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    • Jan 12, 1926
    Ray Price is born in Peach, Texas. Nicknamed the "Cherokee Cowboy," he is instrumental in the growth of the country shuffle and the use of recorded strings. His legacy includes "Crazy Arms," "For The Good Times," "I've Got A New Heartache" and a plaque in the Country Music Hall of Fame
    Mar 15, 1951
    Ray Price holds his first recording session for Columbia Records at the Jim Beck Studio in Dallas, Texas. He starts with a song that will become his debut single, the Lefty Frizzell-penned "If You're Ever Lonely Darling"
    Apr 30, 1951
    Columbia Records releases Ray Price's debut single, the Lefty Frizzell-penned "If You're Ever Lonely Darling"
    Jun 15, 1951
    Ernest Tubb records the Ray Price-written "Hey La La" during an evening session at Nashville's Castle Studio
    Oct 16, 1951
    Ray Price records the first version of the Hank Williams song "Weary Blues From Waitin'" at Dallas' Jim Beck Studio. Williams' version becomes a hit posthumously
    Jan 14, 1952
    Hank Williams and Ray Price begin moving into a house at 2718 Wedgewood in Nashville. They share the home for about six months
    Jan 29, 1952
    Hank Williams plays his first concert since a December back operation in Richmond. At the hotel, he drinks a mixture of tomato juice and rubbing alcohol, then gives a poor, abbreviated show. Ray Price fills in with a 40-minute show
    Feb 8, 1952
    Ray Price records "Talk To Your Heart" during the afternoon at the Castle Studio in Nashville's Tulane Hotel. The performance is rejected, and the ultimate single--his first hit--is recorded six days later
    Feb 14, 1952
    Ray Price records his first hit, "Talk To Your Heart"
    Mar 14, 1952
    Columbia releases Ray Price's "Talk To Your Heart"
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