"Crying Time" was a one-off single released in 1966 on the Discos Cada label, his only release for the label. The song, a country-soul tune, would be his last original composition to reach the Top 40.
- The song was a departure from his recent work on ABC Records.
- It was released as a single and not part of a larger album project.
- It reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot R&B chart and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Ray Charles is a singer, songwriter, and pianist whose blend of blues, jazz, gospel, and R&B, which he termed soul music, had a profound impact on popular music. He first achieved mainstream success in the mid-1950s with a string of groundbreaking recordings for Atlantic Records.
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