Kenny Price

James Kenneth Price (May 27, 1931 – August 4, 1987) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Nicknamed the "Round Mound of Sound," Price recorded for the Boone and RCA Victor, MRC and Dimension record labels, charting thirty-four singles on the Hot Country Songs charts between 1966 and 1980. His highest-peaking singles, "Walking on New Grass" and "Happy Tracks," both reached No. 7 on that chart.

Life and career Price was born in Florence, Kentucky, United States, and was raised on a farm in Boone County, Kentucky. including "Walking on the New Grass" (a top 10 hit in 1966), "Happy Tracks", "Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger" (a top 20 hit in 1969).

His wife, Donna Price, wrote a few memorable tunes for him, including the hit "Let's Truck Together", which was used in a late 70s Hee Haw skit. In the mid-1980s, Kenny and Donna starred in The Nashville Network (now Paramount Network) travelogue series called Wish You Were Here, where they traveled across the United States in a RV and visited places of interest.

Price died of a heart attack in Florence, Kentucky, at the age of 56.

Discography Albums Year Album US Country Label 1967 One Hit Follows Another 36 Boone 1968 Southern Bound 23 1970 Heavyweight — RCA Victor Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger — 1971 A Red Foley Songbook — The Sheriff of Boone County 42 Charlotte Fever 39 1972 Super Sideman — You Almost Slipped My Mind 37 1973 Sea of Heartbreak — 30 California Women — 1974 Turn On Your Light and Let It Shine — 1977 Heavy Duty Country — MRC 1980 The Best of Both — Dimension

Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1964 "Low and Lonely" — — singles only 1965 "White Silver Sands" — — "That's All That Matters" — — One Hit Follows Another "Hunky Dory" — — 1966 "Walking On New Grass" 7 — 1967 "Happy Tracks" 7 — "Pretty Girl, Pretty Clothes, Pretty Sad" 26 — single only "Grass Won't Grow On a Busy Street" 24 — Southern Bound 1968 "My Goal for Today" 11 — "Going Home for the Last Time" 31 — "Southern Bound" 37 — "It Don't Mean a Thing to Me" 59 — 1969 "Who Do I Know in Dallas" 64 — Heavyweight "Atlanta Georgia Stray" 62 — 1970 "Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger" 17 6 Northeast Arkansas Mississippi County Bootlegger "Biloxi" 10 19 The Sheriff of Boone County 1971 "The Sheriff of Boone County"A 8 9 "Tell Her You Love Her" 55 — "Charlotte Fever" 38 — Charlotte Fever 1972 "Super Sideman" 37 31 "You Almost Slipped My Mind" 44 — You Almost Slipped My Mind "Sea of Heartbreak" 24 13 Sea of Heartbreak 1973 "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" 53 63 "30 California Women" 52 56 30 California Women "You're Wearin' Me Down" 52 — single only 1974 "Turn On Your Light (And Let It Shine)" 29 40 Turn On Your Light and Let It Shine "Que Pasa" 69 — "Let's Truck Together" 42 — Heavy Duty Country 1975 "Easy Look" 67 — singles only "Birds and Children Fly Away" 65 — "I've Changed Since I've Been Unchained" — — 1976 "Too Big a Price to Pay" 60 — 1977 "I'd Buy You Chattanooga" 60 — Heavy Duty Country "Leavin'" 74 — 1978 "Afraid You'd Come Back" 50 — singles only "Sunshine Man" 74 — "Daddy's Hands" — — 1979 "Hey There" 67 — The Best of Both 1980 "Well Rounded Traveling Man" 60 — "She's Leavin' (And I'm Almost Gone)" 79 — 1984 "If I Just Had You" — — singles only "Pete Pete" — — A"The Sheriff of Boone County" also peaked at No. 19 on Bubbling Under Hot 100.