Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in County and Western Music Volume Two

Ray Charles 
Modern Sounds in County and Western Music Volume Two
Tangerine 22471 - re-issue LP remastered in 2024

The iconic, game changing Modern Sounds in Country And Western albums, have been restored and released individually. The significance of these records cannot be overlooked. They are proof that great country music is malleable, and open to interpretation.
Volume 1 quickly became one of the best-selling albums recorded by a Black musician of the time, as well as one of the best-selling country albums. It topped the Billboard Pop Album Chart of a month, and spawned four hit singles, including “I Can’t Stop Loving” which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, and the Adult Contemporary Charts, was nominated for Record Of The Year, and won the GRAMMY for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards in 1963. “You Don’t Know Me” met with similar success. Ray Charles remains the first and only Black performer to earn a GRAMMY Award and a #1 Billboard Pop Chart Hit with a country and western song as he did with “l Can’t Stop Loving You.”
Volume 2 followed its predecessor by just six months, and is widely regarded as just as strong, if not stronger than the first - the second made with the confidence that this formula or country & soul works. With three hit singles on both the R&B and Pop charts, including the #1 hit You Are My Sunshine, both volumes changed the course of popular music and remain a testament to the genius of Ray Charles. Features the great arranger Marty Paich, & the Jack Halloran Singers.

     Volume Two includes;
You Are My Sunshine 
No Letter Today 
Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) 
Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
Midnight
Oh Lonesome Me 
Take These Chains From My Heart 
Your Cheating Heart 
I'll Never Stand In Your Way 
Making Believe 
Teardrops in My Heart 
Hang Your Head in Shame 

NEW SEALED re-issue LP