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    • Jan 10, 1956
    Elvis Presley records "Heartbreak Hotel" during his first Nashville session, held at the Methodist Television, Radio & Film Commission. The studio date also includes his cover of Ray Charles' "I Got A Woman"
    Nov 3, 1957
    The Everly Brothers record the Ray Charles-penned "This Little Girl Of Mine"
    Jun 26, 1959
    Ray Charles records Hank Snow's "I'm Movin' On" at the Atlantic Recording Studios in New York, and gains an R&B hit
    Mar 25, 1960
    Ray Charles records Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia On My Mind" at the Capitol Studios in New York. The song later becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson
    Feb 9, 1961
    Jerry Lee Lewis records a version of Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" in the first session at the Sam Phillips Recording Studio in Nashville
    Mar 15, 1961
    Ray Charles refuses to play a segregated concert in Augusta, Georgia, costing him $757 for breach of contract. The next year, Charles crosses the seemingly segregated worlds of country and R&B with "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Mar 20, 1961
    Ray Charles severs a tendon and an artery in his left hand and requires four pints of blood. The following year he makes an unlikely impact on country music with the release of "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Apr 12, 1961
    Ray Charles wins four times at the third annual Grammy Awards. They include two honors for "Georgia On My Mind": Best Vocal Performance Single Record or Track, Male; and Best Pop Single Artist
    Jul 8, 1961
    Ray Charles is arrested in Chicago during a heroin bust. The following year, he connects country and R&B through the landmark album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
    Nov 14, 1961
    Ray Charles is arrested in Indianapolis on drug charges, after buying marijuana and heroin two days earlier. Within months, Charles will record the album "Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music"
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