Ray Price

Ray Price was a country singer and guitarist from East Texas, born in 1926 and active for decades until his death in 2013. His rich baritone voice was one of the most admired in country music, and he helped shift the genre's rhythm with what became called the 'Ray Price beat,' a 4/4 shuffle that influenced countless artists. He worked across honky-tonk and the smoother Nashville Sound, racking up hits from the 1950s through the 1970s.