A Portrait of Ray

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Never Say Naw
cover recording of:
Never Say Naw
lyricist and composer:
Percy Mayfield
3:00
2The Sun Died (Il est mort le soleil)
cover recording of:
The Sun Died
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Hubert Giraud
translator:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Ann Grégory
publisher:
Tangerine Music Corp.
3:51
3Am I Blue
cover recording of:
Am I Blue?
lyricist:
Grant Clarke
composer:
Harry Akst
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Warner Bros. Music Corp., Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division)
4:05
4Yesterdays
cover recording of:
Yesterday (original by The Beatles)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Northern Songs, Sony/ATV, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) (from 1965 to present)
4:34
5When I Stop Dreamin’
cover recording of:
When I Stop Dreaming (1955 song)
writer:
Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
2:59
6I Won’t Leave
3:28
7A Sweet Young Thing Like You
2:10
8The Bright Lights & You Girl
2:31
9Understanding
recording of:
Understanding
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) and Jimmy Holiday (American singer, songwriter, producer)
3:07
10Eleanor Rigby
cover recording of:
Eleanor Rigby
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
2:56
11In the Heat of the Night
cover recording of:
In the Heat of the Night
lyricist:
Alan Bergman (American lyricist) and Marilyn Bergman
composer:
Quincy Jones
publisher:
United Artists
2:36
12I Don’t Need No Doctor
recording of:
I Don’t Need No Doctor
writer:
Jo Armstead, Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson
publisher:
Baby Monico Music, Inc. and Renleigh Music, Inc.
2:30
13I Chose to Sing the Blues
recording of:
I Choose to Sing the Blues
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (in 1966) and Jimmy Holiday (American singer, songwriter, producer) (in 1966)
2:28
14Yesterday
bass:
Edgar Willis (bass) (in 1967-01)
organ and piano:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (in 1967-01)
vocals:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (in 1967-01)
arranger:
Sid Feller
engineered at:
RPM International Studios in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1967-01)
cover recording of:
Yesterday (original by The Beatles) (in 1967-01)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Northern Songs, Sony/ATV, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney) (from 1965 to present)
2:46
15Never Had Enough of Nothing Yet
2:30

Credits

Release group

associated singles/EPs:Eleanor Rigby
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/161640 [info]
Wikidata:Q4658971 [info]