Price, born in Perryville, Texas, served with the U.S. Marines from 1944โ1946, 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 โ 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 Arms
Ray Price Lyrics
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And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
While my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
So please take the treasured dreams I have for you and me
And take all the love I thought was mine
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new
But now I'm so lonely all the time
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
While 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
In Ray Price's song 'Crazy Arms', the singer is lamenting about the loss of a love that has moved on to someone else. The opening lines set the tone for the emotional turmoil the singer is going through, as he declares that 'blue ain't the word for the way that I feel'. The emotion is further amplified by the singer's description of a brewing storm within his heart. He expresses the pain of the situation when he states, 'You're someone else's love now you're not mine'. The song's title refers to the 'crazy arms', which are reaching out for a new love, even though the singer's heart knows that the love is not his to have.
The second verse reiterates the theme of the song, as the singer describes his 'yearning heart' and 'troubled mind' that knows his former love is going to be wed to someone else. The chorus repeats the title phrase 'crazy arms', while emphasizing the singer's loneliness. The final verse acknowledges the possibility of a new love, but the singer acknowledges that he is still so lonely at the present time. He asks his former love to take the dreams he had for her and move on with her new life, while he remains to deal with the pain of his own situation.
Line by Line Meaning
Now blue ain't the word for the way that I feel
I'm feeling worse than just blue and down, something deeper and more intense.
And the storm's brewing in this heart of mine
My heart is heavy with agitation and chaos, like a storm cloud that's about to break.
This ain't no crazy dream I know that it's real
I'm not just imagining this or making it up, it's a real and painful situation.
You're someone else's love now you're not mine
You've moved on and found love with another person, which hurts because I used to be the one you loved.
Crazy arms that reach to hold somebody new
Despite wanting to let go, I still find myself reaching out for someone else to hold and love.
While my yearning heart keeps saying you're not mine
My heart longs for you, even though my mind knows you're not mine anymore.
My troubled mind knows soon to another you'll be wed
I'm aware that you're getting married to someone else soon, which causes me distress and anxiety.
And that's why I'm lonely all the time
Because you're gone and I can't have you, I feel lonely and sad all the time.
So please take the treasured dreams I have for you and me
I have dreams about us being together, but I know they won't come true, so I want you to take them and give them to someone who can make them come true.
And take all the love I thought was mine
I used to believe that the love we shared was all mine, but now I know that it was never truly mine to begin with.
Someday my crazy arms may hold somebody new
I know that eventually I'll find love again and be able to hold someone new in my arms.
But now I'm so lonely all the time
For now, though, I'm still lonely and hurting from losing you.
Lyrics ยฉ Kanjian Music, Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Chuck Seals, Ralph Eugene Mooney
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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
@BardiXOfficial
I wanna thank Rockstar for adding this song
@squirrel9760
BardiX Official came here just for this
@nlta7497
Facts!
@ashleydurden7179
145th like!
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Lptpp
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@Brayden Schwarz same
@desolatesoul2304
Iโm honored to see how many people enjoy this song. Itโs been a family heirloom so to speak, for generations in my lineage. The songwriter, Charles Seals, who wrote this is my third cousin.
@alanleveke478
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.