Wade Ray

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

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

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  Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style

  1966

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  Sixteen Tons

  1960

Credited work

44 releases · 18 albums · active 1952–2022

• Other credits · 39
• Performance · 16

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · Panther Hall Ft Worth, TX · Capitol Studios · Capitol Melrose Studio

Frequent collaborators

• Willie Nelson
• Tennessee Ernie Ford
• Various
• Rex Allen Jr.
• The Country Fiddlers
• Nashville All-Stars
• Ray Price's Cherokee Cowboys
• Rosemary Clooney

Around the web

• Wikipedia