Essential Ray Charles, The Very Best of the Early Years

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go)
recording of:
I Love You, I Love You (I Will Never Let You Go)
writer:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter)
2:41
2Confession Blues
recording of:
Confession Blues
lyricist and composer:
R. C. Robinson (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:32
3Alone in the City
recording of:
Alone in the City
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:57
4Can Anyone Ask for More?
recording of:
Can Anyone Ask for More
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:50
5Let’s Have a Ball
recording of:
Let's Have a Ball (Here I Am)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:33
6Rockin’ Chair Blues
recording of:
Rockin’ Chair Blues
lyricist and composer:
William York
2:47
7If I Give You My Love
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
cover recording of:
If I Give You My Love (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
William York
2:38
8Can’t You See Darling?
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
recording of:
Can’t You See Darling (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
William York
2:38
9How Long Blues
cover recording of:
How Long, How Long Blues
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:36
10Blues Before Sunrise
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
cover recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:49
11A Sentimental Blues
cover recording of:
A Sentimental Blues
lyricist and composer:
William York
32:26
12You Always Miss the Water (When the Well Runs Dry)
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
recording of:
You’ll Always Miss the Water (When the Well Runs Dry) (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Rod Andre
42:49
13Ain’t That Fine
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
recording of:
Ain’t That Fine (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Betty Hall Jones
2:17
14Don’t Pull All Your Dreams in One Basket
recording of:
Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket
writer:
Betty Hall Jones and Dorinda Morgan
2:51
15Sitting on Top of the World
recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher)
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
cover recording of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
writer:
Lonnie Carter and Walter Vinson (performance name for Walter Vinson)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd., E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.) and Mayfair Music Corp.
2:17
16I’ve Had My Fun (Going Down Slow)
cover recording of:
I've Had My Fun
lyricist and writer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
arranger:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
is based on:
Goin’ Down Slow
2:43
17C.C. Rider
2:35
18What Have I Done?
recording of:
What Have I Done
lyricist, writer and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:31

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ASIN:UK: B000E5N5HG [info]