Tracklist

# Title Artist Rating Length
  CD 1
11 Confession Blues The Maxin Trio 2:29
22 Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand Ray Charles Trio 3:07
33 Kissa Me Baby
Ray Charles 3:07
44 It Should've Been Me Ray Charles 2:41
55 Don't You Know
Ray Charles 2:58
66 Come Back Baby Ray Charles 3:07
77 I've Got a Woman Ray Charles 2:55
88 A Fool for You
Ray Charles 3:03
99 This Little Girl of Mine Ray Charles 2:34
1010 Blackjack Ray Charles 2:21
1111 Greenbacks Ray Charles 2:52
1212 Drown in My Own Tears
Ray Charles 4 3:24
1313 Hallelujah I Love Her So
Ray Charles 2:37
1414 Lonely Avenue
Ray Charles 2:37
1515 Leave My Woman Alone Ray Charles 2:42
1616 Ain't That Love
Ray Charles 2:55
1717 Swanee River Rock Ray Charles 2:21
1818 My Bonnie
Ray Charles 4 2:48
1919 Rockhouse (Parts 1 and 2) Ray Charles 3:56
2020 (Night Time Is) The Right Time
Ray Charles 5 3:26
2121 What'd I Say (Parts 1 and 2) Ray Charles 5:07
2222 Tell the Truth Ray Charles 3:06
2323 I Believe to My Soul
Ray Charles 3:03
2424 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' Ray Charles 5:15
  CD 2
11 Let the Good Times Roll
Ray Charles 2:53
22 Come Rain or Come Shine
Ray Charles 3:43
33 Tell the Truth Ray Charles 3:28
44 Drown in My Own Tears
Ray Charles 6:25
55 I'm Movin' On Ray Charles 2:23
66 My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do) Ray Charles 3:02
77 Sticks and Stones
Ray Charles 2:15
88 I Wonder Ray Charles 2:31
99 Georgia on My Mind
Ray Charles 3.5 3:40
1010 Them That Got Ray Charles 2:51
1111 Ruby Ray Charles 3:53
1212 Hardhearted Hannah
Ray Charles 3:18
1313 I've Got News for You
Ray Charles 4:33
1414 One Mint Julep
Ray Charles 3:06
1515 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town Ray Charles 3:45
1616 Hit the Road Jack
Ray Charles 3 1:59
1717 The Danger Zone Ray Charles 2:25
1818 Unchain My Heart
Ray Charles 2:52
1919 But on the Other Hand Baby Ray Charles 3:16
2020 Baby, It's Cold Outside
Ray Charles with Betty Carter 4:12
2121 Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Ray Charles with Betty Carter 4:40
2222 At the Club Ray Charles 2:58
  CD 3
11 Hide 'Nor Hair
Ray Charles 3:11
22 I Can't Stop Loving You
Ray Charles 4 4:17
33 Bye, Bye, Love
Ray Charles 2:12
44 Born to Lose
Ray Charles 3:18
55 You Don't Know Me
Ray Charles 3:16
66 You Are My Sunshine Ray Charles 3:00
77 Your Cheating Heart Ray Charles 3:36
88 Take These Chains From My Heart
Ray Charles 4 2:57
99 The Brightest Smile in Town Ray Charles 2:49
1010 Without Love (There Is Nothing) Ray Charles 3 3:35
1111 Busted Ray Charles 2:12
1212 That Lucky Old Sun
Ray Charles 4:26
1313 Ol' Man River Ray Charles 5:34
1414 Smack Dab in the Middle Ray Charles 3:21
1515 Makin' Whoopee Ray Charles 6:20
1616 Without a Song (Parts 1 and 2) Ray Charles 6:34
1717 The Cincinnati Kid Ray Charles 2:25
1818 Crying Time
Ray Charles 4 2:58
1919 Let's Go Get Stoned
Ray Charles 3:02
2020 I Chose to Sing the Blues Ray Charles 2:31
2121 Together Again Ray Charles 2:40
2222 I Don't Need No Doctor Ray Charles 2:32
  CD 4
11 Eleanor Rigby
Ray Charles 2:59
22 Yesterday
Ray Charles 2:47
33 Understanding Ray Charles 3:12
44 Drifting Blues Ray Charles 6:26
55 Here We Go Again
Ray Charles 3:17
66 In the Heat of the Night Ray Charles 5 2:38
77 Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You Ray Charles 2:55
88 I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Ray Charles 4:57
99 If It Wasn't for Bad Luck Ray Charles 4:59
1010 We Can Make It Ray Charles 3:45
1111 Don't Change on Me Ray Charles 3:27
1212 Feel So Bad Ray Charles 3:16
1313 Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma Ray Charles 3:44
1414 Spirit in the Dark (reprise)
Ray Charles with Aretha Franklin 8:31
1515 Booty Butt Ray Charles 4:15
1616 I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) Ray Charles 3:56
1717 Rainy Night in Georgia Ray Charles 6:15
1818 America the Beautiful Ray Charles 5:21
1919 [silence] Ray Charles 26 ms
  CD 5
11 Living for the City
Ray Charles 6:07
22 Till There Was You Ray Charles 5:50
33 Am I Blue Ray Charles 7:12
44 How Long Has This Been Going On
Ray Charles 5:25
55 The Jealous Kind Ray Charles 3 4:41
66 Is There Anyone Out There? Ray Charles 6:00
77 Don't You Love Me Anymore? Ray Charles 5:32
88 One of These Days Ray Charles 3:35
99 Seven Spanish Angels
Ray Charles with Willie Nelson 3:54
1010 We Didn't See a Thing Ray Charles with George Jones, featuring Chet Atkins 2:14
1111 Two Old Cats Like Us
Ray Charles with Hank Williams, Jr. 2:39
1212 Shake Your Tailfeather
Ray Charles with The Blues Brothers 5 2:50
1313 I'll Be Good to You Quincy Jones, featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan 4:57
1414 That's Where It's At Lou Rawls with Ray Charles 3:15
1515 A Song for You
Ray Charles 4:17
1616 Still Crazy After All These Years Ray Charles 6:24
1717 [silence] Ray Charles 26 ms

Relationships

alto saxophone:
George Dorsey (track 2.14)
Marshall Royal (tracks 2.1, 2.13)
Earle Warren (track 2.14)
Frank Wess (track 2.13)
arranger:
Ralph Burns (tracks 2.2, 2.9, 2.13)
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1.20, 2.16, 2.18)
Quincy Jones (tracks 2.1, 2.14)
Marty Paich (tracks 3.4–3.5, 3.8)
baritone saxophone:
Emmett Dennis (track 1.18)
Charlie Fowlkes (track 2.13)
Haywood Henry (track 2.14)
bass:
Joe Benjamin (US jazz bassist) (track 2.14)
Eddie Jones (US jazz double bassist) (track 2.13)
Wendell Marshall (track 2.2)
Edgar Willis (bass) (track 1.18)
composer:
Milton Ager (track 2.12)
Charles Bates (track 2.12)
Scott Bennett (track 3.12)
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1.3, 1.5, 1.8, 1.13, 1.16, 1.23)
Aretha Franklin (track 4.14)
Don Gibson (track 3.2)
Haven Gillespie (track 3.12)
Henry Glover (tracks 1.12, 2.4)
Lew Herman (track 1.20)
Frank Loesser (track 2.20)
Percy Mayfield (tracks 2.16, 3.1)
Buck Owens (track 3.18)
Doc Pomus (track 1.14)
Leon Russell (track 5.15)
Beasley Smith (track 3.12)
Titus Turner (track 2.7)
Brian Wilson (track 3.12)
Stevie Wonder (track 5.1)
Jack Yellen (track 2.12)
[traditional] (track 1.18)
George Gershwin (1928) (track 5.4)
Hoagy Carmichael (1930) (track 2.9)
Richard Rodgers (1939) (track 4.8)
Harold Arlen (1946) (track 2.2)
Don Lanier (1967) (track 4.5)
Red Steagall (1967) (track 4.5)
conductor:
Marty Paich (track 3.8)
drums:
Richie Goldberg (track 1.18)
Roy Haynes (track 2.14)
Sonny Payne (track 2.13)
engineer:
Bill Putnam (track 3.5)
Al Schmitt (track 3.8)
flute and saxophone:
Frank Wess (track 2.1)
guest lead vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (track 5.12)
guitar:
Freddie Green (track 2.13)
Sam Herman (track 2.14)
keyboard:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (track 1.18)
lead vocals:
Willie Nelson (track 5.9)
lyricist:
Ozzie Cadena (track 1.20)
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1.3, 1.5, 1.16, 1.23)
Aretha Franklin (track 4.14)
Don Gibson (track 3.2)
Haven Gillespie (track 3.12)
Henry Glover (tracks 1.12, 2.4)
Stuart Gorrell (track 2.9)
Frank Loesser (track 2.20)
Percy Mayfield (track 2.16)
Buck Owens (track 3.18)
Doc Pomus (track 1.14)
Leon Russell (track 5.15)
Titus Turner (track 2.7)
Ira Gershwin (1928) (track 5.4)
Lorenz Hart (1939) (track 4.8)
Johnny Mercer (1946) (track 2.2)
Don Lanier (1967) (track 4.5)
Red Steagall (1967) (track 4.5)
organ:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 2.13–2.14)
performer:
Blues Brothers (blues/soul revivalist band) (track 5.12)
Betty Carter (tracks 2.20–2.21)
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 5.9, 5.11–5.12)
Willie Nelson (track 5.9)
Hank Williams, Jr. (track 5.11)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 2.1–2.2, 3.5)
saxophone:
David "Fathead" Newman (track 1.18)
tenor saxophone:
Frank Foster (track 2.13)
Paul Gonsalves (track 2.1)
Budd Johnson (track 2.14)
Billy Mitchell (US jazz saxophonist) (track 2.13)
Seldon Powell (track 2.14)
Zoot Sims (US jazz saxophonist) (track 2.1)
trombone:
Jimmy Cleveland (track 2.14)
Henry Coker (track 2.13)
Urbie Green (tracks 2.13–2.14)
Al Grey (track 2.13)
Quentin Jackson (track 2.1)
Keg Johnson (track 2.14)
Melba Liston (track 2.1)
George Matthews (track 2.14)
Benny Powell (track 2.13)
trumpet:
Marcus Belgrave (tracks 1.18, 2.1)
John Frosk (track 2.14)
Phillip Guilbeau (track 2.13)
Lee Harper (track 1.18)
Thad Jones (track 2.13)
Joe Newman (tracks 2.1, 2.13)
Jimmy Nottingham (track 2.14)
Ernie Royal (track 2.1)
Clark Terry (tracks 2.1, 2.13)
Joe Wilder (track 2.14)
Eugene Young (track 2.13)
Snookie Young (track 2.1)
valve trombone:
Bob Brookmeyer (track 2.2)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (tracks 1.18, 2.1–2.2, 2.13–2.14, 3.5)
The Raelettes (track 1.18)
writer:
Boudleaux Bryant (track 3.3)
Felice Bryant (track 3.3)
Henry Glover (track 2.7)
Otha Hayes (track 5.12)
John Lennon (tracks 4.1–4.2)
Paul McCartney (tracks 4.1–4.2)
Verlie Rice (track 5.12)
Andre Williams (US rnb vocalist/musician/producer/songwriter) (track 5.12)
remasters:
You Don't Know Me (1987 dcc remaster) by Ray Charles (track 3.5)
sampled by:
Lets Go Get Stoned by Sublime (track 3.19)
ASIN:
cover recording of:
A Song for You (track 5.15)
Bye Bye Love (track 3.3)
Crying Time (track 3.18)
Drown in My Own Tears (tracks 1.12, 2.4)
Eleanor Rigby (track 4.1)
Georgia on My Mind (track 2.9)
Living for the City (track 5.1)
Shake a Tail Feather (track 5.12)
That Lucky Old Sun (track 3.12)
Yesterday (track 4.2)
live recording of:
Spirit in the Dark (track 4.14)
recording of:
A Fool for You (track 1.8)
Ain't That Love (track 1.16)
Don't You Know (track 1.5)
Hardhearted Hannah (track 2.12)
Here We Go Again (Country music standard, popularized by Ray Charles) (track 4.5)
Hide nor Hair (track 3.1)
Hit the Road Jack (track 2.16)
I Believe to My Soul (track 1.23)
Kissa Me Baby (track 1.3)
Lonely Avenue (track 1.14)
Sticks and Stones (track 2.7)