Ray Charles Sings the Blues (disc 1)

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

Annotation

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Annotation last modified on 2024-06-26 13:53 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Tell Me Baby
2:36
2Kiss Me Baby
recording of:
Kissa Me Baby (Ray Charles song)
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
3:12
3A Sentimental Blues
recording of:
A Sentimental Blues
lyricist and composer:
William York
2:26
4What’d I Say
recording of:
What’d I Say
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Mijac Music, MUAC Music, Progressive Music (publisher), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
5:00
5I’m Going Down to the River
recording of:
I'm Going Down to the River
lyricist and composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
3:07
6Blues Is My Middle Name
recording of:
Blues Is My Middle Name
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
3:16
7Can’t You See Darling
recording of:
Can’t You See Darling
lyricist and composer:
William York
2:39
8Georgia on My Mind
recording of:
Georgia on My Mind
anthem of:
Georgia, United States (from 1979 to present)
lyricist:
Stuart Gorrell (in 1930)
composer:
Hoagy Carmichael (in 1930)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI), Peermusic III, Ltd. (BMI), Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (from 1930 to present) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (from 1930 to present)
sub-publisher:
ピアーミュージック (Peer Music Japan, Japan, subsidiary of Nichion)
arrangement of:
Georgia on My Mind (Solo piano arrangement)
7:26
9Sittin’ on Top of the World
cover recording of:
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)
lyricist and composer:
Chester Arthur Burnett
publisher:
Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher) and Chappell Morris Ltd.
version of:
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)
2:17
10Ain’t That Fine
recording of:
Ain’t That Fine
lyricist and composer:
Betty Hall Jones
2:20