It's 1962. Ray Charles is several albums into his deal with ABC-Paramount. It's one of the greatest deals a musician has ever received from a label, but Ray is not satisfied. You see, he doesn't like the notion that his songs should be segregated into R&B charts and put in a separate category than Country. After all, they both sing from the soul about heart ache and sadness and have a lot in common. Despite some initial opposition from his management, Ray pushed forward to make a crossover record in the midst of a civil rights movement that was in full force. This album took the radio by storm. They were playing it on R&B stations, Country stations, black stations, white stations--and it went straight to number one on the charts, his first album ever to do that.
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