The Jazz Biography: Ray Charles

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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1Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1951)
performer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
cover recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (in 1951)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
2:52
2Sun Is Gonna Shine Again
recording of:
The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again
writer:
Sam Sweet
2:36
3Ain’t That Fine
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
recording of:
Ain’t That Fine (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Betty Hall Jones
2:14
4Roll With My Baby
recording of:
Roll With My Baby
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:35
5Blues Before Sunrise
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
cover recording of:
Blues Before Sunrise (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Leroy Carr
publisher:
MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group)
2:46
6Some Day
cover recording of:
Someday (You’ll Want Me to Want You)
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Hodges (Songwriter, composer, author, producer and publisher) (in 1944)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Music Ltd., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Main Street Songs, Inc. (on 1944-12-29)
3:07
7Ego Song
2:19
8You’ll Never Miss the Water
recorded in:
Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1949)
performer:
The Maxim Trio
recording of:
You’ll Always Miss the Water (When the Well Runs Dry) (in 1949)
lyricist and composer:
Rod Andre
42:47
9I’ve Had My Fun
cover recording of:
I've Had My Fun
lyricist and writer:
James Burke Oden (blues singer and songwriter)
arranger:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
is based on:
Goin’ Down Slow
2:39
10What I Have Done
recording of:
What Have I Done
lyricist, writer and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:31
11Snow Is Falling
recording of:
The Snow Is Falling
writer:
Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
2:47
12Hey Now
recording of:
Hey Now
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:16
13Midnight Hour
recording of:
The Midnight Hour
lyricist and composer:
Sam Sweet
arranger:
Kris Johnson (trumpet)
2:58
14Late in the Evening Blues
recording of:
Late in the Evening Blues
writer:
John ‘Shifty’ Henry
3:03
15Baby, Let Me Hold Your Hand
recording of:
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
2:59
16Honey, Honey
recording of:
Honey Honey
lyricist and composer:
Velma Green
2:40