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Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer-songwriter, musician and composer known as Ray Charles. 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,” although Charles downplayed this notion. 
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, and Louis Armstrong. His playing reflected influences from country blues, 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. 

Tracklisting CD1:
01 – Georgia On My Mind
02 – Over The Rainbow
03 – Take These Chains From My Heart
04 – Unchain My Heart
05 – What’d I Say, Part I
06 – I Can’t Stop Loving You
07 – Ruby
08 – Crying Time
09 – Hit The Road Jack
10 – That Lucky Old Sun
11 – It Had To Be You
12 – Alone Together
13 – Where Can I Go
14 – Eleanor Rigby
15 – Makin’ Believe
16 – I’ve Got A Woman
17 – Something’s Wrong
18 – Mess Around
19 – My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do)
20 – 3-4 Time

Tracklisting CD2:
01 – If I Could.
02 – Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again
03 – Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (feat. Elton John)
04 – A Song For You
05 – Ellie My Love
06 – Say No More
07 – Mother
08 – Baby Grand (feat. Billy Joel)
09 – Imagine (feat. Ruben Studdard and the Harlem Gospel Singers)
10 – Strong Love Affair
11 – None Of Us Are Free
12 – You Don’t Know Me (feat. Diana Krall)
13 – Yesterday
14 – Separate Ways
15 – It Ain’t Gonna Worry My Mind
16 – You Feel Good All Over
17 – Seven Spanish Angels

Extra Informatie:
Aantal Discs: 2xCD
Genre: Soul
Format: MP3 @ 320kbit
Year of Release: 2013 
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Cover: Front is in de RARs verwerkt