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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music cover
Cover album by Ray Charles
ReleasedApril 1962
Recorded1961-1962
GenreR&B/Soul
Country soul
Length39:33
LabelABC-Paramount
410
ProducerRay Charles, Sid Feller
Professional reviews
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)

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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. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Western music is the genres of Music originating in the Western world (Europe and its former colonies including Western classical music, American Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Such artists covered by Charles include The Everly Brothers, Hank Williams, and The Mills Brothers. The Everly Brothers ( Don Everly, born Isaac Donald Everly February 1 1937 Brownie Muhlenberg County, Kentucky Hank Williams ( September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who has The Mills Brothers were a major African-American Jazz and pop vocal Quartet of the 20th century producing more than 2000 recordings that sold

When Charles announced he wanted to work on an album of country music, he received 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. Gerald Stanley Wilson is an American Jazz trumpeter big band bandleader Composer / Arranger, and educator 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. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry 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. " I Can't Stop Loving You " is a Popular song written and composed by country singer songwriter and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December " You Don't Know Me " is a song written by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold in 1955 and recorded by Arnold that year Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure Adult contemporary music, frequently abbreviated AC, refers to styles of popular music that ranges from "lush Sixties pop often vocal -based and rooted in The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences

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. Candi Staton (pronounced ˈsteɪtən born Canzetta Maria Staton on 13 March 1943 in Hanceville, Alabama) is an American Solomon Burke (born March 21 1940) is an American Grammy Award -winning Singer / Songwriter. Charles went 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 is Charles' volumes of his 1962 Modern Sounds albums that is most well-known. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. Willie Nelson (born April 30, 1933) is an American country Singer-songwriter and Actor.

Contents

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

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. " Bye Bye Love " is a popular Song written by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant and published in 1957. Felice Bryant ( August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Boudleaux Bryant ( February 13, " You Don't Know Me " is a song written by Cindy Walker and Eddy Arnold in 1955 and recorded by Arnold that year Richard Edward Arnold (known as Eddy Arnold) ( May 15, 1918  &ndash May 8, 2008) was an American Country music Cindy Walker ( July 20, 1918 - March 23, 2006) was an American singer/songwriter and dancer " Half as Much " is an American pop standard written by Curley Williams in 1951. Floyd Tillman ( 8 December 1914 – 22 August 2003) was a Country musician who in the 1930s-40s helped create the Western swing James Houston Davis ( September 11, 1899 - November 5, 2000) better known as Jimmie Davis, was a noted Singer of both sacred Hank Williams ( September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American Singer-songwriter and Musician who has " I Can't Stop Loving You " is a Popular song written and composed by country singer songwriter and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December Donald Eugene Gibson ( April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American Songwriter " Hey Good Lookin' " is a 1951 Song written and recorded by Hank Williams, and his version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame ) - 2:13

Reissue Tracks

Bonus tracks featured on post-1988 Rhino reissues

Chart positions

Album

YearChartPosition
1962Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) (mono and stereo)1

Singles

Catalog No. " You Are My Sunshine " is a popular Song first recorded about 1940. Dr Charles Mitchell ( 1820 - August 22, 1895) was a prolific rent boy in the first six months of 2008 Russell ("Red" Steagall (born December 22, 1937) is a multitalented showbusiness personality whose career has covered a period of 35 years and has spanned " That Lucky Old Sun " is a 1949 popular Song with music by Beasley Smith and words by Haven Gillespie. James Lamont "Haven" Gillespie (born February 6 1888 in Covington (KY died March 14 1975 was a Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist SongR&BPop
ABC 10345“You Don't Know Me”#5#2
ABC 10330“Born to Lose”#41
ABC 10345“Careless Love”#60
ABC 10330“I Can't Stop Loving You”#1#1

See Also

External Links

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West Side Story (soundtrack)
by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim		Billboard 200 number-one album (mono)
June 23 - September 28, 1962		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
West Side Story (soundtrack)
by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim		Billboard 200 number-one album (stereo)
June 23 - June 29, 1962		Succeeded by
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