Price, born in Perryville, Texas, served with the U.S. Marines from 1944–1946, and began singing for KRBC in Abilene, Texas during 1948. He joined the Big D Jamboree in Dallas in 1949. He relocated to Nashville in the early 1950s, rooming for a brief time with Hank Williams. When Williams died, Price managed his band, the Drifting Cowboys, and had minor success. He was the first artist to have a success with the song "Release Me" (1954), a top five popular music hit for Engelbert Humperdinck in 1967.
In 1953, Price formed his band, the Cherokee Cowboys. Among its members during the late 1950s and early 1960s were; Roger Miller, Willie Nelson, Darrell McCall, Van Howard, Johnny Paycheck and Johnny Bush, Buddy Emmons, Pete Wade, Jan Kurtis, Shorty Lavender and Buddy Spicher. Miller wrote one of Ray Price's classics in 1958, "Invitation to the Blues", and sang harmony on the recording. Additionally, Nelson composed the Ray Price song "Night Life".
Price became one of the stalwarts of 1950s honky tonk music, with hit songs such as "Talk To Your Heart" (1952) and "Release Me". He later developed the famous "Ray Price Shuffle," a 4/4 arrangement of honky tonk music with a walking bassline, which can be heard on "Crazy Arms" (1956) and many of his other recordings from the late 1950s.
During the 1960s, Ray experimented increasingly with the so-called Nashville sound, singing slow ballads and utilizing lush arrangements of strings and backing singers. Examples include his 1967 rendition of "Danny Boy", and "For the Good Times" in 1970 which was Price's first country music chart No. 1 hit since "The Same Old Me" in 1959. Written by Kris Kristofferson, the song also scored No. 11 on the popular music chart and featured a mellower Price backed by sophisticated musical sounds, quite in contrast to the honky tonk sounds Price had pioneered two decades before. Price had three more No. 1 country music successes during the 1970s: "I Won't Mention It Again", "She's Got To Be A Saint", and "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me." His final top ten hit was "Diamonds In The Stars" in early 1982. Price continued to have songs on the country music chart through 1989. Later, he sang gospel music and recorded such songs as "Amazing Grace", "What A Friend We Have In Jesus", "Farther Along" and "Rock of Ages."
In 2006, Price was living near Mount Pleasant, Texas and still performing in concerts throughout the country. In 2009, Price made two performances for the Fox News show Huckabee. The first was with the Cherokee Cowboys and host Mike Huckabee, and he performed "Crazy Arms" and "Heartaches By The Number". Weeks later he performed with the Cherokee Cowboys and Willie Nelson (again with Huckabee playing bass guitar). This time they performed duets of "Faded Love" and "Crazy."
Price worked on his latest album, Last of the Breed, with fellow country music singers Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard. This album was released on March 20, 2007 by the company Lost Highway Records. The two-disc set features 20 country classics as well as a pair of new compositions. The trio toured the U.S. from March 9 until March 25 starting in Arizona and finishing in Illinois. This was Price's third album with Nelson and first album with Haggard. After the tour, Haggard remarked, "I told Willie when it was over, 'That old man gave us a goddamn singing lesson.' He really did. He just sang so good. He sat there with the mic against his chest. And me and Willie are all over the microphone trying to find it, and he found it."
On November 6, 2012, Ray Price confirmed that he was fighting pancreatic cancer. Price told the San Antonio Express-News that he had been receiving chemotherapy for the past six months. An alternative to the chemo would have been surgery that involved removing the pancreas along with portions of the stomach and liver, which would have meant a long recovery and stay in a nursing home. Said Price, "That's not very much an option for me. God knows I want to live as long as I can but I don't want to live like that." The 87-year-old Country Music Hall of Famer also told the newspaper, "The doctor said that every man will get cancer if he lives to be old enough. I don't know why I got it – I ain't old!" Price retained a positive outlook and hoped to play as many as a hundred concert dates in 2013.
As of early February 2013, the cancer appeared to be in remission. Sometime in May 2013, Price was hospitalized with severe dehydration. On December 2, 2013, Price entered a Tyler, Texas, hospital in the final stages of pancreatic cancer, according to his son, then left on December 12 for home hospice care. Price died at his home in Mt. Pleasant, Texas, on December 16, 2013.
Crazy
Ray Price Lyrics
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I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
And then some day you'd leave me for somebody new
Worry why do I let myself worry wond'ring what in the world did I do to you
Crazy for thinking my love could hold you
Crazy for trying crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you
Crazy for trying crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you
Ray Price's song "Crazy" tells the story of a heartbroken individual who is struggling to come to terms with the end of a relationship. The lyrics suggest that the singer knew that their partner would eventually leave them for someone else, but they still allowed themselves to become emotionally invested in the relationship. The opening lines of the song, "I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so lonely, I'm crazy, crazy for feeling so blue," capture the sense of despair and hopelessness that the singer feels in the aftermath of the breakup. They are struggling to cope with the emptiness and loneliness that comes with losing someone they love.
The second verse of the song explores the singer's feelings of confusion and insecurity. They ask themselves, "Why do I let myself worry? Wond'ring what in the world did I do to you?" The singer is tormented by questions about what went wrong in the relationship and whether they could have done anything differently to prevent its collapse. The third verse of the song acknowledges the irrationality of the singer's emotions. They describe themselves as "crazy for thinking my love could hold you," acknowledging that their belief in the power of their love was misguided. The final repetition of the chorus ("Crazy for trying, crazy for crying, and I'm crazy for loving you") encapsulates the singer's feelings of helplessness and vulnerability.
Overall, "Crazy" is a poignant exploration of the pain and confusion that can accompany the end of a relationship. The lyrics capture the ups and downs of love, from the initial joy of falling in love to the eventual heartbreak of rejection and loss. By exposing the singer's vulnerabilities and emotional struggles, Ray Price's song offers a powerful reminder of the human cost of romantic love.
Line by Line Meaning
Crazy crazy for feeling so lonely I'm crazy crazy for feeling so blue
I am going insane because I feel so lonely and sad without you.
I knew you'd love me as long as you wanted
I had a feeling that your love for me had an expiry date.
And then some day you'd leave me for somebody new
I always knew that eventually you would leave me for someone else.
Worry why do I let myself worry wond'ring what in the world did I do to you
I am constantly consumed by worry, wondering what I did wrong to make you leave.
Crazy for thinking my love could hold you
I now realize that I was foolish to think that my love alone could keep you with me forever.
Crazy for trying crazy for crying and I'm crazy for loving you
I am aware that I am acting irrational by still trying to hold on to you, crying and loving you despite knowing that it's pointless.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Willie Nelson
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LYRICS:
Now blue ain't the world for the way that I feel
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
And you're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
And my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
So please take these treasured dreams I have for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday these crazy arms will hold somebody new but now I'm so lonely all the time
Crazy arms that reach to...
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
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I wanna thank Rockstar for adding this song
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BardiX Official came here just for this
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Facts!
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145th like!
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Lptpp
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@Brayden Schwarz same
@desolatesoul2304
I’m honored to see how many people enjoy this song. It’s been a family heirloom so to speak, for generations in my lineage. The songwriter, Charles Seals, who wrote this is my third cousin.
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I'm chilean and I'm searching for new music, the only thing that I say is that is nice to be here man...
@mikeuyeda2330
Did Ralph Mooney work on this song with Charles Seals? All time great Country song. Thanks for sharing that family story.
@ecksdee1248
I thought Paul Gilley wrote this song.