FLAC (tracks) | 2h 42 min | Genre: Soul, Blues, Rhythm and Blues, Vocal Jazz | 801 MBTracklist:01. I Got a Woman (Single Version)02. Hallelujah I Love Her So03. Mess Around04. What’d I Say, Pt. 1 & 205. Come Rain or Come Shine06. Drown In My Own Tears07. Let the Good Times Roll08. Ain’t That Love09. Come Back Baby10. A Fool for You11. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)12. Greenbacks13. Don’t You Know14. Heartbreaker15. This Little Girl of Mine16. Blackjack17. I Believe to My Soul18. Lonely Avenue19. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying20. You Be My Baby21. Tell All the World About You22. Leave My Woman Alone23. Mary Ann24. Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ‘Bout That River)25. Alexander’s Ragtime Band26. Roll with My Baby27. Sinner’s Prayer28. What Would I Do Without You29. Night Time Is the Right Time30. Feelin’ Sad31. I’m Movin’ On32. Funny (But I Still Love You)33. It’s Alright34. Rockhouse (Pt. 1 & 2)35. Losing Hand36. Sweet Sixteen Bars37. Just for a Thrill38. It Had to Be You39. It Should’ve Been Me40. Talkin’ About You (Single Version)41. I Had a Dream (Single Version)42. What Kind of Man Are You (Single Version)43. Ray’s Blues44. I Wonder Who45. That’s Enough46. You Won’t Let Me Go47. Am I Blue48. Yes Indeed! (Single Version)49. The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again50. The Midnight Hour51. Tell Me How Do You Feel52. Two Years of Torture53. Nobody Cares54. My Bonnie (Single Version)55. The RayRay Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music.
Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging ’50s R&B with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the ’60s) country.
Then there was his singing; his style was among the most emotional and easily identifiable of any 20th century performer, up 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, however, can’t obscure the fact that he made few classic tracks after the mid-’60s, though he recorded often and performed until the year before his death.
