Essential Original Albums

~ Release by Ray Charles (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼CD: Genius + Soul = Jazz
#TitleRatingLength
1From the Heart
recording of:
From the Heart
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
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2I’ve Got News for You
cover recording of:
I’ve Got News for You
lyricist and composer:
Roy Alfred (Tin Pan Alley lyricist and composer)
publisher:
AVCO Embassy Music Publishing Inc. (ended), Almo Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP) and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
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3Moanin’
cover recording of:
Moanin’
composer:
Bobby Timmons
publisher:
Orphum Music Inc.
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4Let’s Go
recording of:
Let’s Go
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
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5One Mint Julep
cover recording of:
One Mint Julep
lyricist and composer:
Rudolph Toombs
publisher:
Regent Music (BMI) and Unichappell Music
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6I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
cover recording of:
I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
writer:
Roy Jordan and William Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
MCA, Inc. (this was the US media company that became Universal Studios, Inc. in Dec 1996)
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7Stompin’ Room Only
cover recording of:
Stompin’ Room Only
writer:
Howard Marks (Writer of "Stompin' Room Only") (in 1940)
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8Mister C
recording of:
Mister C
composer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter)
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9Strike Up the Band
cover recording of:
Strike Up the Band (1927 Gershwin song)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1927)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1927)
part of:
My One and Only (1983 Broadway musical)
part of:
Strike up the Band (1927 Gershwin musical)
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10Birth of the Blues
cover recording of:
Birth of the Blues
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
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11Let the Good Times Roll
cover recording of:
Let the Good Times Roll
writer:
Fleecie Moore (in 1946) and Sam Theard (in 1946)
publisher:
Rytvoc, Inc. (ASCAP), Theard Swanson Publishing and Warock Corp.
sub-publisher:
Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc. (song publisher, never a release label) and ヤマハミュージックEH(CM) (Yamaha Music EH(CM))
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12It Had to Be You
cover recording of:
It Had to Be You
lyricist:
Gus Kahn (in 1924)
composer:
Isham Jones (in 1924)
publisher:
Bantam Music Publishing Co., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Gilbert Keyes Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1924-05-09)
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13Alexander’s Ragtime Band
cover recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
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14Two Years of Torture
cover recording of:
Two Years of Torture
writer:
Percy Mayfield and Charles Morris (Bluesman with several stage names)
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15When Your Lover Has Gone
cover recording of:
When Your Lover Has Gone
lyricist and composer:
Einar Aaron Swan
publisher:
Remick Music Corp. and Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division)
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16Deed I Do
cover recording of:
’Deed I Do
lyricist:
Walter Hirsch
composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter)
publisher:
Keith Prowse Music Publishing Co. Ltd.
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17Just for a Thrill
cover recording of:
Just for a Thrill
lyricist:
Don Raye
composer:
Lil Hardin Armstrong
arranger:
Vance Thompson
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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18You Won’t Let Me Go
cover recording of:
You Won’t Let Me Go
writer:
Bud Allen and Buddy Johnson
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19Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
recording of:
Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
writer:
Charles Brown (blues musician) and Oscar Moore
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
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20Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
cover recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
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21Am 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., 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)
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22Come Rain or Come Shine
cover recording of:
Come Rain or Come Shine
lyricist:
Johnny Mercer (in 1946)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), S.A. Music Co. and Warner/Chappell Music Scandinavia AB
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