The significance of Ray Charles' landmark two-volume Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music albums cannot be overlooked. They are proof that great country music is malleable, and open to interpretation.

Volume 1, released in April of 1962, quickly became one of the best-selling albums recorded by a Black musician of the time, as well as one of the best-selling country albums. It topped the Billboard Pop Album Chart and spawned four hit singles, including “I Can’t Stop Loving” which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, and the Adult Contemporary Charts, was nominated for Record Of The Year, and won the GRAMMY for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording at the 5th Annual Grammy Awards in 1963. “You Don’t Know Me” met with similar success.

Ray Charles remains the first and only Black performer to earn a GRAMMY Award and a number one Billboard Pop Chart hit with a country and western song as he did with “l Can’t Stop Loving You.” Relive these groundbreaking songs like you've never heard them before.