The Genius of Ray Charles

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Tracklist

# Title Rating Length
  CD 1
11 Let the Good Times Roll
2:54
22 It Had to Be You
2:45
33 Alexander's Ragtime Band
2:54
44 Two Years of Torture
3:26
55 When Your Lover Has Gone
2:52
66 'Deed I Do
2:28
77 Just for a Thrill
3:26
88 You Won't Let Me Go
3:22
99 Tell Me You'll Wait for Me
3:25
1010 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
4 3:47
1111 Am I Blue
3:40
1212 Come Rain or Come Shine
3:39

Relationships

alto saxophone:
Marshall Royal (tracks 1–6)
arranger:
Ralph Burns (tracks 7–12)
Quincy Jones (tracks 1–6)
bass:
Wendell Marshall (tracks 7–12)
composer:
Irving Berlin (1911) (track 3)
Harold Arlen (1946) (track 12)
flute and saxophone:
Frank Wess (tracks 1–6)
lyricist:
Irving Berlin (1911) (track 3)
Johnny Mercer (1946) (track 12)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1–12)
tenor saxophone:
Paul Gonsalves (tracks 1–6)
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (tracks 2, 4–5)
David "Fathead" Newman (tracks 1–6)
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (tracks 1, 3, 6)
trombone:
Quentin Jackson (tracks 1–6)
Melba Liston (tracks 1–6)
trumpet:
Marcus Belgrave (tracks 1–6)
Joe Newman (tracks 1–6)
Ernie Royal (tracks 1–6)
Clark Terry (tracks 1–6)
Snookie Young (tracks 1–6)
valve trombone:
Bob Brookmeyer (tracks 7–12)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1–12)
cover recording of:
Alexander's Ragtime Band (track 3)
Come Rain or Come Shine (track 12)