Wade Ray Born:  August 17, 1921 Died:  November 18, 1998 WLS National Barn Dance WSM Grand Ole Opry KMOX St. Louis, MO (1941)

Wade Ray was in show business at an early age. He started out being billed as the "Youngest Violin Player in the World". In 1931, he was part of the National Champion Hillbillies act/show on KMOX out of St. Louis, Missouri. But in 1943, he was called into military duty. After he got out of the service, he was on WLS in Chicago for a time. Later, he went to Hollywood and was there in the mid-1950s. He was recording on the Victor Records label at one time and was appearing regularly at the "Cow Town", a legendary western night club in Los Angeles, California. Get The Music Hillbilly Music.com Amazon Music Store British Archives of Country Music

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Recordings

Capitol Rec. No. Side Song Title   40204 A Flop-Eared Mule   40204 B Hell Amongst The Yearlings   40205 A Hilo Schottische (w/His Ozark Mountain Boys)   40205 B Forty Years Ago (w/His Ozark Mountain Boys)   Dot Rec. No. Side Song Title   15600 A Two Red Red Lips   15600 B Burning Desire   Fabor Rec. No. Side Song Title   115 A Burning Desire   115 B Two Red Red Lips   123 A Ming Lo   123 B Nathan Hale   RCA Victor Rec. No. Side Song Title   20-4226 A Are You Fer It?   20-4226 B Walk Softly   20-4429 A Hurt Of A Clown   20-4429 B Just Like Taking Candy From A Baby   20-4580 A I Was Just Walkin' Out The Door   20-4580 B The Fiddlin' Rag   20-4751 A June-Bug Jitters   20-4751 B One Woman Man   20-4930 A Bill Bailey   20-4930 B Echoe Of Your Voice   20-5091 A It's All Your Fault   20-5091 B Things I Might Have Been   20-5199 A Call Me Up   20-5199 B If They Should Ask Me   20-5302 A Burned Fingers   20-5302 B Don't Wait To Baby Your Baby   20-5377 A Did I Do Wrong?   20-5377 B That Loud Makin' Melody   20-5440 A Let Me Go, Devil   20-5440 B Too Late To.....   20-5518 A First Last And Always   20-5518 B Saturday Night   20-5624 A A Penny For Your Thoughts   20-5624 B Idaho Red   20-5696 A Easy Pickins'   20-5696 B The Best Man Must Smile   20-5845 A Letters Have No Arms   20-5845 B Rosetta   20-5957 A No Mama, No Papa   20-5957 B There's No Fool   20-6061 A Excuse Me   20-6061 B I Couldn't Be So Happy   20-6110 A A Sentimental Journey   20-6110 B Dipsy Doodle   20-6219 A Albino Stallion   20-6219 B I'll Keep On Being A Fool   20-6313 A Because Of A Lie   20-6313 B Keep My Heart   20-6457 A Any Old Time   20-6457 B Going Home All Alone   20-6544 A I Need A Good Girl Bad   20-6544 B Just An Old Fashioned Locket   20-6818 A All Or Nothin' Man   20-6818 B When I Lost You   20-6931 A Little Green Valley   20-6931 B Wild Heart   47-6313 A Because Of A Lie   47-6313 B Keep My Heart   5957 A No Mama, No Papa   5957 B There's No Foll Like A Young Fool   6061 A Excuse Me   6061 B I Couldn't Be So Happy   6129 A The Albino Stallion   6129 B I'll Keeep On beimg A fool

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