Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Cover album by Ray Charles
Released	April 1962
Recorded	1961-1962
Genre	R&B/Soul Country soul
Length	39:33
Label	ABC-Paramount 410
Producer	Ray Charles, Sid Feller
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (favorable) link Warr.org link
Ray Charles chronology
The Genius Sings the Blues (1961) Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962) Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2 (1962)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. It has been named one of the best albums of all time by VH1 (#97), Rolling Stone (#104), TIME (#96), and CMT (#2). Template:Album-cover File links The following pages link to this file: Ray Charles Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music ... // In popular music, a cover version, or simply cover, is a new rendition (performance or recording) of a previously recorded song. ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... The requested page title was invalid, empty, or an incorrectly linked inter-language or inter-wiki title. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... For other uses, see Soul (disambiguation). ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... ABC Records started in 1955 as ABC-Paramount Records, the recording arm of American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... Sid Feller or Sidney Feller (December 24, 1916 – February 16, 2006) is an American conductor and arranger best known for his work with Ray Charles. ... The All Music Guide (AMG) is a metadata database about music, owned by All Media Guide. ... Image File history File links 5_stars. ... This article is about the magazine. ... Image File history File links 4_stars. ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... For Ray Charles, the composer and conductor of the Ray Charles Singers, see Ray Charles (composer). ... VH1 (VH-1: Video Hits One until 1994 and VH1: Music First until 2003) is an American digital television channel that was created in January 1985 by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, at the time a division of Warner Communications and owners of MTV. VH1 and sister channel MTV are currently... This article is about the magazine. ... The All-TIME 100 Greatest Albums was a list published by TIME magazine in 2006 of the greatest and most influential records ever. ... CMT can refer to: Cadmium Mercury Telluride Canal Metropolitano Televisión Catalog Management Table Certified Market Technician Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Childrens Musical Theatreworks of Fresno, California Chip Multi Threading Comision del Mercado de las Telecommunicaciones, the Spanish communications industry regulator. ...

The album features country, folk and western standards and original songs redone in popular song forms of that time, such as jazz, rock music, and R&B. Such artists covered by Charles include The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, and The Mills Brothers. Country music, the first half of Billboards country and western music category, is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. ... Folk song redirects here. ... Western music is the genres of music originating in the Western world (Europe and its former colonies) including Western classical music, American Jazz, Country and Western, pop music and rock and roll. ... For other uses, see Jazz (disambiguation). ... Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... The Everly Brothers, (Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1, 1937, Brownie, Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, Phil Everly, born Phillip Everly, January 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) are male siblings who were top-selling country-influenced rock and roll performers, best known for their steel-string guitar playing and close harmony... For other persons named Hank Williams, see Hank Williams (disambiguation). ... The Mills Brothers were an American jazz and pop vocal group of the 20th century. ...

When Charles announced he wanted to work on an album of country music, he got comments like "you're nuts" and "it'll never work". Fueled by his esteem for artistic and creative control and his power, Charles ignored the comments and recorded what became Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music with arrangements by jazz composer Gerald Wilson. Released in 1962, the album became an unlikely smash eventually reaching #1 on the Billboard pop album charts where it would stay for 12 weeks. Three of the songs ("I Can't Stop Loving You", "Born to Lose" and "You Don't Know Me") would become Top Ten hits on the pop, R&B and adult contemporary charts with the former becoming the most successful, reaching #1 and winning Charles a Grammy Award for Best R&B Male Vocal Performance. Gerald Wilson is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, composer/arranger, and educator. ... Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry. ... I Cant Stop Loving You was an international smash for legendary musician Ray Charles in 1962. ... Born to Lose could refer to the following: Born to Lose, a country song recorded by both Johnny Cash and Ray Charles Born to Lose, an english version of the Italian song Aria (by Dario Baldan Bembo) recorded by Shirley Bassey. ... You Dont Know Me is a song written and performed by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold in 1955. ... This article is about the genre of popular music. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreciated to just AC, is a type of radio format that plays mainstream and pop music, without hip-hop or rap since, as per the name, it is geared more towards adults than teens. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music...

The album would give birth to a sequel, which was equally successful, and would lead to country-soul efforts from the likes of Candi Staton and Solomon Burke. Charles will go on to record country music for Warner Bros. Records throughout most of the 1980s scoring a #1 hit on the country charts with Willie Nelson on the 1984 single, "Seven Spanish Angels" but it will be Charles' volumes of his 1962 Modern Sounds albums that is forever remembered. Information in this article or section has not been verified against sources and may not be reliable. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Warner Bros. ... Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. ...

Editorial Reviews

An African-American doing hillbilly music was not a first, nor were uptown arrangements of hillbilly songs, but here was the Genius of Soul validating the music of the white working
class, plain and simple. He was putting his own spin to it (hence the Modern Sounds),
not merely a black voice singing Gene Autry songs, investing them with pain, emotion,
and sorrow. It was an unprecedented achievement, both commercially and artistically...

—Cub Koda^[1] Michael Cub Koda (b. ...

Amazon.com essential recording

Ray Charles is the Genius of Soul, but he's always had a bit of country boy in him, too. Between playing hillbilly piano when he was a kid and landing several duets on the country charts in the '80s, Charles released this 1962 classic, taking 12 country standards and proving that great songs can remain great, no matter what the setting. Behind blaring brass and thrilling strings, Brother Ray transforms "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "Bye Bye Love" into big-band swing; "You Win Again" into the Nashville Sound; and "I Love You So Much It Hurts" into the most elegant of pop. "I Can't Stop Loving You" was the big hit, but everything else here is just as timeless and beautiful. - David Cantwell

Amazon.com

Ray broke barriers. In the '50s he invented soul by mixing the sacred and profane of black music: R&B and gospel. In 1962 he went completely crazy, interpreting classic country. It was one of his finest moments. From the start the record is an oddity. A big band pumps, female background singers rip through a chorus of "Bye Bye Love," and Ray brings high energy to the Everly Bros. teeny-bop lyrics. Some songs suffer from syrupy choir and string arrangements, but Ray is always there to set things straight. He gives country some funk, and erases, for a day, all questions of black and white. - Steve Tignor

Track listing

Side One

1. "Bye Bye Love" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) - 2:14
2. "You Don't Know Me" (Eddy Arnold & Cindy Walker) - 3:15
3. "Half as Much" (Curley Williams) - 3:27
4. "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (Floyd Tillman) - 3:35
5. "Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)" (Eddy Arnold & Zeke Clements) - 3:29
6. "Born to Lose" (Frankie Brown) - 3:15

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Side Two

1. "Worried Mind" (Ted Daffan & Jimmie Davis) - 2:55
2. "It Makes No Difference Now" (Floyd Tillman & Jimmie Davis) - 3:34
3. "You Win Again" (Hank Williams, Sr.) - 3:31
4. "Careless Love" (Ray Charles) - 4:00
5. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Don Gibson) - 4:13
6. "Hey, Good Lookin'" (Hank Williams, Sr.) - 2:13

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Reissue Tracks

Bonus tracks featured on post-1988 Rhino reissues

• "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmy Davis & Charles Mitchell) - 3:01
• "Here We Go Again" (Don Lanier & Red Steagall) - 3:18
• "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Aound Heaven)" (Haven Gillespie) - 4:21

You Are My Sunshine is a popular song first recorded about 1940. ... Dr. Charles Mitchell, Aberdonian benefactor of the University of Aberdeen after whom the Mitchell Tower (1895) is named. ... Russell (Red) Steagall (December 22, 1937 - )is a multitalented showbusiness personality whose career has covered a period of 35 years and has spanned the globe from Australia to the Middle East, to South America and to the Far East. ... That Lucky Old Sun is a popular song. ... 03:25, 26 August 2007 (UTC)68. ...

Singles

See Also

• The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
• Ray Charles discography

Promotional Book Cover The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time was the cover story of a special issue of Rolling Stone magazine published in November 2003. ... This is a listing of all the albums and singles released by R&B and soul music pioneer Ray Charles. ...

External Links

• The All-TIME 100 Albums: Modern Sounds in C & W Music
• Album article at PostModernSoundsInCountry&Western Music.com