This 2007 compilation gathers prime examples of Price's honky-tonk and countrypolitan recordings, spanning his most commercially successful period. It highlights his influential shuffle rhythms and smooth baritone.
- The album was released on Legacy Recordings, an imprint of Sony Music Entertainment specializing in reissues.
- It draws from Price's extensive catalog recorded for Columbia Records between the 1950s and 1970s.
- The compilation was released during a period of renewed interest in traditional country music.
Ray Price was a country singer from Texas who pioneered the "Ray Price Shuffle" with his band the Cherokee Cowboys. He is widely considered one of the most influential vocalists in country music history. By 2007, Price was a venerable elder statesman of country music, his long career already recognized with induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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