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Wade Ray
Wade Ray is credited on 26 releases across 18 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2002 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
26
Pressings credited
18
Albums
6
Decades active
4
In collections
Biography
Wade Ray (April 13, 1913 in Evansville, Indiana – November 11, 1998 in Sparta, IL) was an American Western Swing fiddler and vocalist. His bands, the Wade Ray Five, Wade Ray And His Ozark Mountain Boys, etc., included musicians such as Kenneth Carllile and Curly Chalker. He retired to Sparta, Illinois in 1979 where he died in 1998.
Bio from Wikipedia
Credited work
26 releases · 18 albums · active 1952–2002
- Performance · 18
- Other credits · 11
Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Panther Hall Ft Worth, TX · Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville · American Studios, Nashville
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- Willie Nelson
- Various
- Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys
- Rex Allen Jr.
- Rosemary Clooney
- Sammi Smith
- Nashville All-Star Band
- Nashville All-Stars
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