associated_acts death_date death_place children alias birth_place years_active label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
johnny harlan howard , george jones , roger miller , willie bush nelson , johnny paycheck , merle haggard , rosetta tharpe , 16 december 2013 mount pleasant , texas , u.s. cliff price the cherokee cowboy perryville , texas , u.s. 1948 & ndash ; 2013 columbia , viva , step one , myrrh , abc , monument , dimension ray price solo_singer 12 january 1926 vocals , guitar country , western swing , traditional pop ray_price . jpg ray price -lrb- musician -rrb-
 noble ray price singer , songwriter , guitarist
ray price -lrb- musician -rrb-

noble ray price -lrb- january 12 , 1926december 16 , 2013 -rrb- was an american country music singer , songwriter , and guitarist .
his wide ranging baritone has often been praised as among the best male voices of country music .
some of his well-known recordings include `` release me '' , `` crazy arms '' , `` heartaches by the number '' , `` for the good times '' , `` night life '' , and `` you 're the best thing that ever happened to me '' .
he was elected to the country music hall of fame in 1996 .
price continued to record and tour well into his mid-eighties .
