On Saturday 22 March 2025, Gene Watson recalled Ray Price‘s recording of Kris Kristofferson’s ‘For The Good Times’.
‘Back in March 1971, the Academy of Country Music (ACM) voted Ray Price‘s song, ‘For The Good Times’, which was written by Kris Kristofferson (Monday 22 June 1936 – Saturday 28 September 2024), as ‘Song of The Year’.
It still stands as one of the great classics.
Ray Price (Tuesday 12 January 1926 – Monday 16 December 2013) was definitely one of my biggest music heroes.
I recorded Ray Price‘s version of ‘Make The World Go Away’, which was written by Hank Cochran (Friday 2 August 1935 – Thursday 15 July 2010), and included the track on ‘My Heroes Have Always Been Country‘ (Fourteen Carat Music, 2014)’
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Ray Price (Tuesday 12 January 1926 – Monday 16 December 2013) recorded ‘Make The World Go Away’, which was written by Hank Cochran (Friday 2 August 1935 – Thursday 15 July 2010), and included the track on ‘Burning Memories’ (Columbia Records, 1965); Ray Price‘s version of the track reached No.2 on the Billboard country music singles chart in 1963.
