Greatest Hits of Ray Charles, Vol. 2

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1I’m Movin’ On
cover recording of:
I’m Moving On
lyricist and composer:
Hank Snow
publisher:
Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:11
2Ray’s Blues
recording of:
Ray’s Blues
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:53
3Feelin’ Sad
cover recording of:
Feelin’ Sad
lyricist and composer:
Guitar Slim (Eddie Jones)
2:49
4The Right Time
3:23
5The Midnight Hour
recording of:
The Midnight Hour
lyricist and composer:
Sam Sweet
arranger:
Kris Johnson (trumpet)
3:00
6Hard Times
2:54
7Early in the Mornin’
cover recording of:
Early in the Morning
writer:
Dallas Bartley, Leo Hickman and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Cherio Corp.
2:46
8Chattanooga Choo Choo
recording of:
Chattanooga Choo Choo
lyricist:
Mack Gordon (in 1941)
composer:
Harry Warren (US composer and lyricist) (in 1941)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
part of:
The 14th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1941 nominee)
3:02
9Blue Hawaii
cover recording of:
Blue Hawaii
lyricist:
Leo Robin (US composer, lyricist & songwriter)
composer:
Ralph Rainger
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody), Sony/ATV Harmony and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
2:56
10Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
cover recording of:
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
composer:
James A. Bland
2:00
11Deep in the Heart of Texas
cover recording of:
Deep in the Heart of Texas
lyricist and composer:
June Hershey (in 1941) and Don Swander (in 1941)
2:25
12Moon Over Miami
cover recording of:
Moon Over Miami
lyricist:
Edgar Leslie
composer:
Joe Burke (American composer)
3:18
13California Here I Come
recording of:
California Here I Come
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva and Al Jolson
composer:
Joseph Meyer (US songwriter)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons (on 1924-01-07)
2:07
14New York’s My Home
cover recording of:
New York’s My Home
lyricist and composer:
Gordon Jenkins
3:02
15Moonlight in Vermont
recording of:
Moonlight in Vermont
lyricist:
John Blackburn (songwriter)
composer:
Karl Suessdorf
publisher:
Chappell, Johnny R. Music, Michael H. Goldsen Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:01
16Mississippi Mud
cover recording of:
Mississippi Mud
writer:
Harry Barris (in 1927) and James Cavanaugh (in 1927)
3:22
17Basin Street Blues
recording of:
Basin Street Blues
lyricist and composer:
Spencer Williams (US jazz composer, pianist & singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
2:44
18Georgia on My Mind
producer:
Sid Feller
bass guitar:
Edgar Willis (bass) (on 1960-03-25)
drums (drum set):
Milton Turner (on 1960-03-25)
piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1960-03-25)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1960-03-25)
arranger:
Ralph Burns
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Ray Charles Ent. (in 1960)
recorded at:
Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA, founded 1956) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1960-03-25)
part of:
Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1960 (number: 16), Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 44) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 283)
cover recording of:
Georgia on My Mind (on 1960-03-25)
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
43:34
19Alabamy Bound
recording of:
Alabamy Bound
lyricist:
Buddy DeSylva (in 1924) and Bud Green (in 1924)
composer:
Ray Henderson (in 1924)
1:53
20Come Rain or Come Shine
recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
3:39
21Am I Blue
recording of:
Am I Blue?
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
3:38
22Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:45
23Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
recording of:
Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Oscar Moore
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:23
24You Won’t Let Me Go
recording of:
You Won’t Let Me Go
writer:
Bud Allen and Buddy Johnson
3:20
25Just for a Thrill
recording of:
Just for a Thrill
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
arranger:
Vance Thompson
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:24
26Deed I Do
recording of:
’Deed I Do
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
2:26
27When Your Lover Has Gone
recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
2:49
28Two Years of Torture
recording of:
Two Years of Torture
writer:
Percy Mayfield and Charles Morris (Bluesman with several stage names)
3:24
29Alexander’s Ragtime Band
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
2:52
30It Had to Be You
recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
2:43
31Let the Good Times Roll
recording of:
Let the Good Times Roll
writer:
Fleecie Moore (in 1946) and Sam Theard (in 1946)
publisher:
Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP), Theard Swanson Publishing and Warock Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
2:52
32That’s Enough
recording of:
That’s Enough
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:45
33My Bonnie
2:47
34Tell All the World About You
recording of:
Tell All the World About You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:01
35Roll With My Baby
recording of:
Roll With My Baby
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:36
36Rockhouse (Part 1 & 2)
3:52
37What Kind of Man Are You
recording of:
What Kind of Man Are You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:49
38Tell Me How Do You Feel
recording of:
Tell Me How Do You Feel
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Percy Mayfield
publisher:
Percy Mayfield Pub Company and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:41
39You Be My Baby
recording of:
You Be My Baby
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter), Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
2:27
40Jumpin’ in the Mornin’
recording of:
Jumpin' in the Morning
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:47
41What’d I Say (Part 1 & 2)
recording of:
What’d I Say
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Mijac Music, MUAC Music, Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:05
42A Fool for You (live)
live recording of:
A Fool for You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
7:10
43Sherry
recording of:
Sherry
composer:
Bennie Crawford
4:21
44Talkin’ ’Bout You (live)
live recording of:
Talkin’ ’bout You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
4:19
4519. Hot Rod (live)
3:47
46Blues Waltz (live)
live recording of:
Blues Waltz
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
6:22
47I Got a Woman (live)
live recording of:
I Got a Woman
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Renald Richard
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Mijac Music, Progressive Music Pub. Co., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
6:17
48In a Little Spanish Town
3:54
49Night Time Is the Right Time
recording of:
Night Time Is the Right Time
composer:
Lew Herman
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Planemar Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. and Tro-Essex Music
4:04
50Leave My Woman Alone
recording of:
Leave My Woman Alone
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:40
51Heartbreaker
recording of:
Heartbreaker
lyricist and composer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
2:51
52I Want a Little Girl
cover recording of:
I Want a Little Girl
lyricist:
Billy Moll (songwriter)
composer:
Murray Mencher (pianist, lyricist and songwriter)
publisher:
Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
2:55
53I Had a Dream
2:53
54The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
recording of:
The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
lyricist and composer:
Sam Sweet
2:37
55Black Jack
recording of:
Blackjack
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher)
2:18
56Lonely Avenue
recording of:
Lonely Avenue
lyricist and composer:
Doc Pomus
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Great Moments in Music LLC, Pomus Songs Inc., Progressive Music (publisher), Spirit One Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:34
57Swanee River Rock
cover recording of:
Swanee River Rock
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Steven Foster (jazz?)
2:17
58Talkin’ ’Bout You
recording of:
Talkin’ ’bout You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:48
59Get on the Right Track Baby
cover recording of:
Get on the Right Track, Baby
lyricist and composer:
Titus Turner
2:18
60Yes Indeed
cover recording of:
Yes Indeed
composer:
Sy Oliver
2:16
61I Want to Know
recording of:
I Want to Know
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:09
62It’s All Right
recording of:
It’s All Right
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:15
63What Would I Do Without You
recording of:
What Would I Do Without You?
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) and Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label)
2:36
64Undecided
recording of:
Undecided
lyricist:
Sid Robin (US lyricist & composer) (in 1938)
composer:
Charlie Shavers (in 1938)
3:37
65I Surrender Dear
recording of:
I Surrender Dear
lyricist:
Gordon Clifford (in 1931)
composer:
Harry Barris (in 1931)
publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
5:06
66Sweet Sixteen Bars
recording of:
Sweet Sixteen Bars
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
4:09
67Doodlin’
recording of:
Doodlin’ (original instrumental version)
composer:
Horace Silver
publisher:
Ecaroh Music, Inc.
5:53
68There’s No You
recording of:
There’s No You
lyricist:
Thomas Montgomery Adair
writer:
G. Durgom
composer:
Hal Hopper
publisher:
Barton Music Corp.
4:48
69Black Coffee
recording of:
Black Coffee (1948 song)
lyricist:
Paul Francis Webster (in 1948)
composer:
Sonny Burke (Joseph Francis Burke, producer, songwriter and Big Band leader) (in 1948)
publisher:
BMG Music Publishing (NYC‐based headquarters, with national subsidiaries under it), Chelsea Music Publishing Co., Ltd., Sondot Music Corp. and Webster Music Co.
5:32
70My Melancholy Baby
recording of:
My Melancholy Baby
lyricist:
George A. Norton (in 1912)
composer:
Ernie Burnett (in 1911)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., Inc.
version of:
Melancholy (original 1911 version of "My Melancholy Baby", lyrics by Maybelle E. Watson)
4:23
71The Ray
recording of:
The Ray
composer:
Quincy Jones
3:58
72I Got a Woman
recording of:
I Got a Woman
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Renald Richard
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Mijac Music, Progressive Music Pub. Co., Unichappell Music, Unichappell Music, Inc., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:52
73Don’t You Know
recording of:
Don’t You Know
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher)
2:56
74Greenbacks
recording of:
Greenbacks
lyricist and composer:
Renald Richard
2:51
75Mary Ann
recording of:
Mary Ann
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:47
76This Little Girl of Mine
recording of:
This Little Girl of Mine
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:32
77Mess Around
recording of:
Mess Around
writer:
Ahmet Ertegun (US songwriter/producer)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
2:41
78Hallelujah I Love Her So
recording of:
Hallelujah, I Love Her So
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher), Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:35
79A Fool for You
recording of:
A Fool for You
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
3:03
80Losing Hand
recording of:
Losing Hand
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
3:12
81Funny
3:15
82Sinner’s Prayer
recording of:
Sinner’s Prayer
writer:
Lowell Fulson and Lloyd Glenn
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:24
83Come Back Baby
cover recording of:
Come Back Baby
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Walter Davis (American blues singer and pianist)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher), Rightsong Music and Unichappell Music, Inc.
version of:
Come Back Baby
3:07
84Drown in My Own Tears
cover recording of:
Drown in My Own Tears
lyricist and composer:
Henry Glover
publisher:
Fort Knox Music Inc., Jay & Cee, Jay and Cee Music Corp., Jaycee Music and Trio Music Co., Inc.
3:22
85Ain’t That Love
recording of:
Ain’t That Love
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Progressive Music (publisher)
2:53
86Yes Indeed (live)
live cover recording of:
Yes Indeed
composer:
Sy Oliver
2:38
87What’d I Say (live)
live recording of:
What’d I Say
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Mijac Music, MUAC Music, Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4:23
88The Right Time (live)
4:06
89I Wonder Who
recording of:
I Wonder Who
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:45
90Some Day Baby
recording of:
Some Day Baby
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:59
91Mister Charles’ Blues
2:46
92Nobody Cares
recording of:
Nobody Cares
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:38
93I Believe to My Soul
recording of:
I Believe to My Soul
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Hill and Range Songs, Inc. (publisher) and Unichappell Music, Inc.
3:00

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