CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Ray Charles' "The Genius Hits the Road" Reissued, Features "Georgia on My Mind"

Album about American cities and states charted for 50 weeks. Chart-topper “Hit the Road Jack” leads off the bonus tracks. When Ray Charles left Atlantic Records for ABC-Paramount, his first move was to gather up a dozen vintage songs about U.S. destinations. The resulting album, The Genius Hits the Road, in turn gave Charles his first No. 1 hit, a soulful reading of Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia On My Mind." The album, which also contains such travel songs as "Alabamy Bound," "Calif...

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