Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two

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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2 cover
Cover album by Ray Charles
Released October 1962
Recorded 1962
Genre R&B/Soul
Country soul
Length 34:15
Label ABC-Paramount 435
Producer Ray Charles, Sid Feller
Professional reviews
Ray Charles chronology
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
(1962)		 Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2
(1962)		 Hallelujah I Love Her So
(1962)

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. It is the second volume of country and western recordings by Ray Charles following his landmark debut on ABC Records.

Following the surprising success of Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music Vol 1, an album of country music covers, which sold over a million copies, Charles and producer Sid Feller decided to do a follow-up. Unlike the previous album, where slow and fast tracks more or less alternated, this one features one side performed by The Ray Charles Big Band with the Raelettes, while the other side is with a string section and the whitebread backing singers from the first album.

The album has not yet been reissued on CD, but is featured on The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 Box Set which also features the first C & W volume and many of Charles' later country recordings.


Contents

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[edit] Side one

Side one consists of big band tracks arranged by Gerald Wilson

  1. "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell) - 3:01
  2. "No Letter Today" (Ted Daffan) - 3:01
  3. "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" (James Hodges) - 2:41
  4. "Don't Tell Me Your Troubles" (Don Gibson) - 2:07
  5. "Midnight" (Boudleaux Bryant, Chet Atkins) - 3:17
  6. "Oh, Lonesome Me" (Don Gibson) - 2:10

[edit] Side two

Side two consists of strings/choir tracks arranged by Marty Paich

  1. "Take These Chains from My Heart" (Fred Rose, Hy Heath) - 2:57
  2. "Your Cheating Heart" (Hank Williams) - 3:35
  3. "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" (Fred Rose, Hy Heath) - 2:20
  4. "Making Believe" (Jimmy Work) - 2:52
  5. "Teardrops in My Heart" (Vaughn Horton) - 3:04
  6. "Hang Your Head in Shame" (Fred Rose, Edward Nelson, Steve Nelson) - 3:16


[edit] Singles

Chart Information
Catalog No. Song R&B Pop
ABC 10375 “You Are My Sunshine” #1 #7
ABC 10435 “No Letter Today” #105
ABC 10435 “Take These Chains from My Heart” #7 #8
ABC 10375 “Your Cheating Heart” #23 #29
ABC 10481 “Your Cheating Heart” #102

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