With a theme revolving around various parts of the U.S., this concept album was Ray’s first release on the ABC/Paramount label. It reaches #9 on the pop album charts and a #1 hit single with “Georgia On My Mind,” which also won two Grammy Awards in 1960 for “Best Performance by a Pop Single Artist” and “Best Performance Single Record or Track”

Tracks

Alabamy Bound
Georgia On My Mind
Basin Street Blues
Mississippi Mud
Moonlight In Vermont
New York’s My Home
California, Here I Come
Moon Over Miami
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
Blue Hawaii
Chattanooga Choo-Choo