Ray Charles's cover of Don Gibson's I Can't Stop Loving You reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained there for five weeks, making it one of the biggest hits of 1962. It also went to #1 on the Billboard R&B Singles, Adult Contemporary, and the UK Singles Chart.
Billboard ranked it the #2 song for 1962. Rolling Stone ranked it as #164 of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. CMT ranked it as #49 on the 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.
Ray Charles won the Grammy Award for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording in 1963.
