The Essence of Ray Charles

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  I Got a Woman
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 2
  It Should’ve Been Me
  2:43
• 3
  Lonely Avenue
  2:35
• 4
  Drown in My Own Tears
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 5
  A Fool for You
  3:01
• 6
  A Bit of Soul
  2:18
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Come Back Baby
  3:05
• 8
  Don’t You Know
  2:56
• 9
  Blackjack
  2:19
• 10
  Greenbacks
  2:49
• 11
  Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home?
  2:53
• 12
  Losing Hand
  3:12
• 13
  Sinner’s Prayer
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 14
  Jumpin’ in the Morning
  2:45
• 15
  Funny, but I Still Love You
  3:13
• 16
  Snowfall
  2:51
• 17
  Honey Honey
  2:42
• 18
  C.C. Rider
  2:34
• 19
  Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
  3:00
• 20
  Confession Blues
  2:30
• 21
  The Sun’s Gonna Shine
  2:37
• 22
  Blues Before Sunrise
  2:47
• 23
  What Have I Done
  2:32
• 24
  The Midnight Hour
  2:59
• 25
  Blues Is My Middle Name
  3:08
• CD 2
• 1
  Hallelujah I Love Her So
  2:36
  3.0 ★
• 2
  What Would I Do Without You
  2:36
• 3
  Leave My Woman Alone
  2:40
• 4
  This Little Girl of Mine
  2:31
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Th’ Ego Song
  2:20
• 6
  Jack She’s on the Ball
  2:30
• 7
  Feelin’ Sad
  2:49
• 8
  Guitar Blues
  2:32
• 9
  Kissa My Aby
  3:10
• 10
  I’m Wonderin’ and Wonderin’
  3:19
• 11
  Roll With Me Baby
  2:36
• 12
  Let’s Have a Ball
  2:27
• 13
  Hey Now
  2:18
• 14
  I Found My Baby There
  3:33
• 15
  If I Give You My Love
  2:36
• 16
  I’m Glad for Your Sake
  2:46
• 17
  How Long, How Long Blues
  2:35
• 18
  I’m Just a Lonely Boy
  2:49
• 19
  I’ll Do Anything but Work
  2:27
• 20
  Can’t You See My Darling
  2:40
• 21
  I’ve Had My Fun (Goin’ Down Slow)
  2:16
• 22
  Back Home
  2:31
• 23
  Alone in This City
  2:56
• 24
  You’ll Never Miss Your Water Until the Well Runs Dry
  2:48
  4.0 ★
• 25
  Late in the Evening Blues
  3:05

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [2.1-2, 2.4, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.8, 1.10]
• Cecil Payne
  baritone saxophone [2.1-2, 1.4]
• Charles "Clanky" Whitley
  trumpet [1, 9-10]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [1.5, 2.4], baritone saxophone [1.1, 1.5, 1.9-10, 2.4], saxophone [3], solo [3, 10], tenor saxophone [3]
• Don Wilkerson
  solo [2.1, 1.1], tenor saxophone [2.1-2, 2.4, 1.1, 1.4-5, 1.9-10]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [1.3, 2.3]
• Frank Mitchell
  trumpet [8]
• Glenn Brooks
  drums (drum set) [1, 9-10]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.1, 1.3-5, 1.8, 1.10, 2.1-2, 2.4]
• Jimmy Bell
  bass [1, 9-10]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [2.1-4, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.9-10]
• Joe Tillman
  tenor saxophone [8]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [2.3, 1.3]
• Joshua Willis
  trumpet [1.4, 2.1-2]
• Lloyd Lambert
  bass [8]
• O'Neil Gerald
  alto saxophone [8]
• Oscar Moore
  drums (drum set) [8]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [2.1-2, 1.4]
• Paul West
  bass [2], double bass [2.1, 1.4]
• Ray Charles
  arranger [2.1, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.10], piano [1.1, 1.3-5, 1.8-10, 2.1-4], vocal [2.1-4, 1.1, 1.3-5, 1.8-10]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [1.5, 2.4]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [2.3, 1.3, 1.5], double bass [4]
• The Cookies
  background vocals [3], performer [3]
• The Maxim Trio
  performer [2.24, 1.22]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [8]
• Warren Bell
  baritone saxophone [8]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [1, 9-10]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [1.3, 1.5, 2.3-4]
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