Ray Price: Country Singer of For the Good Times Dies at 87

Ray Price was an American country singer. Born on January 12, 1926, in Perryville, Texas, he served in the Marines.

He recorded the hits "Crazy Arms" and "For the Good Times," which won a Grammy nomination, and popularized the shuffle beat known as the Ray Price Shuffle. His band, the Cherokee Cowboys, launched stars such as Willie Nelson and Roger Miller.

He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. Price died of pancreatic cancer in Mount Pleasant, Texas, on December 16, 2013, at age 87.

Achievements: Country Music Hall of Fame (1996), Grammy winner.

Birth: January 12, 1926 - Perryville, Texas.

Profession: Country singer.

Interesting Facts: Willie Nelson played bass in his band.