40 Greatest Hits: The Very Best of Ray Charles

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  I’ve Got a Woman
  2:55
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Kissa Me Baby
  3:06
• 3
  The Midnight Hour
  3:00
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Mess Around
  2:40
  3.0 ★
• 5
  It Should’ve Been Me
  2:41
• 6
  Don’t You Know
  2:58
• 7
  Losing Hand
  3:12
• 8
  Comeback Baby
  3:07
• 9
  A Fool for You
  3:03
• 10
  This Little Girl of Mine
  2:33
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Black Jack
  2:20
• 12
  Greenbacks
  2:52
• 13
  Mary Ann
  2:47
• 14
  Drown in My Own Tears
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 15
  What Should I Do Without You
  2:36
• 16
  Hallelujah I Love Her So
  2:36
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Lonely Avenue
  2:36
• 18
  Leave My Woman Alone
  2:41
• 19
  Ain’t That Love
  2:54
• 20
  It’s Alright
  2:15
• CD 2
• 1
  (Night Time Is) The Right Time
  3:25
  5.0 ★
• 2
  Swanee River Rock
  2:21
• 3
  My Bonnie
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2
  3:56
• 5
  What’d I Say, Parts 1 & 2
  5:07
  4.5 ★
• 6
  I Believe to My Soul
  3:02
• 7
  Come Rain or Come Shine
  3:43
• 8
  I’m Moving On
  2:24
• 9
  Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
  5:17
• 10
  Let the Good Times Roll
  2:54
• 11
  My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)
  3:00
• 12
  Just for a Thrill
  3:25
• 13
  Tell the Truth
  3:05
• 14
  Sticks and Stones
  2:15
• 15
  Georgia on My Mind
  3:40
  4.2 ★
• 16
  Them That Got
  2:48
• 17
  Hardhearted Hannah
  3:18
• 18
  Hit the Road Jack
  1:56
  4.4 ★
• 19
  Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
  2:55
• 20
  Unchain My Heart
  2:50
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16-17, 1.19-20, 2.1, 2.5-6, 2.10, 2.12]
• Bennie Crawford
  saxophone [6]
• Bob Brookmeyer
  valve trombone [7, 12]
• Bruno Carr
  drums (drum set) [18, 20]
• Cecil Payne
  baritone saxophone [14, 16]
• Charles "Clanky" Whitley
  trumpet [1, 11-12]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [10]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [3-4]
• Dave McRae
  alto saxophone [3], baritone saxophone [3-4]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [1.9-10, 2.1], baritone saxophone [1, 9-12], saxophone [1.18, 2.3, 2.5], solo [1.12, 1.17, 2.1, 2.16, 2.20], tenor saxophone [2.6, 2.10, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.20, 1.17, 1.19-20]
• Don Wilkerson
  solo [1, 16], tenor saxophone [1, 9-12, 14, 16]
• Edgar Willis
  bass [1, 3, 6, 14, 16, 18, 20], bass guitar [15], double bass [5]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [2.3-4, 1.17-20]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [10]
• Frank Mitchell
  trumpet [6]
• Frank Wess
  flute [10], saxophone [10]
• Glenn Brooks
  drums (drum set) [1, 11-12]
• Hank Crawford
  alto saxophone [14, 16, 18, 20], baritone saxophone [1, 5]
• Herb Abramson
  producer [4]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.1, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9-10, 1.12, 1.14, 1.16-17, 1.19-20, 2.1, 2.5-7, 2.10, 2.12], tambourine [19-20]
• Jesse Drakes
  trumpet [3-4]
• Jesse Stone
  arranger [3-4]
• Jimmy Bell
  bass [1, 11-12]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [2.4, 1.1, 1.9-12, 1.14, 1.16-20]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [10]
• Joe Tillman
  tenor saxophone [6]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [1.17-20, 2.4, 2.6, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.20]
• Joshua Willis
  trumpet [14, 16]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [1]
• Leroy Cooper
  baritone saxophone [14, 16, 18, 20]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass [6]
• Lloyd Trotman
  double bass [3-4]
• Marcus Belgrave
  trumpet [1, 3, 6, 10, 16]
• Margie Hendrix
  vocal [1, 18]
• Marshall Royal
  alto saxophone [10]
• Martin Banks
  trumpet [14]
• Melba Liston
  trombone [10]
• Mickey Baker
  guitar [3-4]
• Milt Turner
  drums (drum set) [1, 5, 15-16]
• Milton Turner
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Nesuhi Ertegun
  producer [7, 10, 12]
• O'Neil Gerald
  alto saxophone [6]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [14, 16]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [10]
• Paul West
  double bass [14, 16]
• Phillip Guilbeau
  trumpet [18, 20]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [10]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [10]
• Ralph Burns
  arranger [7, 12, 15]
• Ray Charles
  arranger [2.1, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.20, 1.1, 1.9, 1.12-14, 1.16-17, 1.19-20], electric piano [1, 14], keyboard [3-5], piano [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.9-12, 1.14, 1.16-20, 2.6-7, 2.10, 2.12, 2.15-16, 2.18, 2.20], vocal [2.1, 2.3-7, 2.10, 2.12, 2.14-16, 2.18, 2.20, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.9-12, 1.14, 1.16-20]
• Renald Richard
  vocal [4]
• Richie Goldberg
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Ricky Harper
  trumpet [1, 3]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [9-10]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [2.4, 1.9, 1.17-20], double bass [10]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [3-4]
• Sid Feller
  producer [14-16, 18, 20]
• Snookie Young
  trumpet [10]
• Teagle Fleming
  drums (drum set) [6]
• The Cookies
  background vocals [17], performer [18]
• The Raelettes
  background vocals [2.1, 2.14, 2.18, 2.20, 1.19-20], vocal [3]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [6]
• Warren Bell
  baritone saxophone [6]
• Wendell Marshall
  bass [7, 12]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [1, 11-12]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [1.9-10, 1.17-20, 2.4]
• Zoot Sims
  tenor saxophone [10]
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Issues

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  40 Greatest Hits: The Very Best of Ray Charles

  2x CD
  17 July 2007