Ray Quarles Edenton (November 3, 1926 – September 21, 2022) was an American guitarist and country music session musician.
[2] His first instrument was a banjo ukelele, and by the age of six he was performing with his two brothers and cousins at square dances in the area.
[3][4] After serving in World War II with the United States Army, he joined guitarist Joe Maphis as the bassist in a group called the Korn Krackers, a regular feature of the Old Dominion Barn Dance show on WRVA, a radio station in Richmond, Virginia.
[7] Edenton played on 26 of Pierce's 27 chart-topping country singles and also on such well-known recordings as the Everly Brothers' "Bye Bye Love" and "Wake Up Little Susie", Marty Robbins' "Singing the Blues", and Roger Miller's "King of the Road".
[5] Edenton accompanied other artists on recordings including Julie Andrews, the Beach Boys, jazz vibraphonist Gary Burton, Sammy Davis Jr., Henry Mancini, Reba McEntire, Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Leon Russell, and Neil Young.