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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | Books | Home » » » Ray Charles Genius & Soul: 50th Anniversary Collection - 5 CD Set | | | | | | | Description: | | Celebrate the life, career and music of Ray Charles! An extraordinary collection of 102 melodies from the undisputed maestro of rhythm and blues. Savor this brilliant showcase of Ray Charles including a unique blend of smash hits and soulful music, and complete with a full-color meticulously documented portfolio of his vivid career and music. Enjoy! | | | Features: | |
• Savor this brilliant showcase of Ray Charles including a unique blend of smash hits and soulful music, and complete with a full-color meticulously documented portfolio of his vivid career and music.
| | | Product Details: | | | Audio CD Release Date:
| September 16, 1997 | | Studio:
| Rhino / Wea | | Number Of Discs:
| 5 | | Format:
| Box set, Original recording remastered | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 27 reviews |
| | | Track Listing: | | | Disc: 1 | | | 1. | Confession Blues - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 2. | Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 3. | Kissa Me Baby - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 4. | It Should've Been Me - Ray Charles, Curtis, Memphis | | 5. | Don't You Know - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 6. | Come Back Baby - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 7. | I Got a Woman - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 8. | A Fool for You - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 9. | This Little Girl of Mine - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 10. | Blackjack - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 11. | Greenbacks - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 12. | Drown in My Own Tears - Ray Charles, Glover, Henry | | 13. | Hallelujah, I Love Her So - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 14. | Lonely Avenue - Ray Charles, Pomus, Doc | | 15. | Leave My Woman Alone - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 16. | Ain't That Love - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 17. | Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 18. | My Bonnie - Ray Charles, Traditional | | 19. | Rock House, Pts. 1-2 - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 20. | Night Time Is the Right Time - Ray Charles, Cadena, Ozzie | | 21. | What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 22. | Tell the Truth - Ray Charles, Pauling, Lowman | | 23. | I Believe to My Soul - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 24. | Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Ray Charles, Greene, Joe [1] | | | Disc: 2 | | | 1. | Let the Good Times Roll - Ray Charles, Moore, Fleecie | | 2. | Come Rain or Come Shine - Ray Charles, Arlen, Harold | | 3. | Tell the Truth [Live] - Ray Charles, Pauling, Lowman | | 4. | Drown in My Own Tears [Live] - Ray Charles, Glover, Henry | | 5. | I'm Movin' On - Ray Charles, Snow, Hank | | 6. | My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do) - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 7. | Sticks and Stones - Ray Charles, Glover, Henry | | 8. | I Wonder - Ray Charles, Gant, Cecil | | 9. | Georgia on My Mind - Ray Charles, Carmichael, Hoagy | | 10. | Them That Got - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 11. | Ruby - Ray Charles, Parish, Mitchell | | 12. | Hard Hearted Hannah - Ray Charles, Ager, Milton | | 13. | I've Got News for You - Ray Charles, Alfred, Ray | | 14. | One Mint Julep - Ray Charles, Toombs, Rudy | | 15. | I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town - Ray Charles, Razaf, Andy | | 16. | Hit the Road Jack - Ray Charles, Mayfield, Percy | | 17. | Danger Zone - Ray Charles, Mayfield, Percy | | 18. | Unchain My Heart - Ray Charles, Powell, Teddy | | 19. | But on the Other Hand Baby - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 20. | Baby, It's Cold Outside - Ray Charles, Loesser, Frank | | 21. | Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye - Ray Charles, Porter, Cole | | 22. | At the Club - Ray Charles, Mayfield, Percy | | | Disc: 3 | | | 1. | Hide nor Hair - Ray Charles, Mayfield, Percy | | 2. | I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles, Gibson, Don | | 3. | Bye Bye Love - Ray Charles, Bryant, Boudleaux | | 4. | Born to Lose - Ray Charles, Brown, Frankie | | 5. | You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles, Arnold, Eddy | | 6. | You Are My Sunshine - Ray Charles, Davis, Jimmie | | 7. | Your Cheatin' Heart - Ray Charles, Williams, Hank [1] | | 8. | Take These Chains from My Heart - Ray Charles, Heath, Hy | | 9. | The Brightest Smile in Town - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 10. | Without Love (There Is Nothing) - Ray Charles, Small, Danny | | 11. | Busted - Ray Charles, Howard, Harlan | | 12. | That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) - Ray Charles, Gillespie, Haven | | 13. | Ol' Man River - Ray Charles, Hammerstein, Oscar | | 14. | Smack Dab in the Middle - Ray Charles, Calhoun, Chuck | | 15. | Makin' Whoopee - Ray Charles, Donaldson, Walter | | 16. | Without a Song, Pts. 1 & 2 - Ray Charles, Eliscu, Edward | | 17. | The Cincinnati Kid - Ray Charles, Cochran, Dorcas | | 18. | Crying Time - Ray Charles, Owens, Buck | | 19. | Let's Go Get Stoned - Ray Charles, Armstead, Joseph | | 20. | I Chose to Sing the Blues - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 21. | Together Again - Ray Charles, Owens, Buck | | 22. | I Don't Need No Doctor - Ray Charles, Armstead, Jo | | | Disc: 4 | | | 1. | Eleanor Rigby - Ray Charles, Lennon, John | | 2. | Yesterday - Ray Charles, Lennon, John | | 3. | Understanding - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 4. | Driftin' Blues - Ray Charles, Brown, Charles [1] | | 5. | Here We Go Again - Ray Charles, Lanier, Don | | 6. | In the Heat of the Night - Ray Charles, Bergman, Alan | | 7. | Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You - Ray Charles, Razaf, Andy | | 8. | I Didn't Know What Time It Was - Ray Charles, Hart, Lorenz | | 9. | If It Wasn't for Bad Luck - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 10. | We Can Make It - Ray Charles, Lewis, Jimmy [Soul] | | 11. | Don't Change on Me - Ray Charles, Holiday, Jimmy | | 12. | Feel So Bad - Ray Charles, Johnson, James [11] | | 13. | Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma - Ray Charles, Melanie [1] | | 14. | Spirit in the Dark (Reprise) - Ray Charles, Franklin, Aretha | | 15. | Booty-Butt - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 16. | I Can Make It Thru the Day (But Oh Those Lonely Nights) - Ray Charles, Charles, Ray [1] | | 17. | Rainy Night in Georgia - Ray Charles, White, Tony Joe | | 18. | America the Beautiful - Ray Charles, Bates, Katherine Le | | | Disc: 5 | | | 1. | Living for the City - Ray Charles, Wonder, Stevie | | 2. | Till There Was You - Ray Charles, Willson, Meredith | | 3. | Am I Blue - Ray Charles, Akst, Harry | | 4. | How Long Has This Been Going On? - Ray Charles, Gershwin, George | | 5. | The Jealous Kind - Ray Charles, Guidry, Robert | | 6. | Is There Anyone Out There? - Ray Charles, Fletcher, Guy [Keyb | | 7. | Don't You Love Me Anymore - Ray Charles, Roberts, Bruce | | 8. | One of These Days - Ray Charles, Manilow, Barry | | 9. | Seven Spanish Angels - Ray Charles, Seals, Troy | | 10. | We Didn't See a Thing - Ray Charles, Gentry, Gary | | 11. | Two Old Cats Like Us - Ray Charles, Seals, Troy | | 12. | Shake a Tail Feather - Ray Charles, Judie, Tyree | | 13. | I'll Be Good to You - Ray Charles, Johnson, George [2] | | 14. | That's Where It's At - Ray Charles, Alexander, James W. | | 15. | A Song for You - Ray Charles, Russell, Leon | | 16. | Still Crazy After All These Years - Ray Charles, Simon, Paul | |
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Ray Charles fused gospel with r&b to create soulAug 04, 2010
Ray Charles was one of the greatest soul/r&b artists of all time, and the most famous blind musician of all time. No other blind artist has contributed so much to the music industry with so little to start with. Ray Charles also inspired many future soul performers like Stevie Wonder, Al Green, and even Otis Redding. Ray started off as a small time blues performer in the late 40s, who was putting all his talents and time to make a name for himself so he could make a living off the only thing he stood a chance at doing, since he was blind and black, he wasn't able to get hired for most decent paying jobs. During the early/mid 50s, Ray Charles started writing his own songs, and would mainly sing gospel/blues and even a little jazz. Ray was pretty much unknown at this time, and mainly did a lot of experimenting with his songs and style. In 1959, Ray Charles produced his first billboard hit and top seller, What'd I Say, which is arguably his best and most famous original song aside from Hit the Road. Ray Charles not only made history by being the first blind performer to sell over a million records, but also helped open the gates for future soul performers, which would lead to many black singers and soul artists like Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, and James Brown to dominate the early 60s. Ray Charles is backed up by some of the best woman singers, who emphasize the vocals on Charle's songs with their perfect harmonies. Charles also uses so much power and emotion in his singing, and goes perfectly with his piano riffs. During the 1960s, Charles became more famous with many top hits, and covering many different varieties of music from pop, to r&b, to gospel, to soul, Ray could play it all with such professionalism and soul. He even continued to play and tour until his death in 2004, and unfortunatly, I didn't realize Charles was such a musical genius until earlier this year after first hearing What'd I Say and falling in love.
Anyways, this box set is the best collection of the musical genius I've ever seen. A good variety of his earlier gospel and blues songs are here including his rare first record, Confession Blues. Of course we also get his big hits from the 60s, which is the bulk of this collection since the second, third, and even some of the fourth CDs span Charles most successful decade. It just contains the best and most wide variety of the many genres Ray Charles covered, which helped Charles become recognized as one of the biggest names in the music industry. For a blind man, Charles could play piano better than most at the time, and could sure sing from his soul. You will not get this great variety on any single CD compilation or even on any 2 disc CD set, only a 5 disc box set can truly cover the many different styles and brilliant songs Charles performed over 6 decades, which include a few live performances. Even 5 discs constrain the career of Charles a little, but with this box set, you truly get to hear how Charles started off as a soulful blues performer, to a pop sensation in the 60s. It also contains a little history on the man, although he made many mistakes in the past, Charles did lead an interesting life, although he may have been unfaithful and made poor life decisions. Despite this, it didn't stop Charles from making history, and What'd I Say as well as Hit the Road Jack defiantly have become 2 of my all time favorite songs.
Ray rocks from the UKApr 10, 2010
The collection was in excellent condition with the cellophane still on it. It came promptly
and I am enjoying having all of my favorite songs together. I would order from them again.
The 50th Anniversary Collection really represents the best of Ray with some inclusions that were most enlightening.
Gotta love RayNov 07, 2009
This is a wonderful collection of Ray's music. My only complaint is that it could have been twice as many songs (and yes, I'd have paid more)! It's just so great to hear the genuis of Ray come through on the slightly country, Here We Go Again, or the fun and spritely, At The Club, the big band sound of Smack Dab In The Middle, the classic (Night Time Is) The Right Time, Spirit In The Dark (Reprise), what can I say about that performance, and who isn't be moved by America The Beautiful. I could list virtually every title in this collection and call it a 'WINNER'. Makin' Whoopee just came up as I'm writing this, and man, the groove, the soul, the rhythm, Ray's ability to take you along with him as he slides and glides, wow, it's remarkable. Ray's musicianship is simply extraordinary!
If you love Ray, no, even if you just appreciate Ray, this is a must have. If you don't know his music, well, it's high time that you too, 'discover Ray Charles'.
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ExcellentNov 02, 2008
I bought this collection mostly because I was unable to find this one song available as a download. I already had a couple of Ray's cd's. But I wanted Understanding. This collection is incredible. There are some great photos and stories in the book included. Very happy purchase
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection - Ray CharlesJan 23, 2008
If you are a Ray Charles fan you will love this CD set. It includes his earlier works, favorites that everyone knows and is just a great CD. My ex-husband has our set, and I ordered my own set.
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