The Very Best Of

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  What’d I Say (Part 1 & 2)

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  5:05
• 2
  Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
  3:45
• 3
  Georgia on My Mind
  3:35
  4.2 ★
• 4
  It Had to Be You
  2:43
• 5
  Born to Lose
  3:15
• 6
  Basin Street Blues
  2:44
• 7
  Alexander’s Ragtime Band
  2:52
• 8
  It Makes No Difference Now
  3:30
• 9
  Blackjack
  2:19
• 10
  Half as Much
  3:24
• 11
  I Believe to My Soul
  2:56
• 12
  Jumpin’ in the Morning
  2:46
• 13
  Lonely Avenue
  2:34
• 14
  She’s on the Ball
  2:31
• 15
  This Little Girl of Mine
  2:32
  4.0 ★
• 16
  You Be My Baby

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  2:27
• 17
  Careless Love
  3:56
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Hang Your Head in Shame
  3:15
• 19
  Hide nor Hair
  3:03
• 20
  Precious Thing (Till the Next… Somewhere)

  Ray Charles with Dee Dee Bridgewater
  5:02
• CD 2
• 1
  Unchain My Heart
  2:53
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Bye Bye Love
  2:10
• 3
  Hallelujah, I Love He So
  2:35
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Let the Good Time Roll
  2:52
• 5
  I’m Movin On
  2:15
• 6
  My Bonnie

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  2:45
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Ruby
  2:53
• 8
  Swanee River Rock
  2:15
• 9
  The Right Time
  3:27
  5.0 ★
• 10
  You Don’t Know Me
  3:15
• 11
  Frenesi
  5:05
• 12
  Hey Good Lookin’
  2:12
• 13
  Leave My Woman Alone
  2:38
• 14
  Tell Me How Do You Feel

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  2:39
• 15
  Roll With My Baby

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  2:37
• 16
  That’s Enough

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  2:45
• 17
  What Kind of Man Are You for You

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  2:49
• 18
  I Love You So Much It Hurts
  3:33
• 19
  A Fool for You
  3:00
• 20
  Yes Indeed!
  2:12
• CD 3
• 1
  You Are My Sunshine
  3:00
• 2
  Hit the Road Jack
  1:56
  4.4 ★
• 3
  I Got a Woman
  2:53
• 4
  Oh Lonesome Me!
  2:08
• 5
  See See Rider (See What You Have Done)
  2:34
• 6
  You Win Again
  3:29
• 7
  Your Cheating Heart
  3:34
• 8
  Heartbreaker
  2:50
• 9
  Don’t Tell Me Your Troubles
  2:03
• 10
  The Spirit I Feel
  4:22
• 11
  I’ll Never Stand in Your Way
  2:18
• 12
  Making Believe
  2:51
• 13
  Sittin’ On the Top of the World
  2:21
• 14
  The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
  2:38
• 15
  Someday
  3:11
• 16
  I Had a Dream
  2:52
• 17
  At the Club
  2:54
• 18
  Just a Little Lovin’
  3:29
• 19
  Who You Gonna Love
  2:03
• 20
  Talkin ’Bout You
  2:44
• CD 4
• 1
  Take These Chains From My Heart
  2:56
• 2
  I Can’t Stop Loving You
  4:13
• 3
  Come Rain or Come Shine
  3:41
• 4
  Blue Hawaii
  2:57
• 5
  Moonlight in Vermont
  3:00
  3.0 ★
• 6
  California, Here I Come
  2:09
• 7
  Deep in the Heart I Come
  2:26
• 8
  Chattanooga Choo Choo
  3:02
• 9
  Mississippi Mud
  3:23
• 10
  Carry Me Back to Old Virginy
  2:00
• 11
  Moon Over Miami
  3:19
• 12
  Alabamy Bound
  1:53
• 13
  New York’s My Home
  3:03
• 14
  Sentimental Journey
  2:56
• 15
  Hot Rod (live at Newport)
  3:44
• 16
  Blues Waltz (live at Newport)
  6:19
• 17
  In a Little Spanish Town (live at Newport)
  3:46
• 18
  Rockouse (Part 1 & 2)

  Ray Charles with The Raylettes
  3:53
• 19
  Midnight
  3:16
• 20
  Worried Mind
  2:53
• CD 5
• 1
  Moanin’

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  3:17
• 2
  Birth of the Blues

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  5:10
• 3
  I’ve Got News for You

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  4:31
• 4
  Mister C

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  4:30
• 5
  One Mint Julep

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  3:04
• 6
  Strike Up the Band

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  2:36
• 7
  Let’s Go

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  2:41
• 8
  Sompin’ Room Only

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  3:45
• 9
  I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

  Ray Charles with Quincy Jones
  3:41
• 10
  Takes Two to Tango

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  3:19
• 11
  Cocktails for Two

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  3:09
• 12
  Just You, Just Me

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  1:54
• 13
  Together

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  1:32
• 14
  You and I

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  3:22
• 15
  Alone Together

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  4:41
• 16
  Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  4:37
• 17
  Side by Side

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  2:19
• 18
  Baby, It’s Cold Outside

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  4:08
• 19
  For All We Know

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  3:41
• 20
  People Will Say We’re in Love

  Ray Charles with Betty Carter
  2:44

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Release credits

• Ahmet Ertegun
  producer [1.13, 1.15, 2.3-4, 2.9]
• Al Grey
  trombone [3, 8]
• Al Schmitt
  engineer [3.7, 1.18]
• Bennie Crawford
  baritone saxophone [11]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [3, 8]
• Bill Putnam
  engineer [2.10, 2.18, 4.20, 3.6]
• Billy Mitchell
  tenor saxophone [3, 8]
• Bruno Carr
  drums (drum set) [2.1, 3.1-2]
• Cecil Payne
  baritone saxophone [3]
• Charles "Clanky" Whitley
  trumpet [9]
• Charlie Fowlkes
  baritone saxophone [3, 8]
• Clark Terry
  trumpet [5.3, 5.8, 2.4]
• Creed Taylor
  producer [3, 8]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  alto saxophone [2.9, 1.15], baritone saxophone [9, 15], saxophone [2.6, 2.11, 2.16, 3.20], solo [1.13, 2.1, 2.9, 3.18], tenor saxophone [2.1, 2.4, 1.13, 3.1-2, 3.18]
• Dee Dee Bridgewater
  performer [20], producer [20], vocal [20]
• Don Wilkerson
  solo [3], tenor saxophone [3.1, 1.9, 1.15, 2.3]
• Eddie Jones
  double bass [3, 8]
• Edgar Willis
  bass [2.1, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11, 2.16, 3.1-2, 3.20], bass guitar [3]
• Emmott Dennis
  baritone saxophone [1.13, 3.20, 2.6, 2.16, 4.18]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [4]
• Frank Abbey
  engineer [1.8, 1.17, 3.18]
• Frank Foster
  tenor saxophone [3, 8]
• Frank Wess
  alto saxophone [3, 8], flute [4], saxophone [4]
• Freddie Green
  guitar [3, 8]
• Gerald Wilson
  arranger [1.17, 3.1, 3.18]
• Glenn Brooks
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Hank Crawford
  alto saxophone [2.1, 3.1-2], baritone saxophone [9]
• Henderson Chambers
  trombone [1]
• Henry Coker
  trombone [3, 8]
• James Harbert
  trombone [1]
• Jean-Pierre Grosz
  executive [20]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.13, 1.15, 2.3-4, 2.9]
• Jimmy Bell
  bass [9]
• Joe Bridgewater
  trumpet [1.9, 1.13, 1.15, 2.3, 2.16, 3.20, 4.18]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [2.4, 5.3, 5.8]
• John Hunt
  trumpet [1.13, 3.1-2, 4.18, 2.1, 2.11]
• Joshua Willis
  trumpet [3]
• Keg Johnson
  trombone [1]
• Leiber & Stoller
  producer [9]
• Leon Comegys
  trombone [1]
• Leroy Cooper
  baritone saxophone [2.1, 3.1-2]
• Marcus Belgrave
  trumpet [3.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.11]
• Margie Hendrix
  vocal [3.1-2, 2.9]
• Marjorie Hendricks
  vocal [11]
• Marshall Royal
  alto saxophone [2.4, 5.3, 5.8]
• Marty Paich
  arranger [4.20, 3.6-7, 2.10, 2.18, 5.15, 5.19, 1.18], conductor [3.7, 5.15, 5.19, 1.18], producer [10]
• Mary Ann Fisher
  vocal [2.16, 3.20]
• Melba Liston
  trombone [4]
• Milt Turner
  drums (drum set) [2.9, 1.3]
• Nesuhi Ertegun
  producer [4]
• Panama Francis
  drums (drum set) [3]
• Paul Gonsalves
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Paul West
  double bass [3]
• Phillip Guilbeau
  trumpet [3.1-2, 5.3, 5.8, 2.1]
• Quentin Jackson
  trombone [4]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [5.8, 2.4]
• Ralph Burns
  arranger [5.3, 1.3]
• Ray Charles
  arranger [3.2, 1.13, 2.1, 2.3, 2.9], electric piano [9], keyboard [4.18, 2.6, 2.16], organ [3, 8], piano [4.20, 1.3, 1.8-9, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.10-11, 2.18, 3.1-2, 3.6, 3.18, 3.20], vocal [1.3, 1.8-9, 1.13, 1.15, 1.17, 5.3, 2.1, 2.3-4, 2.6, 2.9-10, 2.16, 2.18, 4.18, 4.20, 3.1-2, 3.6, 3.18, 3.20]
• Ray Charles Trio
  performer [14]
• Richie Goldberg
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Ricky Harper
  trumpet [2.6, 2.9, 2.16, 3.20]
• Riley Webb
  trumpet [15]
• Roosevelt Sheffield
  bass [4.18, 1.13], double bass [15]
• Rudy Powell
  alto saxophone [1]
• Sid Feller
  producer [2.1, 3.1-2, 1.3, 5.15, 5.19]
• Snookie Young
  trumpet [4]
• Snooky Young
  trumpet [3, 8]
• Sonny Forriest
  guitar [1]
• Sonny Payne
  drums (drum set) [3, 8]
• Steve Forward
  mix [20]
• Steve Hoffman
  engineer [15, 19]
• Teagle Fleming
  drums (drum set) [11]
• Thad Jones
  trumpet [3, 8]
• The Cookies
  background vocals [13]
• The Jack Halloran Singers
  vocal [1.18, 3.7]
• The Raelettes
  background vocals [2.1, 2.9, 3.1-2], vocal [2.6, 2.16, 3.20]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [3, 8]
• Wallace Davenport
  trumpet [1]
• Walter “Gil” Fuller
  arranger [8]
• Wesley Jackson
  guitar [9]
• William Peeples
  drums (drum set) [1.13, 1.15, 3.20, 4.18, 2.16]
• Zoot Sims
  tenor saxophone [4]
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Issues

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  The Very Best Of

  5x CD (Different tracklist from 2013 release 3277672)
  6 October 2014