Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Confession Blues

  The Maxin Trio
  2:29
• 2
  Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand

  Ray Charles Trio
  3:07
• 3
  Kissa Me Baby
  3:07
• 4
  It Should’ve Been Me
  2:41
• 5
  Don’t You Know
  2:58
• 6
  Come Back Baby
  3:07
• 7
  I’ve Got a Woman
  2:55
  4.0 ★
• 8
  A Fool for You
  3:03
• 9
  This Little Girl of Mine
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Blackjack
  2:21
• 11
  Greenbacks
  2:52
• 12
  Drown in My Own Tears
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Hallelujah I Love Her So
  2:37
• 14
  Lonely Avenue
  2:37
• 15
  Leave My Woman Alone
  2:42
• 16
  Ain’t That Love
  2:55
• 17
  Swanee River Rock
  2:21
• 18
  My Bonnie
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Rockhouse, Parts 1 and 2
  3:56
• 20
  (Night Time Is) The Right Time
  3:26
  5.0 ★
• 21
  What’d I Say, Parts 1 and 2
  5:07
  4.5 ★
• 22
  Tell the Truth
  3:06
• 23
  I Believe to My Soul
  3:03
• 24
  Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
  5:15
• CD 2
• 1
  Let the Good Times Roll
  2:53
• 2
  Come Rain or Come Shine
  3:43
• 3
  Tell the Truth
  3:28
• 4
  Drown in My Own Tears
  6:25
• 5
  I’m Movin’ On
  2:23
• 6
  My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)
  3:02
• 7
  Sticks and Stones
  2:15
• 8
  I Wonder
  2:31
• 9
  Georgia on My Mind
  3:40
  4.2 ★
• 10
  Them That Got
  2:51
• 11
  Ruby
  3:53
• 12
  Hardhearted Hannah
  3:18
• 13
  I’ve Got News for You
  4:33
• 14
  One Mint Julep
  3:06
• 15
  I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
  3:45
• 16
  Hit the Road Jack
  1:59
  4.4 ★
• 17
  The Danger Zone
  2:25
• 18
  Unchain My Heart
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 19
  But on the Other Hand Baby
  3:16
• 20
  Baby, It’s Cold Outside

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  4:12
• 21
  Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  4:40
• 22
  At the Club
  2:58
• CD 3
• 1
  Hide ’nor Hair
  3:11
• 2
  I Can’t Stop Loving You
  4:17
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Bye, Bye, Love
  2:12
• 4
  Born to Lose
  3:18
• 5
  You Don’t Know Me
  3:16
• 6
  You Are My Sunshine
  3:00
• 7
  Your Cheating Heart
  3:36
• 8
  Take These Chains From My Heart
  2:57
  4.0 ★
• 9
  The Brightest Smile in Town
  2:49
• 10
  Without Love (There Is Nothing)
  3:35
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Busted
  2:12
• 12
  That Lucky Old Sun
  4:26
• 13
  Ol’ Man River
  5:34
• 14
  Smack Dab in the Middle
  3:21
• 15
  Makin’ Whoopee
  6:20
• 16
  Without a Song, Parts 1 and 2
  6:34
• 17
  The Cincinnati Kid
  2:25
• 18
  Crying Time
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Let’s Go Get Stoned
  3:02
• 20
  I Chose to Sing the Blues
  2:31
• 21
  Together Again
  2:40
• 22
  I Don’t Need No Doctor
  2:32
• CD 4
• 1
  Eleanor Rigby
  2:59
• 2
  Yesterday
  2:47
• 3
  Understanding
  3:12
• 4
  Drifting Blues
  6:26
• 5
  Here We Go Again
  3:17
• 6
  In the Heat of the Night
  2:38
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You
  2:55
• 8
  I Didn’t Know What Time It Was
  4:57
• 9
  If It Wasn’t for Bad Luck
  4:59
• 10
  We Can Make It
  3:45
• 11
  Don’t Change on Me
  3:27
• 12
  Feel So Bad
  3:16
• 13
  Look What They’ve Done to My Song, Ma
  3:44
• 14
  Spirit in the Dark (reprise)

  Ray Charles with Aretha Franklin
  8:31
• 15
  Booty Butt
  4:15
• 16
  I Can Make It Thru the Days (but Oh Those Lonely Nights)
  3:56
• 17
  Rainy Night in Georgia
  6:15
• 18
  America the Beautiful
  5:21
• 19
  [silence]
  0:00
  1.7 ★
• CD 5
• 1
  Living for the City
  6:07
• 2
  Till There Was You
  5:50
• 3
  Am I Blue
  7:12
• 4
  How Long Has This Been Going On
  5:25
• 5
  The Jealous Kind
  4:41
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Is There Anyone Out There?
  6:00
• 7
  Don’t You Love Me Anymore?
  5:32
• 8
  One of These Days
  3:35
• 9
  Seven Spanish Angels

  Ray Charles with Willie Nelson
  3:54
  3.4 ★
• 10
  We Didn’t See a Thing

  Ray Charles with George Jones feat. Chet Atkins
  2:14
• 11
  Two Old Cats Like Us

  Ray Charles with Hank Williams, Jr.
  2:39
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Shake Your Tailfeather

  Ray Charles with The Blues Brothers
  2:50
  3.9 ★
• 13
  I’ll Be Good to You

  Quincy Jones feat. Ray Charles & Chaka Khan
  4:57
• 14
  That’s Where It’s At

  Lou Rawls with Ray Charles
  3:15
• 15
  A Song for You
  4:17
  3.0 ★
• 16
  Still Crazy After All These Years
  6:24
• 17
  [silence]
  0:00
  1.7 ★

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [2.1, 1.5, 1.7-9, 1.11-12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.20-21, 1.23]
• Al Grey
  trombone [13]
• Al Rubin
  trumpet [12]
• Al Schmitt
  engineer [7-8]
• Bennie Crawford
  saxophone [23]
• Benny Carter
  arranger [11]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [13]
• Betty Carter
  performer [20-21], vocal [20]
• Bill McElhiney
  conductor [9], trumpet [9]
• Bill Pitman
  guitar [11]
• Bill Putnam
  engineer [2, 4-5, 11-13]
• Billy Mitchell
  tenor saxophone [13]
• Billy Preston
  organ [19]
• Billy Sanford
  acoustic guitar [10], classical guitar [9], electric guitar [11]
• Billy Sherrill
  producer [9]
• Blues Brothers
  performer [12]
• Bob Arnold
  engineer [11-13]
• Bob Brookmeyer
  valve trombone [2]
• Bobby Ogdin
  keyboard [10]
• Bobby Wood
  keyboard [11]
• Bruce Swedien
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Bruno Carr
  drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.6, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22]
• Budd Johnson
  tenor saxophone [14]
• Buddy Emmons
  steel guitar [10]
• Buddy Pearson
  alto saxophone [11]
• Cecil Payne
  baritone saxophone [12]
• Chaka Khan
  vocal [13]
• Charles "Clanky" Whitley
  trumpet [7, 10-11]
• Charlie Fowlkes
  baritone saxophone [13]
• Chet Atkins
  guitar [10]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [1, 13]
• Creed Taylor
  producer [13-14]
• Dale Sellers
  acoustic guitar [9, 11]
• David Paich
  keyboard [13]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [1.8-9, 1.20, 5.14], baritone saxophone [7-11], saxophone [15, 18, 21], solo [3.1, 5.14, 2.10, 2.18, 1.11, 1.14, 1.20], tenor saxophone [2.1, 2.7, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 1.14, 1.16, 1.23, 3.1, 3.6, 3.11]
• Denis Solee
  saxophone [11]
• Diane Tidwell
  background vocals [9, 11]
• Don Wilkerson
  solo [7], tenor saxophone [1.7-12, 3.1, 3.6]
• Donald “Duck” Dunn
  bass guitar [12]
• Earle Warren
  alto saxophone [14]
• Eddie Jones
  double bass [13]
• Edgar Willis
  bass [3.1, 3.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 4.2, 1.18, 1.20, 1.23], bass guitar [2.9, 2.11, 3.11], double bass [21]
• Elwood J. Blues
  background vocals [12]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [14-16, 18]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [1]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [13]
• Frank Mitchell
  trumpet [5]
• Frank Wess
  alto saxophone [13], flute [1], saxophone [1]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [13]
• Freddie Hubbard
  flugelhorn [20], trumpet [20]
• G. T. Hogan
  drums (drum set) [11]
• George Dorsey
  alto saxophone [14]
• George Johnson
  background vocals [13], guitar [13]
• George Jones
  performer [10]
• George Matthews
  trombone [14]
• Gerald Wilson
  arranger [6]
• Glenn Brooks
  drums (drum set) [7, 10-11]
• Greg Phillinganes
  keyboard [13]
• Hank Crawford
  alto saxophone [2.7, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 3.1, 3.6, 3.11], baritone saxophone [20-21]
• Hank Williams, Jr.
  performer [11]
• Hargus “Pig” Robbins
  keyboard [9-10]
• Harvey Mason
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Haywood Henry
  baritone saxophone [14]
• Henderson Chambers
  trombone [6, 11]
• Henry Coker
  trombone [13]
• Henry Strzelecki
  bass [10-11]
• Hurshel Wiginton
  background vocals [9, 11]
• Ian Prince
  keyboard [13]
• Ian Underwood
  synthesizer [13]
• Irv Cottler
  drums (drum set) [11]
• Jake E. “Joliet” Blues
  background vocals [12]
• James Clay
  tenor saxophone [11]
• James Harbert
  trombone [6, 11]
• James Ingram
  background vocals [13]
• Jeff Pevar
  guitar [20]
• Jerry Carrigan
  drums (drum set) [11]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.5, 1.7-9, 1.11-12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.20-21, 1.23, 2.1-2], tambourine [16]
• Jim Gilstrap
  background vocals [13]
• Jimmy Bell
  bass [7, 10-11]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [14]
• Jimmy Nottingham
  trumpet [14]
• Joe Benjamin
  double bass [14]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [7-12, 14-16]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [1, 13]
• Joe Tillman
  tenor saxophone [5]
• Joe Wilder
  trumpet [14]
• John Frosk
  trumpet [14]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [1.14-16, 1.23, 3.1, 3.6, 2.7, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22]
• Jose McElhiney
  trumpet [9]
• Joshua Willis
  trumpet [12]
• Julian Priester
  trombone [11]
• Keg Johnson
  trombone [3.6, 3.11, 2.14]
• Kenny Malone
  drums (drum set) [9-10]
• Kevin Turner
  guitar [20]
• Larry Williams
  synthesizer [13]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [20]
• Leon Comegys
  trombone [6]
• Leroy Cooper
  baritone saxophone [2.7, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 3.1, 3.6, 3.11]
• Lisa Silver
  background vocals [9, 11]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass [5]
• Lou Marini
  saxophone [12]
• Louis Johnson
  background vocals [13], bass [13]
• Louis Nunley
  background vocals [9, 11]
• Marcus Belgrave
  trumpet [2.1, 2.10, 1.18, 1.20, 1.23, 3.6]
• Margie Hendrix
  vocal [3.6, 1.20, 2.16]
• Marshall Royal
  alto saxophone [1, 13]
• Martin Banks
  trumpet [7]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [3.2, 3.4-5, 3.7-8, 3.12-13, 2.11, 2.20-21], conductor [3.7-8, 2.20-21], producer [5]
• Matt Murphy
  guitar [12]
• Melba Liston
  trombone [1]
• Michael Boddicker
  synthesizer [13]
• Milt Turner
  drums (drum set) [2.9-10, 1.20-21]
• Milton Turner
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Murphy Dunne
  keyboard [12]
• Nesuhi Ertegun
  producer [1-2]
• O'Neil Gerald
  alto saxophone [5]
• Oliver Beener
  trumpet [11]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [5]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Paul West
  double bass [12]
• Pete Bordonali
  acoustic guitar [10], classical guitar [9], electric guitar [11]
• Pete Drake
  resonator guitar [10], steel guitar [9, 11]
• Phil Perry
  background vocals [13]
• Phillip Guilbeau
  solo [19], trumpet [2.13, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 3.1, 3.6, 3.11]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [1]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [5.13, 2.1, 2.14], producer [13]
• Ralph Burns
  arranger [2, 9, 13]
• Ray Charles
  arranger [2.7, 2.10, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 1.7-8, 1.11-12, 1.14, 1.16, 1.20, 3.1], electric piano [1.20, 2.7], keyboard [18, 21], lead vocals [9, 12, 14], organ [2.13-14, 4.2], performer [11], piano [1.5, 1.7-12, 1.14-16, 1.23, 4.2, 2.1-2, 2.9-11, 2.16, 2.18-19, 2.22, 3.1-2, 3.4-6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.18-19], vocal [1.5, 1.7-12, 1.14-16, 1.18, 1.20-21, 1.23, 3.1-2, 3.4-6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.18-19, 5.13, 4.2, 2.1-2, 2.7, 2.9-11, 2.13-14, 2.16, 2.18-20, 2.22]
• Reggie Young
  electric guitar [10]
• Richie Goldberg
  drums (drum set) [18]
• Ricky Harper
  trumpet [18, 20]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [8-9]
• Robert Wray II
  bass [9]
• Ron Reynolds
  percussion [10]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [8, 14-16], double bass [9]
• Roy Haynes
  drums (drum set) [14]
• Rudolph Johnson
  tenor saxophone [20]
• Rudy Powell
  alto saxophone [6]
• Sam Herman
  guitar [14]
• Seldon Powell
  tenor saxophone [14]
• Sid Feller
  arranger [3.18, 4.2], producer [2.7, 2.9-11, 2.16, 2.18-22, 3.1-2, 3.6, 3.11-13]
• Siedah Garrett
  background vocals [13]
• Snookie Young
  trumpet [1]
• Snooky Young
  trumpet [13]
• Sonny Forriest
  guitar [6, 11]
• Sonny Payne
  drums (drum set) [13]
• Steve Cropper
  guitar [12]
• Steve Hoffman
  engineer [20-21]
• Steve Porcaro
  synthesizer [13]
• Syreeta
  background vocals [13]
• Teagle Fleming
  drums (drum set) [23]
• Terry McMillan
  harmonica [9-11]
• Thad Jones
  trumpet [13]
• The Cookies
  background vocals [14], performer [15]
• The Jack Halloran Singers
  background vocals [8, 12-13, 18], vocal [7]
• The Raelettes
  background vocals [1.16, 1.20, 3.6, 3.19, 2.7, 2.16, 2.18], vocal [18]
• The Raeletts
  background vocals [20]
• The Ray Charles Big Band
  performer [11]
• The “A” Strings
  strings [9]
• Tom “Bones” Malone
  saxophone [12]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [13-14]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [3.6, 3.11, 1.5]
• Warren Bell
  baritone saxophone [5]
• Wendell Marshall
  bass [2]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [7, 10-11]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [8-9, 14-16]
• Willie "Too Big" Hall
  drums (drum set) [12]
• Willie Nelson
  lead vocals [9]
• Zoot Sims
  tenor saxophone [1]
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Issues

• 

  G
  Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

  5x CD
  1997
• 

  G
  Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

  5x CD
  1997