Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vols. 1 & 2 are being reissued via Concord Records February 22nd, 2019, and will be released digitally and on CD, as well as on vinyl, with a 180-gram ...

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When Ray Charles entered the studio to record Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music in 1962, the singer was already an established hitmaker. In his work for Atlantic Records between 1952 and ...

Ray Charles is best known for recording hit soul and R&B songs. His album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, recorded in the 60s, spent 14 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard pop albums chart.

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 ...

For 90 years, mainstream country music and the PRCA have never intersected in Nashville. That's about to change. Music City Rodeo arrives in Nashville amid western revival in country music ...

Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 1 & 2 is due out Feb. 22 on Concord Music Group. Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you ...