Writing 'You Wouldn't Know Love' was a joint effort

This week in 1970: The U.S. Army charged Captain Ernest Medina in the My Lai massacre; by a vote of 51-45, The U.S. Senate rejected Harrold Carswell for The Supreme Court; Apollo 13 launched its third moon trip from Cape Kennedy; and a singer from Perryville, Texas had his 55th hit record.

A lot of hit songs have been written because someone who had an idea for song and sought out someone else to either start the song or help finish it. And according to Hank Cochran, Ray Price's 1970 hit, "You Wouldn't Know Love," was one of those tunes!

Hank commented, "Dave Kirby and I wrote that song. Dave had the idea for the song and he came over to my house one day and wanted me to write it with him. I really liked the idea so we sat down and started working on it and finished it that afternoon. We put it on tape and a few days later, played it for Ray Price. He liked the song and promised to record it and he did. But the song was Dave Kirby's idea.

Ray Price's Columbia single "You Wouldn't Know Love" entered the country music charts March 7, 1970 and peaked at No. 8.

It was his 55th charted song and was on the charts for 15 weeks.

His Columbia album by the same title came on the Billboard Country Album Charts May 16, 1970 and peaked at No. 12.

Ray Price placed 109 songs on the country music charts between 1952 and 1989 including eight No. 1s.

His 109 charted songs included duets with Willie Nelson and Roger Miller.

Price joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1952 and was inducted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1996.

Ray Price died in 2013.

 

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