Ray Charles – Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music Vol. 2 (LP Vinyl)
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Released just months after Vol. 1 stunned the industry in 1962, the second volume found Charles deepening his commitment to the American songbook that country music had always carried, drawing on material from writers like Hank Williams and Don Gibson. Where the first record proved the concept, this one settled into it with confidence, treating the genre not as a novelty but as a natural home for his piano, his voice, and his lifelong feel for Southern roots.
The iconic, game changing Modern Sounds in Country And Western albums, combined into a single release for CD in the 2000s, will be restored and released individually, as originally intended. 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 it's 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.
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Side A
Side B
UPC: 708857224715
Label: Tangerine Records
Release Date: 9.27.24
Format: LP Vinyl