The Great Ray Charles | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 1957 | |||
Recorded | April 30 - November 20, 26, 1956 in New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:37 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler | |||
Ray Charles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
The Great Ray Charles is the second studio album by American musician Ray Charles, released in 1957 by Atlantic Records. An instrumental jazz album, [1] it features cover art designed by Marvin Israel. Later CD re-issues of The Great Ray Charles often include six out of the eight songs from the 1961 album The Genius After Hours, as bonus tracks.
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Great Ray Charles was released by Atlantic Records in August 1957. [2] Due to frequent airplay of two tracks off the album, " Doodlin'" and "Sweet Sixteen Bars", Atlantic released those two tracks as an EP later that same year. [3]
All music is composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Ray" | Quincy Jones | 4:00 |
2. | " My Melancholy Baby" | Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton | 4:20 |
3. | " Black Coffee" | Sonny Burke, Paul Webster | 5:32 |
4. | " There's No You" | Tom Adair, Harold Hopper | 4:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranged by | Length |
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1. | " Doodlin'" | Horace Silver | Quincy Jones | 5:54 |
2. | "Sweet Sixteen Bars" | 4:07 | ||
3. | " I Surrender Dear" | Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford | 5:08 | |
4. | " Undecided" | Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers | Ernie Wilkins, Quincy Jones | 3:40 |
Note: Some sources list " Ain't Misbehavin'" in place of "Black Coffee".
All music is composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dawn Ray [a]" | 5:03 | |
2. | " The Man I Love [a]" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 4:26 |
3. | " Music, Music, Music [a]" | Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss | 2:53 |
4. | "Black Coffee" | Burke, Webster | 5:43 |
5. | "The Ray" | Jones | 3:55 |
6. | " I Surrender Dear" | Barris, Clifford | 5:08 |
7. | "Hornful Soul [a]" | 5:29 | |
8. | "Ain't Misbehavin' [a]" | Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller | 5:40 |
9. | "Joy Ride [a]" | 4:39 | |
10. | "Sweet Sixteen Bars" | 4:06 | |
11. | "Doodlin'" | Silver | 5:53 |
12. | "There's No You [a]" | Adair, Hopper | 4:49 |
13. | "Undecided" | Robin, Shavers | 3:40 |
14. | "My Melancholy Baby" | Burnett, Norton | 4:22 |
The Great Ray Charles | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 1957 | |||
Recorded | April 30 - November 20, 26, 1956 in New York City | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 37:37 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler | |||
Ray Charles chronology | ||||
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Alternative cover | ||||
The Great Ray Charles is the second studio album by American musician Ray Charles, released in 1957 by Atlantic Records. An instrumental jazz album, [1] it features cover art designed by Marvin Israel. Later CD re-issues of The Great Ray Charles often include six out of the eight songs from the 1961 album The Genius After Hours, as bonus tracks.
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Great Ray Charles was released by Atlantic Records in August 1957. [2] Due to frequent airplay of two tracks off the album, " Doodlin'" and "Sweet Sixteen Bars", Atlantic released those two tracks as an EP later that same year. [3]
All music is composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
---|---|---|---|
1. | "The Ray" | Quincy Jones | 4:00 |
2. | " My Melancholy Baby" | Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton | 4:20 |
3. | " Black Coffee" | Sonny Burke, Paul Webster | 5:32 |
4. | " There's No You" | Tom Adair, Harold Hopper | 4:47 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Arranged by | Length |
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1. | " Doodlin'" | Horace Silver | Quincy Jones | 5:54 |
2. | "Sweet Sixteen Bars" | 4:07 | ||
3. | " I Surrender Dear" | Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford | 5:08 | |
4. | " Undecided" | Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers | Ernie Wilkins, Quincy Jones | 3:40 |
Note: Some sources list " Ain't Misbehavin'" in place of "Black Coffee".
All music is composed by Ray Charles, except where indicated
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dawn Ray [a]" | 5:03 | |
2. | " The Man I Love [a]" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 4:26 |
3. | " Music, Music, Music [a]" | Bernie Baum, Stephen Weiss | 2:53 |
4. | "Black Coffee" | Burke, Webster | 5:43 |
5. | "The Ray" | Jones | 3:55 |
6. | " I Surrender Dear" | Barris, Clifford | 5:08 |
7. | "Hornful Soul [a]" | 5:29 | |
8. | "Ain't Misbehavin' [a]" | Harry Brooks, Andy Razaf, Fats Waller | 5:40 |
9. | "Joy Ride [a]" | 4:39 | |
10. | "Sweet Sixteen Bars" | 4:06 | |
11. | "Doodlin'" | Silver | 5:53 |
12. | "There's No You [a]" | Adair, Hopper | 4:49 |
13. | "Undecided" | Robin, Shavers | 3:40 |
14. | "My Melancholy Baby" | Burnett, Norton | 4:22 |