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Ray Charles Discography

The bulk of this listing was taken from a 25th Anniversary LP, ABCH-731 by ABC. We have added a few later albums, including the original source.

 

Ray Charles Robinson was born on September 23rd, 1932, in Albany, Georgia. Six years later, when the Charles family was living in Greenville, Florida, he became completely blind, without hope of recovery. Placed in the St. Augustine School for the Blind, he learned to read braille, to play piano and clarinet, and to memorize music. Both his parents died when he was still a teenager, and after leaving the St. Augustine School he traveled through the South playing the piano, clarinet and saxophone in small bands. "I realized I had a choice of getting a cane, a cup and picking out a street corner," he once told an interviewer, "or striding out as a musician." His decision followed naturally from the philosophy he expounded years later to Chris Roberts in the British Melody Maker: "People should never be bitter about anything. They should go out into the world and learn to keep fighting for themselves." With or without sight!

"I used to sing like Charles Brown and King Cole because they were making money," he said some years ago. "I wanted to make money too. So I tried to copy them. But that wasn't the real me. I was just pretending." Some years ago, a powerful and successful promotion fastened the label "Genius" on Ray Charles. He didn't like it. "I don't go for that," he told an interviewer. "Art Tatum—he was a genius. And Einstein. Not me." "Soul," of recent years, has also been a much-abused word. It has come, half humorously, to be regarded as an adjective peculiarly applicable to the American Negro, his food, music and brethren. In a larger sense, it is singularly appropriate to Charles's music, in which his soul is so frequently laid bare. "I try to bring out my soul so people can understand what I am," he once said. "I want people to feel my soul."

In a Life feature story (29 July, 1966), he expanded on the contemporary meaning of "soul":

"Soul is when you can take a song," he said, "and make it part of you — a part that's so true, so real, people think it-must have happened to you. I'm not satisfied unless I can make them feel what I feel."

This sequence is a chronologically arranged series for automatic changer. However, the enjoyment is equal when played in any order.

 

It Should Have Been Me*

The Mess Around*

Don't You Know Baby*

I Got A Woman*

A Fool for You*

Hallelujah I Love Her So*

Drown in My Own Tears*

Rock House*

Lonely Avenue*

Mary Ann*

Swanee River Rock*

Night Time is the Right Time*

Ain't That Love"

I Believe to My Soul*

What'd I Say*

Just for A Thrill*

Yes Indeed*

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' *

Georgia on My Mind

Unchain My Heart

Hit the Road Jack

One Mint Julep

Ruby

I Can't Stop Lovin' You

You Are My Sunshine

Born to Lose

Busted

Cryin' Time Again

Let's Get Stoned

Yesterday

Understanding

Eleanor Rigby

If You Were Mine

Don't Change on Me

Booty Butt

Feel So Bad

*Courtesy of Atlantic Records

 

ABC/Dunhill Records Single 45 RPM Releases

Number

10081 10118 10135 10141 10164 10244 10266 10298 10314 10330 10345 10375 10405 10435 10453 10481 10509 10530 10557 10571 10588 10609 10615 10649 10663 10700 10720 10739 10785 10808 10840 10865 10901 10938 10970 11090 11133 11170 11193 11213 11239 11251 11259 11271 11291

 Titles

My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do); Who You Gonna Love

Sticks and Stones; Worried Life Blues

Georgia On My Mind; Carry Me Back to Old Virginny

Them That Got; I Wonder

Ruby; Hardhearted Hannah

Hit the Road Jack; The Danger Zone

Unchain My Heart; But On the Other Hand Baby

(with Betty Carter) Baby It's Cold Outside; We'll Be Together Again

At the Club; Hide Nor Hair

I Can't Stop Loving You; Born to Lose

You Don't Know Me; Careless Love

You Are My Sunshine; Your Cheating Heart

Don't Set Me Free; The Brightest Smile in Town

Take These Chains from My Heart; No Letter Today

No One; Without Love (There is Nothing)

Busted; Making Believe

That Lucky Old Sun; Ol' Man Time

Baby, Don't You Cry; My Heart Cries for You

My Baby Don't Dig Me; Something's Wrong

No One to Cry To; A Tear Fell

Smack Dab in the Middle; I Wake Up Crying

Makin' Whoopee (vocal); Makin' Whoopee (piano solo)

Cry; Teardrops from My Eyes

I Got A Woman (Parts I & II)

Without A Song (Parts I & II)

I'm A Fool to Care; Love's Gonna' Live Here

The Cincinnati Kid; That's All I Am to You

Crying Time; When My Dreamboat Comes Home

Together Again; You're Just About to Lose Your Clown

Let's Go Get Stoned; The Train

I Chose To Sing The Blues; Hopelessly

Please Say You're Fooling; I Don't Need No Doctor

Something Inside Me; I Want To Talk About You

Here We Go Again; Somebody Ought To Write A Book About It

In The Heat Of The Night; Something's Got To Change

Understanding; Eleanor Rigby

......Young Thing Like You; Listen, They're Playing My Song

If It Wasn't For Bad Luck; When I Stop Dreaming

I'll Be Your Servant; I Didn't Know What Time It Was

Let Me Love You; I'm Satisfied

We Can Make It; I Can't Stop Loving You Baby

Claudie Mae; Someone To Watch Over Me

Laughin' and Clownin'; That Thing Called Love

If You Were Mine; Till I Can't Take It Anymore

Don't Change On Me;

 

IMPULSE! (ABC/Dunhill Jazz Catalog)

Number

Titles

200

One Mint Julep; Let's Go

202

I've Got News For You; I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

 

ABC/Dunhill Long-Playing Album Releases

Number

ABCS-335

 

 

 

 

 

ABCS-355

 

 

 

ABCS-385

 

 

 

 

ABCS-410

 

 

 

 

ABCS-415

 

 

 

ABCS-435

 

 

 

 

 

ABCS-465

 

 

 

 

ABCS-480

 

 

 

 

ABCS-495

 

 

 

 

ABCS-500

 

 

 

ABCS-520

 

 

 

 

ABCS-544

 

 

 

 

ABCS-520

 

ABCS-550

 

 

 

 

ABCY-590

 

 

 

 

 

ABCS-595

 

 

ABCS-625

 

 

ABCS-675

 

 

 

ABCS-695

 

 

 

ABCS-707

 

 

 

ABCS-726

 

 

ABCH-731

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRCS-1512

 

 

IMPULSE!

AS2

Titles

GENIUS HITS THE ROAD

Alabamy Bound; Georgia on My Mind; Basin Street Blues;

Mississippi Mud; Moonlight in Vermont; New York's My Home;

California, Here I Come; Moon over Miami; Deep in the Heart of

Texas; Carry Me Back to Old Virginny; Blue Hawaii;

Chattanooga Choo-Choo

DEDICATED TO YOU

Hardhearted Hannah; Nancy; Margie; Ruby; Rosetta; Stella by

Starlight; Cherry; Josephine; Candy; Marie; Diane; Sweet

Georgia Brown

RAY CHARLES AND BETTY CARTER

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; You and I; Intro: Goodbye; We'll Be

Together Again; People Will Say We're in Love; Cocktails for Two;

Side by Side; Baby, It's Cold Outside; Together; For All We

Know; Takes Two to Tango; Alone Together; Just You, Just Me

MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC, Vol. I

Hey Good Looking; Just A Little Lovin'; Makes No Difference

Now; Careless Love; Bye Bye Love; Move It On Over; Who Cares;

Half As Much; I Can't Stop Loving You; You Don't Know Me;

Born to Lose; I Love You So Much It Hurts

GREATEST HITS

Them That Got; Georgia on My Mind; Unchain My Heart; I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town; The Danger Zone; I've Got News for You; Hit the Road Jack; Ruby; I Wonder; Sticks and Stones; But On the Other Hand Baby; One Mint Julep

MODERN SOUNDS IN COUNTRY & WESTERN MUSIC, Vol. II

You Are My Sunshine; No Letter Today; Someday (You'll Want

Me to Want You); Don't Tell Me Your Troubles; Midnight; Oh,

Lonesome Me; Take These Chains from My Heart; Your Cheating

Heart; I'll Never Stand in Your Way; Making Believe; Teardrops

in My Heart; Hang your Head in Shame

INGREDIENTS IN A RECIPE FOR SOUL

Busted; Where Can I Go?; Born to be Blue; That Lucky Old Sun;

Ol' Man River; In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down); A

Stranger in Town; Ol' Man Time; Over the Rainbow; You'll

Never Walk Alone

SWEET AND SOUR TEARS

I Cried for You; I Cried A River; Willow Weep for Me; Baby, Don't

you Cry; Teardrops from My Eyes; Don't Cry Baby; You Got Me

Crying Again; No One to Cry To; A Tear Fell; Cry; Guess I'll Have

to Hang My Tears Out to Dry; After My Laughter Came Tears

HAVE A SMILE WITH ME

Smack Dab in the Middle; Feudin' and Fightin'; Two Ton Tessie;

I Never See Maggie Alone; Move It On Over; Ma (She's Making

Eyes At Me); The Thing; The Man with the Weird Beard;

The Naughty Lady of Shady Lane; Who Cares (for Me)

RAY CHARLES "LIVE" IN CONCERT

Swing A Little Taste; I Gotta Woman; Margie; You Don't Know

Me; Hide 'Nor Hair; Baby, Don't You Cry; Makin' Whoopee;

Hallelujah I Love Her So; Don't Set Me Free; What'd I Say; Finale

COUNTRY AND WESTERN MEETS RHYTHM & BLUES

Together Again; I Like to Hear It Sometime; I've Got a Tiger by

the Tail; Please Forgive and Forget; I Don't Care; Next Door to the

Blues; Blue Moon of Kentucky; Light Out of Darkness; Maybe It's

Nothing at All; All Night Long; Don't Let Her Know; Watch It Baby

CRYING TIME

Crying Time; No Use Crying; Let's Go Get Stoned; Going Down

Slow; Peace of Mind; Tears; Drifting Blues; We Don't See Eye to

Eye; You're in for A Big Surprise; You're Just About to Lose Your

Clown; Don't You Think I Ought to Know; You've Got A Problem

TOGETHER AGAIN

Contents same as "Country and Western Meets Rhythm & Blues"

RAY'S MOODS

What-Cha Doing in There (I Wanna Know); Please Say You're Fooling; By The Light of The Silvery-Moon; You Don't Understand; Maybe It's Because of Love; Chitlins with Candied Yams; Granny Wasn't Grinning That Day; She's Lonesome Again; Sentimental Journey; A Born Loser; It's a Man's World; A Girl I Used To Know

A MAN AND HIS SOUL

I Can't Stop Loving You; What'd I Say; Ol' Man River; One Mint Julep; Crying Time; Makin' Whoopee; Busted; Takes Two to Tango; Ruby; Let's Go Get Stoned; Cry; Unchain My Heart " Georgia On My Mind; Baby It's Cold Outside; Worried Mind; I Chose To Sing The Blues; I Don't Need No Doctor; Born To Lose; Hit The Road, Jack; You Are My Sunshine; From The Heart; Teardrops From My Eyes; No Use Crying; Chitlin's With Candied Yams

LISTEN

She's Funny That Way; How Deep Is The Ocean; You Made Me Love You; Yesterday; I'll Be Seeing You; Here We Go Again; All For You; Love Walked In; Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You; People

A PORTRAIT OF RAY

Never Say Naw; The Sun Died; Am I Blue; Yesterdays; When I Stop Dreamin'; I Won't Leave; A Sweet Young Thing Like You; The Bright Lights & You Girl; Understanding; Eleanor Rigby

I'M ALL YOURS-BABY

Yours; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Love Is Here To Stay; Memories Of You; Till The End Of Time; I Had The Craziest Dream; Someday; Indian Love Call; I Dream Of You (More Than You Dream I Do); Gloomy Sunday

DOING HIS THING

The Same Thing That Can Make You Laugh (Can Make Me Cry); Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers; You Ought To Change Your Ways; Baby Please; Come and Get It; We Can Make It; I'm Ready; That Thing Called Love; If It Wasn't For Bad Luck; I Told You So

LOVE COUNTRY STYLE

If You Were Mine; Ring of Fire; Your Love Is So Doggone Good; Don't Change On Me; Till I Can't Take It Anymore; You've Still Got A Place In My Heart; I Keep It Hid; Sweet Memories; Good Morning Dear; Show Me The Sunshine

VOLCANIC ACTION OF MY SOUL

See You Then; What Am I Living For; Feel So Bad; The Long and Winding Road; The Three Bells; All I Ever Need Is You; Wichita Lineman; Something; I May Be Wrong; Down In The Valley

25th Anniversary in Show Business Salute

Hit the Road Jack; Hallelujah I Love Her So; Mary Ann; Unchain My Heart; Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'; Georgia on My Mind; What'd I Say; I Got A Woman; One Mint Julep; I Can't Stop Lovin' You; If You Were Mine; Busted; Cryin' Time Again; Yesterday; Let's Get Stoned; Eleanor Rigby; Born To Lose; Don't Change on Me; It Should Have Been Me; The' Mess Around; Don't You Know Baby; A Fool for You; You Are My Sunshine; Drown in My Own Tears; Ain't That Love; Lonely Avenue; Swanee River Rock; I Believe to My Soul; Ruby Rock House; Just for A Thrill; Night Time is the Right Time; Yes Indeed; Understanding; Booty Butt; Feel So Bad

MY KIND OF JAZZ

Golden Boy; Booty Butt; This Here; I Remember Clifford; Sidewinder; Bluesette; Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues; Zig Zag; Angel City; Senor Blues

(ABC/Dunhill Jazz Catalog)

GENIUS PLUS SOUL EQUALS JAZZ

From the Heart; I've Got News for You; Moanin'; Let's Go; One Mint Julep; I'm Gonna' Move to the Outskirts of Town; Stompin' Room Only; Mister C; Strike Up the Band; Birth of the Blues

 

Atlantic Records Single 45 RPM Releases

Number

976

984

999

1008

1021

1037

1050

1063

1076

1085

1096

1108

1124

1143

1154

1172

1180

1196

2006

2010

2022

2031

2043

2047

2055

2068

2084

2094

2106

2118

2239

5005

 Titles

The Midnight Hour; Roll With My Baby

The Sun's Gonna Shine Again; Jumpin' In The Mornin'

Mess Around; Funny

Feelin' Sad; Heartbreaker

It Should've Been Me; Sinner's Prayer

Losing Hand; Don't You Know

I've Got a Woman; Come Back Baby

A Fool for You; This Little Girl of Mine

Black Jack; Greenbacks

Mary Ann; Drown In My Own Tears

Hallelujah I Love Her So; What Would I Do Without You

Lonely Avenue; Leave My Woman Alone

I Want to Know; Ain't That Love

It's All Right; Get on the Right Track Baby

Swanee River; I Want a Little Girl

Talkin' Bout You; What Kind of Man Are You

Yes Indeed; I Had a Dream

You Be My Baby; My Bonnie

Rockhouse Part 1; Rockhouse Part 2

Tell All the World About You; The Right Time

That's Enough; Tell Me How Do You Feel

What'd I Say Part 1; What'd I Say Part 2

I'm Movin' On; I Believe to My Soul

Let the Good Times Roll; Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Just for the Thrill; Heartbreaker

Sweet Sixteen Bar; Tell the Truth

Tell Me You'll Wait for Me; Come Rain or Come Shine

Instrumental; A Bit of Soul; Early in the Morning

Am I Blue; It Should Have Been Me

Ray's Blues; Hard Times

Talkin' 'Bout You; In a Spanish Town

Doodlin' Part 1; Doodlin' Part 2

 

Atlantic Records Long-Playing Album Releases

Number

1259

 

 

1289

 

 

1312

 

 

 

 

1360

 

1369

 

 

ATC 2-900

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SD 7101

 

 

 

 

8006

 

 

 

 

8025

 

 

 

 

 

8029

 

 

 

 

8039

 

 

8052

 

 

 

 

8054

 

 

 

8063

 

 

 

 

 

8064

 

 

 

 

 

8083

 

 

 

 

 

8094

 Titles

THE GREAT RAY CHARLES

The Ray; My Melancholy Baby; Black Coffee; There's No You; Doodlin'; Sweet Sixteen Bars; I Surrender Dear; Undecided

CHARLES AT NEWPORT

The Right Time; In a Little Spanish Town; I Got a Woman; Blues Waltz; Hot Rod; Talkin' 'Bout You; Sherry; A Fool for You

THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES

Let the Good Times Roll; It Had to Be You; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Two Years of Torture; When Your Lover Has' Gone; Deed I Do; Just for a Thrill; You Won't Let Me; Tell Me You'll Wait for Me; Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'; Am I Blue; Come Rain or Come Shine

SOUL MEETING; RAY CHARLES & MILT JACKSON Hallelujah I Love Her So; Blue Genius; X-Ray Blues; Soul Meeting; Love on My Mind; Bags of Blues

THE GENIUS AFTER HOURS

The Genius After Hours; Ain't Misbehavin'; Dawn Ray; Joy Ride; Hornful Soul; The Man I Love; Charlesville; Music, Music, Music

THE RAY CHARLES STORY ) The Sun's Gonna Shine Again; Losing Hand; Mess Around; It Should've Been Me; Don't You Know; Come Back Baby; I've Got a Woman; A Fool for You; This Little Girl; Mary Ann; Hallelujah I Love Her So; Lonely Avenue; Doodlin'; Sweet Sixteen Bars; Ain't That Love; Rockhouse!; Swanee River Rock; Talkin' 'Bout You; What Kind of Man Are You; Yes Indeed; My Bonnie; Tell All the World About You; The Right Time; What'd I Say; Just for a Thrill;

Come Rain or Come Shine; Drown in My Own Tears; Let the Good Times Roll; I'm Movin' On

THE GREAT HITS OF RAY CHARLES

Tell Me How Do You Feel; I Had a Dream! Carrying That Load;

Tell All the World About You; I Believe to My Soul; What'd I Say;

I'm Movin' On; You Be My Baby; The Right Time; Yes Indeed;

Tell the Truth; My Bonnie; Early in the Mornin'

HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO

Ain't That Love! Drown in My Own Tears; Come Back Baby;

Sinner's Prayer; Funny (But I Still Love You); Losing Hand; A Fool

for You; Hallelujah I Love Her So; Mess Around; This Little Girl

of Mine; Mary Ann; Greenbacks; Don't You Know; I Got a Woman

YES INDEED !/ RAY CHARLES

What Would I Do Without You; It's All Right; I Want to Know; Yes

Indeed; Get on the Right Track Baby; Talkin' 'Bout You; Swanee

River Rock; Lonely Avenue; Blackjack; The Sun's Gonna Shine

Again; I Had a Dream; I Want a Little Girl; Heartbreaker; Leave

My Woman Alone

WHAT'D I SAY/RAY CHARLES

What'd I Say—Part 1; What'd I Say-Part 2; Jumpin' in the

Morning; You Be My Baby; Tell Me How Do You Feel; What Kind

of Man Are You; Rockhouse—Part 1; Rockhouse—Part 2; Roll With

My Baby; Tell All the World About You; My Bonnie; That's Enough

RAY CHARLES IN PERSON

The Right Time; What'd I Say; Yes Indeed; The Spirit-Feel;

Frenesi; Drown in My Own Tears; Tell the Truth

THE GENIUS SINGS THE BLUES

Early in the Mornin'; Hard Times; The Midnight Hour; The Right

Time; Ray's Blues; Feelin' Sad; I'm Movin' On; I Believe to My

Soul; Nobody Cares; Mr. Charles' Blues; Some Day Baby;

I Wonder Who

THE GREATEST RAY CHARLES

Tell Me How Do You Feel; I Got a Woman; Heartbreaker; Tell the

Truth; What'd I Say; Talkin' 'Bout You; You Be My Baby;

Leave My Woman Alone; I'm Movin' On

THE RAY CHARLES STORY VOL. 1

The Sun's Gonna Shine Again; Losing Hand; Mess Around;

It Should've Been Me; Don't You Know; Come Back Baby;

I've Got a Woman; A Fool for You; This Little Girl of Mine;

Mary Ann; Hallelujah I Love Her So; Lonely Avenue; Doodlin';

Sweet Sixteen Bars; Ain't That Love

THE RAY CHARLES STORY VOL. 2

Rockhouse; Swanee River; Talkin' 'Bout You; What Kind of Man

Are You; Yes Indeed; My Bonnie; Tell All the World About You;

The Right Time; What'd I Say; Just for the Thrill; Come Rain or

Come Shine; Drown in My Own Tears; Let the Good Times Roll;

I'm Movin' On

THE RAY CHARLES STORY VOL. 3

Sinner's Prayer; Funny (But I Still Love You); Feelin' Sad; Hard

Times; What Would I Do Without You; I Want to Know; Leave My

Woman Alone; It's All Right; Get on the Right Track Baby; That's

Enough; I Want a Little Girl; You Be My Baby; I Had a Dream;

Tell the Truth

THE RAY CHARLES STORY VOL. 4

Blackjack; Alexander's Ragtime Band; I Believe to My Soul; A Bit

of Soul; Greenbacks; Undecided; When Your Lover Has Gone;

It Had to Be You; Early in the Mornin'; Heartbreaker; Music, Music,

Music; Tell Me How Do You Feel; In a Little Spanish Town;

You Won't Let Me Go