Ray Charles News: Ray Charles Road Album Gets Dusted Off

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The first album Ray Charles recorded after leaving Atlantic was an album of songs about US destinations.

The 1960 album ‘The Genius Hits The Road’ is about to be re-released with an additional six bonus tracks.

Songs from the album included ‘Georgia On My Mind’, ‘Alabamy Bound’, ‘California Here I Come’, Blue Hawaii and ‘Deep In The Heart of Texas’.

The album was produced by the late Sid Feller who once said “This was the first album we made together. (Ray) wanted to do songs either about states or cities. A lot of the material he knew himself. He’d give me some titles...