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    • Jun 17, 1957
    Columbia releases Ray Price's "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You"
    Jun 19, 1957
    David Ragsdale is accidentally shot in the back at a San Mateo, California, bar. A year later, Ragsdale files a $500,000 suit against Ray Price, reasoning that if Price hadn't been singing, he wouldn't have been at the club
    Dec 11, 1957
    Ray Price records "Curtain In The Window" during an overnight session at the Bradley Film & Recording Studio in Nashville
    Dec 21, 1957
    After giving Colonel Tom Parker a red sports car for Christmas, Elvis Presley goes to the Grand Ole Opry in a tuxedo. He takes pictures with Brenda Lee, Johnny Cash, Hank Snow, Ray Price and Faron Young, and goes on stage to wave to the audience
    Jan 20, 1958
    Columbia releases Ray Price's "Curtain In The Window"
    Apr 29, 1958
    John D. Loudermilk plays a Kentucky Derby Festival show at Louisville's Freedom Hall that features Ray Price, George Morgan, Gene Sullivan and Jerry Vale. When he bombs, Loudermilk decides to give up performing and focus on songwriting. His successes will include "Abilene," "Waterloo" and "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye"
    May 6, 1958
    Ray Price records Roger Miller's "Invitation To The Blues" during a midnight session at Nashville's Bradley Studios
    May 29, 1958
    Ray Price records the Bill Anderson-penned "City Lights" in the evening at the Bradley Studios in Nashville
    Jun 4, 1958
    Ray Price and Charlie Walker find "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" in a stack of demo tapes, the night before a scheduled Walker session. Ernest Tubb helps them change the gender on the song, originally penned for Kitty Wells
    Jun 9, 1958
    Columbia releases Ray Price's "City Lights," backed by "Invitation To The Blues"
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