Ray Charles
Ray Charles
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- The Basics
There's a reason Ray Charles was known as "Genius": He could take any kind of song, from country to blues to jazz to soul — a genre which, by the way, he more or less invented — and make it his own. Don't believe us? Just listen to these three chart-topping hits from across his career. Not only did he reinvent Hoagy Carmichael's pop standard "Georgia On My Mind," but the state of Georgia adopted Ray's version as its official song. Across the border in Tennessee, Ray completely retooled country music with the beery heartache of "I Can't Stop Loving You." And who could possibly ignore Ray's trademark growl, pleading his case while the Raelettes run him out of town in the sad-bastard soul of "Hit the Road Jack"?
In Next Steps, we discover how genius loves company, especially in the studio.$20.52 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Mono Version) Ray Charles 5:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Unchain My Heart Ray Charles 2:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 I Got a Woman Ray Charles 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Hallelujah, I Love Her So Ray Charles 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Night Time Is the Right Time Ray Charles 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Busted Ray Charles with Willie Nelson 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles 2:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Seven Spanish Angels (with Ray Charles) Ray Charles 3:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 I'll Be Good to You Chaka Khan, Quincy Jones & Ray Charles 4:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Baby Grand (duet with Ray Charles) Billy Joel 4:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 That Lucky Old Sun Ray Charles 4:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Drown In My Own Tears Ray Charles 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Come Rain or Come Shine Ray Charles 3:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 America the Beautiful Ray Charles with Alicia Keys 2:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Hide Nor Hair Ray Charles 3:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 In the Heat of the Night (feat. Ray Charles) Quincy Jones 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 I Believe to My Soul Ray Charles 3:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 A Fool for You Ray Charles 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes Total: 18 Songs - Next Steps
Ray was plenty good just by himself, but his mere presence elevated other artists beyond their A-game. Billy Joel, who even gave his daughter her middle name in Ray's honor, said that working with Charles in "Baby Grand (duet with Ray Charles)" was like "an evangelical event." How can you possibly do justice to the recorded-a-zillion-times, Academy Award®-winning tune that the Recording Industry Association of America named "Song of the Century"? Simple: just pair two pop legends, Johnny Mathis and Ray Charles, in a sandpaper-over-velvet duet on "Over The Rainbow." And, finally, the cautiously kittenish Betty Carter tries — almost desperately — to maintain her cool as Charles' sunglassed tomcat turns up the steam heat in "Baby It's Cold Outside."
In Deep Cuts, Ray covers songs by performers who grew up listening to . . . Ray.$13.38 Next Steps
Name Time Price 1 Don't You Know 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Greenbacks 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 3 Rockhouse, Pts. 1 & 2 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Lonely Avenue 2:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Hard Times 4:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 6 Leave My Woman Alone 2:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Tell the Truth (Live at Herdon Version) 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 It Should've Been Me 2:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 I Don't Need No Doctor 2:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 Let the Good Times Roll 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Two Old Cats Like Us 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 12 Songs - Deep Cuts
While latter-day pop stars ravage the Great American Songbook for material, Ray Charles always had his ears finely tuned to what was going on around him, as we'll hear in our Deep Cuts. The stately bigness of Lennon-McCartney's "The Long and Winding Road" gets a much-needed booster shot of soul, as Ray bends the backing orchestra to his vocal will, always in command, never overpowered. His funk-fortified electric piano snarls while the wah-wacka-wah guitar lays down a greasy groove on Stevie Wonder's "Living for the City," but you gotta skip to about three-and-a-half-minutes in, just to hear Ray in full-blown Pentecostal preacher mode, ticking off a list of all the things that tick him off. And what better way to cap Mr. Charles' incredible career than his sentimental-but-not-schmaltzy reflection on days gone by, in the last-call-nightcap of Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years."
$13.38 Deep Cuts
Name Artist Time Price 1 Ain't That Love Ray Charles 2:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 We Didn't See A Thing Ray Charles 2:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 I'm Movin' On (Stereo Version) Ray Charles 2:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 4 Spirit In the Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles) [Live February 7, 1971] Aretha Franklin 8:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 5 Just for a Thrill Ray Charles 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Mary Ann Ray Charles 2:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 Don't Set Me Free Ray Charles 2:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 8 Come Back Ray Charles 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 Yes Indeed Ray Charles 2:17 $0.99 View In iTunes 10 That's Where It's At Lou Rawls 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 11 Mess Around Ray Charles 2:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 12 Confession Blues Ray Charles & The Maxin Trio 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 12 Songs - Complete Set
Sinatra said it, we believe it, and that settles it: Ray Charles was "the only true genius in the business." For more than half a century, the genius moniker stuck to Ray like a shadow, as he dominated pop music in a way that no one else ever will: #1 hits in pop, R&B, and country; 17 GRAMMYS®; countless sold-out concerts. And, oh yeah, he pretty much invented soul. The hits rolled out like a Baptist church congregation when the sermon's done: "Georgia On My Mind." "I Can't Stop Loving You." "Hit the Road Jack." Heck, he even had a hit with "America the Beautiful." And in his final parting gift of the Genius Loves Company album, released just a few short weeks after he passed, Ray went out in a manner befitting his particular genius: at the top of the charts, and forever in our hearts.
$47.28 Complete Set
Name Artist Time Price 1 What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Mono Version) Ray Charles 5:04 $1.29 View In iTunes 2 Unchain My Heart Ray Charles 2:46 $0.99 View In iTunes 3 I Got a Woman Ray Charles 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 4 Hallelujah, I Love Her So Ray Charles 2:36 $1.29 View In iTunes 5 Night Time Is the Right Time Ray Charles 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 6 Busted Ray Charles with Willie Nelson 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes 7 This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles 2:32 $1.29 View In iTunes 8 Seven Spanish Angels (with Ray Charles) Ray Charles 3:50 $1.29 View In iTunes 9 I'll Be Good to You Chaka Khan, Quincy Jones & Ray Charles 4:54 $1.29 View In iTunes 10 Baby Grand (duet with Ray Charles) Billy Joel 4:03 $0.99 View In iTunes 11 That Lucky Old Sun Ray Charles 4:22 $0.99 View In iTunes 12 Drown In My Own Tears Ray Charles 3:21 $1.29 View In iTunes 13 Come Rain or Come Shine Ray Charles 3:41 $0.99 View In iTunes 14 America the Beautiful Ray Charles with Alicia Keys 2:58 $0.99 View In iTunes 15 Hide Nor Hair Ray Charles 3:11 $0.99 View In iTunes 16 In the Heat of the Night (feat. Ray Charles) Quincy Jones 2:33 $0.99 View In iTunes 17 I Believe to My Soul Ray Charles 3:02 $0.99 View In iTunes 18 A Fool for You Ray Charles 3:02 $1.29 View In iTunes 19 Don't You Know Ray Charles 2:57 $1.29 View In iTunes 20 Greenbacks Ray Charles 2:51 $1.29 View In iTunes 21 Rockhouse, Pts. 1 & 2 Ray Charles 3:53 $0.99 View In iTunes 22 Lonely Avenue Ray Charles 2:35 $1.29 View In iTunes 23 Hard Times Ray Charles 4:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 24 Leave My Woman Alone Ray Charles 2:40 $0.99 View In iTunes 25 Tell the Truth (Live at Herdon Version) Ray Charles 3:11 $1.29 View In iTunes 26 It Should've Been Me Ray Charles 2:44 $1.29 View In iTunes 27 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying Ray Charles 3:42 $0.99 View In iTunes 28 I Don't Need No Doctor Ray Charles 2:32 $0.99 View In iTunes 29 Let the Good Times Roll Ray Charles 2:56 $0.99 View In iTunes 30 Two Old Cats Like Us Ray Charles 2:35 $0.99 View In iTunes 31 Ain't That Love Ray Charles 2:53 $1.29 View In iTunes 32 We Didn't See A Thing Ray Charles 2:12 $0.99 View In iTunes 33 I'm Movin' On (Stereo Version) Ray Charles 2:21 $0.99 View In iTunes 34 Spirit In the Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles) [Live February 7, 1971] Aretha Franklin 8:38 $0.99 View In iTunes 35 Just for a Thrill Ray Charles 3:28 $1.29 View In iTunes 36 Mary Ann Ray Charles 2:47 $0.99 View In iTunes 37 Don't Set Me Free Ray Charles 2:37 $0.99 View In iTunes 38 Come Back Ray Charles 3:06 $1.29 View In iTunes 39 Yes Indeed Ray Charles 2:17 $0.99 View In iTunes 40 That's Where It's At Lou Rawls 3:15 $1.29 View In iTunes 41 Mess Around Ray Charles 2:40 $1.29 View In iTunes 42 Confession Blues Ray Charles & The Maxin Trio 2:31 $0.99 View In iTunes Total: 42 Songs
Customer Reviews
georgia on my mind
where the hell is georgia on my mind?
I Can't Stop Loving You
Where can one buy this song?
Great Collection
hdc9522, I'm a little dissappointed that you did not know that Ray was sued for Georgia on my Mind because he didn't play in front of a segregated crowd in Georgia. Banning him from Georgia (I think my research could be off) and if you were to simply type it into your search bar in the top right corner. you would also notice that it is nowhere on iTunes. Buy the vinyl record and then I think you'll be graced with the sweet sounds of Georgia On My Mind.
