Ray Charles hated labels. He avoided calling the music he created any certain genre. He was pulling from gospel, jazz, rhythm & blues, pop, blues, country and western, soul, and boogie-woogie. Brother Ray was playing with some of the best musicians of his time: Oscar Pettiford, Skeeter Best, Billy Mitchell, Connie Kay, Kenny Burrell, Percy […]
The post The Story Behind “Hallelujah, I Love Her So” by Ray Charles and Why It Was Able to Cross Over appeared first on American Songwriter.