The Birth of Soul

Tracklist

• CD 1: 1952–1954
• 1
  The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
  2:39
• 2
  Roll With My Baby
  2:37
• 3
  The Midnight Hour
  3:01
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Jumpin’ in the Morning
  2:47
• 5
  It Should Have Been Me
  2:44
• 6
  Losing Hand
  3:13
• 7
  Heartbreaker
  2:52
• 8
  Sinner’s Prayer
  3:24
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Mess Around
  2:41
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Funny, but I Still Love You
  3:15
• 11
  Feelin’ Sad
  2:50
• 12
  I Wonder Who
  2:48
• 13
  Don’t You Know
  2:57
• 14
  Nobody Cares
  2:39
• 15
  Ray’s Blues
  2:55
• 16
  Mr. Charles’ Blues
  2:48
• 17
  Blackjack
  2:17
• CD 2: 1954–1957
• 1
  I Got a Woman
  2:50
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Greenbacks
  2:50
• 3
  Come Back, Baby
  3:05
• 4
  A Fool for You
  3:01
• 5
  This Little Girl of Mine
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Hard Times
  2:55
  4.0 ★
• 7
  A Bit of Soul
  2:19
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Mary Ann
  2:47
• 9
  Drown in My Own Tears
  3:21
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Hallelujah, I Love Her So
  2:35
  3.0 ★
• 11
  What Would I Do Without You
  2:36
• 12
  Lonely Avenue
  2:35
• 13
  I Want to Know
  2:25
• 14
  Leave My Woman Alone
  2:40
• 15
  It’s Alright
  2:17
• 16
  Ain’t That Love
  2:52
• 17
  Get on the Right Track
  2:20
• 18
  Rockhouse, Parts 1 & 2
  3:51
• CD 3: 1957–1959
• 1
  Swanee River Rock
  2:20
• 2
  That’s Enough
  2:45
• 3
  Talkin’ About You
  2:50
• 4
  What Kind of Man Are You
  2:49
• 5
  I Want a Little Girl
  2:55
• 6
  Yes, Indeed
  2:15
• 7
  I Had a Dream
  2:55
• 8
  You Be My Baby
  2:29
• 9
  Tell All the World About You
  2:03
• 10
  My Bonnie
  2:47
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Early in the Morning
  2:47
• 12
  The Right Time
  3:28
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Carryin’ the Load
  2:24
• 14
  Tell Me, How Do You Feel
  2:43
• 15
  What’d I Say, Parts 1 & 2
  6:29
  3.5 ★
• 16
  Tell the Truth
  3:04
• 17
  I’m Movin’ On
  2:21
• 18
  I Believe to My Soul
  2:59

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [3.11-12, 3.15, 3.18, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11-16, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.9-12, 2.15-16]
• Bennie Crawford
  baritone saxophone [11], saxophone [18]
• Cecil Payne
  baritone saxophone [9-11]
• Charles "Clanky" Whitley
  trumpet [1.17, 2.1-2]
• Connie Kay
  drums (drum set) [3, 9]
• Dave McRae
  alto saxophone [3], baritone saxophone [3, 9]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [2.4-5, 3.12], baritone saxophone [1.17, 2.1-2, 2.4-5], saxophone [2.14, 3.2-3, 3.10], solo [3.12, 2.2, 2.12], tenor saxophone [2.12, 2.15-16, 3.11, 3.15, 3.18]
• Don Wilkerson
  solo [1, 10], tenor saxophone [1.17, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.9-11]
• Edgar Willis
  bass [2-3, 10-12, 15, 18]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [2.12, 2.14-16, 2.18, 3.2-3, 3.10]
• Frank Mitchell
  trumpet [11, 13]
• Glenn Brooks
  drums (drum set) [2.1-2, 1.17]
• Hank Crawford
  baritone saxophone [12, 15]
• Herb Abramson
  producer [9]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.3, 1.11-16, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.9-12, 2.15-16, 3.11-12, 3.15, 3.18], tambourine [15-16]
• Jesse Drakes
  trumpet [3, 9]
• Jesse Stone
  arranger [3, 9]
• Jimmy Bell
  bass [1.17, 2.1-2]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [1.17, 3.2-3, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.9-12, 2.14-16, 2.18]
• Joe Tillman
  tenor saxophone [11, 13]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [3.11, 3.18, 2.12, 2.14-16, 2.18]
• Joshua Willis
  trumpet [9-11]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [12]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass [11, 13]
• Lloyd Trotman
  double bass [3, 9]
• Marcus Belgrave
  trumpet [10-12, 15, 18]
• Margie Hendrix
  vocal [12]
• Mary Ann Fisher
  vocal [2-3]
• Mickey Baker
  guitar [3, 9]
• Milt Turner
  drums (drum set) [12, 15]
• O'Neil Gerald
  alto saxophone [11, 13]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [11, 13]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [9-11]
• Paul West
  bass [11], double bass [9-10]
• Ray Charles
  arranger [3.12, 3.15, 2.1-2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.8-10, 2.12, 2.15-16], electric piano [12, 15], keyboard [2.18, 3.2, 3.10], organ [11], piano [3.3, 3.11, 3.18, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.17, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.9-12, 2.14-16], vocal [3.2-3, 3.10-12, 3.15, 3.18, 1.3, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.17, 2.1-2, 2.4-5, 2.9-12, 2.14-16, 2.18]
• Renald Richard
  vocal [9]
• Richie Goldberg
  drums (drum set) [10]
• Ricky Harper
  trumpet [2-3, 10, 12]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [4-5]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [4, 12, 14-16, 18], double bass [5]
• Sam “The Man” Taylor
  tenor saxophone [3, 9]
• Teagle Fleming
  drums (drum set) [11, 18]
• The Cookies
  background vocals [12], performer [14]
• The Raelettes
  background vocals [2.15-16, 3.12, 3.15], vocal [2-3, 10]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [11, 13]
• Warren Bell
  baritone saxophone [11, 13]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [2.1-2, 1.17]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [2.4-5, 2.12, 2.14-16, 2.18, 3.2-3]
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Issues

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  The Birth of Soul

  3x CD
  1 October 1991
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  The Birth of Soul

  3x Digital Media