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Before Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter,’ There Was Ray Charles’ ‘Modern Sounds’ – Though His Country Embrace Didn’t Begin or End There
Before Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter,’ There Was Ray Charles’ ‘Modern Sounds’ – Though His Country Embrace Didn’t Begin or End There
Both artists were born and reared in the South (Charles in Georgia; Bey in Texas), so country was a big part of the music of their youth. The album included “Seven Spanish Angels,” a collab with Willie Nelson, which topped Hot Country Singles that same week. Four other songs from Friendship reached the top 20: “We Didn’t See a Thing” (a collab with George Jones with Chet Atkins), “Rock and Roll Shoes” (with B.J.
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