Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a landmark 1962 album by Ray Charles that fused country songs with soul, jazz, and pop arrangements, greatly expanding the appeal and boundaries of country music.

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instanceOf concept album
studio album
arrangementStyle big band arrangements
orchestral arrangements
artist Ray Charles
certification Gold (RIAA)
chartPositionUSBillboard200 1
chartPositionUSCountryAlbums 1
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
coverArtFeatures portrait of Ray Charles
criticalReception acclaimed
describedAs genre-crossing album
landmark album
era early 1960s popular music
expandedAudienceFor country music
followedBy Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music self-linksurface differs
surface form: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
genre country
jazz
pop
rhythm and blues
soul
hasPart Born to Lose
Bye Bye Love
Careless Love
Half as Much
Hey, Good Lookin'
I Can't Stop Loving You
It Makes No Difference
surface form: It Makes No Difference Now

Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way)
Worried Mind
You Don't Know Me
You Win Again
includedInList Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
influencedGenre country music
pop music
soul music
labelCatalogNumber ABC-410
language English
mainSingle I Can't Stop Loving You
notableFor breaking racial and genre barriers in popular music
fusion of country with soul, jazz, and pop
originalFormat vinyl LP
performer Ray Charles
precededBy Genius + Soul = Jazz
producer Sid Feller
recordedIn 1962
recordLabel ABC Records
surface form: ABC-Paramount Records
releaseDate 1962-04-01
releaseYear 1962

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Ray Charles notableAlbum Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music followedBy Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two