VINYL OF THE WEEK📀 #24: RAY CHARLES - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Released: 1 April 1962

This week’s Vinyl of the Week episode features the ICON the LEGEND RAY CHARLES and his 1962 effort Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music released via ABC-Paramount.

HALT – if you’re expecting “Georgia” Ray Charles. While Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music features a bit of Ray‘s signature Blues, it is a contemporary-styled LP inspired by the waltz and foxtrot dancehalls of the time.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a field trip to the recent past!

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