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For a generation of musicians and fans, the late Ray Charles provided the catalyst that fused the previously largely exclusive genres of jazz, blues and gospel music. In an era when jazz and pop music were seemingly poles apart, the impact of Charles music was truly revolutionary in that it brought together these strands and fans for the first time. Traces Ray Charles amazing story from the abject disadvantage of being orphaned, black and blind in the South of the 1930s to the height of inte...

Great Ray Charles (Rajon) (Greatest Hits)

The Great Ray Charles features three CDs with 34 timeless songs from the late soul/blues great at a budget price!

One approaches sweeping criticism of Charles with hesitation; he was an American institution, after all, and his vocal powers barely diminished over his half-century career. The fact remains, though, that his work after the late '60s on record was very disappointing. Millions of listeners yearned for a return to the all-out soul of his 1955-1965 classics, but Charles had actually never been committed to soul above all else. Like Aretha Franklin and Elvis Presley, his focus was more upon all-around...

Personnel: Ray Charles (piano, celeste); David "Fathead" Newman (saxophone); Emmott Dennis (baritone saxophone); Joseph Bridgewater, John Hunt (trumpet); Roosevelt Sheffield, Oscar Pettiford (bass); William Peeples, Joe Harris (drums).Producers: Ahmet Ertegun, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Wexler.Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York, New York on April 30, 1956 and Capitol Studios, New York, New York on November 20, 1956. Includes original release liner notes by Gary Kramer and Leonard Feather.Charles'...

See track list below. Influenced as a young man by blues, country, gospel, jazz and big band music, Ray Charles would eventually record hits in each of these genres throughout his storied career, but whatever kind of music he was performing, he imbued it with a singular style all his own. Many believe the 'Atlantic Years' were the most exciting of Ray Charles' career, and for this reason we've pulled together his best work from that period to create a crisply rendered snapshot of a man at the height...

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