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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American musician known as Ray Charles (to avoid confusion with champion boxer Sugar Ray Robinson.) He was a pioneer in the genre of soul music during the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues styles into his early recordings with Atlantic Records. He also helped racially integrate country and pop music during the 1960s with his crossover success on ABC Records, most notably with his Modern Sounds albums. While with ABC, Charles became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a mainstream record company. Frank Sinatra called Charles “the only true genius in show business.”
The influences upon his music were mainly jazz, blues, rhythm and blues and country artists of the day such as Art Tatum, Nat King Cole, Louis Jordan, Charles Brown, Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues and barrelhouse, and stride piano styles.
Rolling Stone ranked Charles number ten on their list of "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" in 2004, and number two on their November 2008 list of "100 Greatest Singers of All Time". In honoring Charles, Billy Joel noted: "This may sound like sacrilege, but I think Ray Charles was more important than Elvis Presley. I don't know if Ray was the architect of rock & roll, but he was certainly the first guy to do a lot of things . . . Who the hell ever put so many styles together and made it work?" 

Track Listing:
1. Ray Charles - A Fool for You (2:59)
2. Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman (2:53)
3. Ray Charles - Roll With Me Baby (2:34)
4. Ray Charles - Sittin' On Top of the World (2:15)
5. Ray Charles - Walkin' and Talkin' (3:07)
6. Ray Charles - All to Myself (1:58)
7. Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour (2:58)
8. Ray Charles - Hallelujah, I Love Her So (2:33)
9. Ray Charles - Drown in My Own Tears (3:18)
10. Ray Charles - The Ray (3:55)
11. Ray Charles - Mess Around (2:38)
12. Ray Charles - This Little Girl of Mine (2:30)
13. Ray Charles - Greenbacks (2:48)
14. Ray Charles - This Love of Mine (3:01)
15. Ray Charles - Someday (3:07)
16. Ray Charles - I've Had My Fun (2:40)
17. Ray Charles - Let's Dance (2:21)
18. Ray Charles - Rockin' Chair Blues (2:44)
19. Ray Charles - Lonely Boy (2:48)
20. Ray Charles - Late in the Evening Blues (3:04)
21. Ray Charles - If I Give You My Love (2:35)
22. Ray Charles - The Sun's Gonna Shine Again (2:36)
23. Ray Charles - I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (2:18)
24. Ray Charles - I Love You, I Love You (2:40)
25. Ray Charles - Ain't That Fine (2:15)
26. Ray Charles - Honey Honey (2:40)
27. Ray Charles - Here I Am (2:29)
28. Ray Charles - I'm Wonderin' and Wonderin' (3:18)
29. Ray Charles - See See Rider (2:34)
30. Ray Charles - Can't You See Darling (2:36)
31. Ray Charles - Baby Won't You Please Come Home (2:52)
32. Ray Charles - Alone in This City (2:54)
33. Ray Charles - Hey Now (2:17)
34. Ray Charles - Can Anyone Ask for More (2:47)
35. Ray Charles - I'll Do Anything But Work (2:26)
36. Ray Charles - She's On the Ball (2:28)
37. Ray Charles - Misery in My Heart (3:02)
38. Ray Charles - I Can't Do No More (Why Did You Go) (2:46)
39. Ray Charles - Don't Put All Your Dreams in One Basket (2:48)
40. Ray Charles - Baby Let Me Hear You Call My Name (3:31)

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 2xCD
Genre: Jazz
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
CD Release Year: 2012
Speelduur: 111 minuten
Cover: Frontje is in de RARs verwerkt