Arranged By, Conductor – Gerald Wilson (tracks: A1 to A6), Marty Paich (tracks: B1 to B6) Backing Band – The Ray Charles Big Band (tracks: A1-A6) Backing.

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. It is the second volume of country and western recordings by Charles following his landmark debut on ABC Records. Following the surprising success of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, an album of country music covers, which sold over a million copies, Charles and producer Sid Feller decided to do a follow-up.

Regarded by many critics as Charles's best studio album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music has been considered by several music writers to be a landmark album in American music. The album's integration of soul and country music bent racial barriers in popular music, amid the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The country album concept, however, meant more to Charles as a test of his.

Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music Tracklist. 1. Bye Bye, Love Lyrics.

Cover Variation: "Gold Record Award Audited and Certified By RIAA" seal printed next to Ray's glasses. A1: Acuff-Rose Pu. BMI A2, A5: Hill and Range Songs, In. BMI A3, B3, B6: Fred Rose Music, In. BMI A4: Melody Lane Pu. BMI A6, B1, B2: Peer International Corp. BMI B4: Tangerine Music-BMI B5: Acuff-Rose Publications-BMI. Matrix, Runout (Label side.

Ray Charles and Country’s Color Barrier. With both volumes of 1962’s ‘Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music’ being reissued, we look at the records’ cultural impact. The first Modern Sounds album topped the Billboard chart for most of the summer and fall of 1962, and its sequel climbed as high as Number Two before the year was over. The Modern Sounds albums have also proven to be among the most consequential ever released, particularly for country music. Not because any Modern Sounds singles were included on country radio playlists. The country format would remain whites only for another five years when Charley Pride became the lone exception to the segregated rule.

June 23, 1962: I Can’t Stop Loving You was sitting atop the Billboard Hot 100 for a fourth week when its parent album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, followed suit and topped the Billboard album chart. It remained there for 14 weeks, becoming one of the top 100 biggest . The album is also in the Grammy Hall of Fame and, according to Dave’s Music Database, is one of the top 1000 albums of all time. While the album proved its commercial and critical clout, it was initially a risky proposition.

More than a half-century later, the premise of Ray Charles’ two-volume Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music-that is, an established R&B star makes a record of country hits-might yet inspire a spit take from the uninitiated. Alas, the uninitiated have long remained uninitiated, since these groundbreaking albums have been reissued infrequently since their 1962 release. This music remains a tribute to and rejoinder of the futile divisions we so often take for granted. Charles made headlines promoting the album with integrated shows throughout the South, refusing to perform in segregated venues. Both whites and Negroes alike have attended the same dance and actually danced together at Charles concerts, wrote the Chicago Daily Defender in November 1962 of Charles’ shows in Memphis and St. Louis. There is no race problem when he plays.