU so much for posting this immortal tune...one of the greatest country songs ever....and sung by one of the greatest talents in that field! Sheer heaven to listen to!!! :)
JubalCalif 1 year ago 3
I liked Ray Price better before he changed his style,,, I guess hes just like all the rest, once they make it big ,they do it their way THANKS
BIGART1950 1 year ago 2
THe Greatest Country Singer in my opinion He is my Favorite and he still preforms!!!!!!!!
Wehategod 1 year ago 3
What? better than Hank Sr?
Ray Price is good but I think ol' Hank deserves that title.
ffairlane57 1 year ago 2
FFairlane57 Hank Sr. was good But If you think about Ray Price out lived most of his Contemparies and he still preforms to this day. He also Roomed with Hank Sr. for alittle while and played in his band. His Voice is timeless mind you that is my opnion Hank Sr was a great song writer but Ray is classic and timless.
Wehategod 1 year ago
This is TRUE BLUE COUNTRY...
To he!! with Taylor Swift, Rascal Flatts and the lot...give me ol' time country over 'em all....
Yeeeeeee haw!!!!!!
Whitedovie 1 year ago 6
@Whitedovie Amen brother! And these "Good ole boys" did it without 57 tracks and so much damned electronic modulation that you could light up Nashville for ten years. And most of today's "superstars" couldn't carry a tune in a covered milk pail!
bulldogbarks55 1 year ago
Flat and Scruggs over Rascal Flatts, old country has much more of a true to life folk feel then the "New Country". New country is pop garbage with cowboy hats.
OlegKostoglatov 1 year ago 2
Stunning! I last heard this so long ago, it seems like something all new, yet something so crazy wonderful form my past, so MUCH BETTER than what we hear today! 85200xrider, you're a great kid. Keep going and doing it YOUR way.
MichailZacho 1 year ago
first time i've heard ray price... LOVE
stuka7692 1 year ago
One of my favs songs ever. Thanks for sharing.. :)
gloveygirl444 1 year ago
jerry lee's version is better
hellabeluzia 1 year ago
It is too bad that more young people have not discovered this older brand of country music. However, when you grow up thinking racket is music you end up spending your time listening to racket.
YellowstoneJoe 1 year ago
never heard ray before wow right up there with hank
mrblindfreddy9999 2 years ago 3
Ralph Mooney wrote this song wonder if he ever got antthing out it
shobudldg 2 years ago
Ralph holds the copyright on this song, so I'd say he paid his house note and more. Moreover, Ralph has the distinction of writing the 4th biggedt song in country music of all time with this song.
flashbell 2 years ago 6
@flashbell You are right with Ralph holding the copyright to this song. However he had a co-writer; Chuck Seals.
pro3tlb 1 year ago
@flashbell Nice, I've been trying to find a list of songs that Ray Price wrote, but I haven't been able to. I know he cowrote "I'll Be There."
beccita 1 year ago
im only 16 years old and i have more respect for these old singers than this new crap. none of the kids i go to school with have any respect for anyone.
85200xrider1 2 years ago 29