Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in County and Western Music

Ray Charles 
Modern Sounds in County and Western Music
Tangerine 22461 - 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 3 of the greatest arrangers in jazz of all time; Gerald Wilson, Marty Paich, & Gil Fuller. 

     VolumeOne includes; 
Bye Bye Love 
You Don't Know Me 
Half as Much 
I Love You So Much it Hurts 
Just a Little Lovin' 
Born to Lose 
Worried Mind 
It Makes No Difference Now 
You Win Again 
Careless Love 
I Can't Stop Loving You 
Hey Good Lookin' 

NEW SEALED re-issue LP