Album Art Ray Charles the Genius of Ray Charles

Ray Charles was the musician virtually responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a neat deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did fifty-fifty more to devise a new class of Black pop by merging '50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the '60s) land. So there was his singing; his manner was amidst the most emotional and easily identifiable of any 20th century performer, upward there with the likes of Elvis and Billie Holiday. He was also a superb keyboard player, arranger, and bandleader. The brilliance of his 1950s and '60s work, all the same, can't obscure the fact that he fabricated few classic tracks subsequently the mid-'60s, though he recorded often and performed until the year before his death. Bullheaded since the historic period of vi (from glaucoma), Charles studied ...
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Album Discography

Twelvemonth	Album	Label	User Ratings
1957	Ray Charles [Atlantic]	Atlantic / Rhino	()
1957	Soul Brothers	Atlantic	()
1957	The Great Ray Charles	Rhino / Atlantic / WEA	()
1958	Ray Charles at Newport	Warner Elektra Atlantic Corp. / WEA International	()
1958	Yes Indeed!	Warner Music	()
1958	Fathead: Ray Charles Presents David Newman	Atlantic Jazz Masters / Rhino	()
1959	The Genius of Ray Charles	Rhino / Atlantic	()
1959	What'd I Say	Atlantic	()
1960	Ray Charles in Person	Atlantic	()
1960	Genius + Soul = Jazz	Analog Productions Originals	()
1960	The Genius Hits the Road	Concord	()
1960	Ray Charles Sextet		()
1961	Dedicated to You	Hold	()
1961	The Genius Sings the Dejection	Atlantic	()
1961	Practise the Twist with Ray Charles!	Atlantic	()
1961	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Analog Productions Originals	()
1961	The Genius Subsequently Hours	Wrong	()
1961	Soul Meeting	Atlantic	()
1962	Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music	Rhino	()
1962	Modernistic Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2	Hallmark / Authentication Music & Entertainment	()
1962	Spotlight on Ray Charles	Design	()
1963	Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul	DCC Meaty Classics	()
1964	Sugariness & Sour Tears	Rhino	()
1964	Have a Smiling with Me	Concord	()
1965	Live in Concert	Concord	()
1965	Land & Western Meets Rhythm & Dejection	Concord	()
1966	Crying Time	Agree / Universal	()
1966	Ray'due south Moods	Concord / Universal	()
1967	A Man & His Soul		()
1967	Ray Charles Invites You to Heed	Agree	()
1969	I'thou All Yours-Babe!	Hold	()
1969	Doing His Matter	Concord	()
1970	My Kind of Jazz	Concord / Universal	()
1970	Love Land Style	Concord	()
1971	Volcanic Activeness of My Soul	Hold	()
1972	A Message from the People	Concur	()
1972	Through the Eyes of Love	Agree	()
1972	Presents the Raelettes	Tangerine Records	()
1973	Genius in Concert Fifty.A.	BluesWay	()
1973	My Kind of Jazz, Pt. 2	Concord	()
1974	Come Live with Me	Concord	()
1975	Renaissance	Agree	()
1975	My Kind of Jazz, Pt. 3	Concord	()
1975	Live in Japan	Concord	()
1976	Porgy & Bess	Classic Records / Classics	()
1977	True to Life	Concord	()
1978	Beloved & Peace		()
1979	Ain't It So	Concord / Universal	()
1980	Brother Ray Is at It Again		()
1983	Wish You Were Here Tonight	Columbia	()
1984	Do I Ever Cantankerous Your Mind?	Concord	()
1984	Friendship	Columbia	()
1985	The Spirit of Christmas	Rhinoceros	()
1986	From the Pages of My Mind	Concord	()
1988	Simply Between United states of america	Hold	()
1990	Would You Believe?	Warner Bros.	()
1993	My Globe	Warner Bros.	()
1996	Stiff Love Affair	Qwest / Warner Bros.	()
2002	Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again	Crossover	()
2002	Bringing Dear Once again: Ellie My Dear	JVC Japan	()
2004	Genius Loves Company	Agree Jazz	()
2004	Ray [Original Soundtrack]	Atlantic / Rhino / Warner Bros.	()
2005	Genius & Friends	Atlantic / Rhino	()
	Plays Ray Charles	Frémeaux & Associés	()