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Released: November 1961. Ray Charles Greatest Hits is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. Although many similarly titled albums would be released over the years, this was the first, and it contained many tracks previously released by ABC only as singles . The album is included in Robert Christgau 's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings ...
1971: A 25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute to Ray Charles (ABC) 1973: Ray Charles Live (Atlantic) 1978: The Tender Side of Ray Charles (Suffolk Marketing, Inc.) 1980: Heart to Heart (Endeavour) (AUS #46) [8] 1987: Ray Charles – His Greatest Hits, Volume 1/Volume 2 (DCC Compact Classics)
Ray Charles. Ray Charles Robinson Sr. (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. [a] He is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential musicians in history, and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius". Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray".
R&B, Jazz. Length. 34:06. Label. Atlantic. The Best of Ray Charles is a compilation album released in 1970 on the Atlantic Jazz label, featuring previously released instrumental (non-vocal) tracks recorded by Ray Charles between November 1956 and November 1958. The instrumental, "Rockhouse" would later be covered, as "Ray's Rockhouse" (1985 ...
from the album Jerry Lee's Greatest! " What'd I Say " (or " What I Say ") is an American rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles, released in 1959. As a single divided into two parts, it was one of the first soul songs. The composition was improvised one evening late in 1958 when Charles, his orchestra, and backup singers had played their entire ...
Ray Charles – His Greatest Hits, Volume 1/Volume 2. (1987) From the Pages of My Mind is an album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1986. [1] [2] It was Charles's final album dedicated to country music. [3] From the Pages of My Mind peaked at No. 16 on the Top Country Albums chart. [4] ". Class Reunion" was released as a single.
Anthology is the first compact disc to collect many of soul music icon Ray Charles' ABC-Paramount-era recordings. AllMusic considers it to be "the best single CD collection of Ray Charles' '60s and '70s ABC-Paramount material", while Rhino Records, the issuing label, refers to it in the liner notes as "the compact disc edition of Ray Charles' Greatest Hits", alluding to the two Rhino LPs ...
Do the Twist! with Ray Charles is a 1961 Atlantic Records compilation album of previously released Ray Charles songs. The album spent one year on the Billboard charts and peaked at number 11. In 1963, the album got a new cover and was renamed The Greatest Ray Charles. Track listing and catalog number (Atlantic 8054) remained the same.