Ray's late 50s recordings for the Atlantic label.

One of the towering figures of 20th century music, Ray Charles was the innovator who synthesised such disparate musical forms as gospel, rhythm & blues and jazz into the form that came to be known as soul. Ray certainly had plenty of the base material required to perform such alchemy, having overcome enormous tragedy during his early years, not least via the loss of his sight, but also the traumatic death of his brother and being a black boy in the deep south bought up by a single mother. This collection brings together the tracks Ray recorded during the mid to late 1950s for the Atlantic label, where a number of his most famous tracks such as 'What'd I Say' and 'I Got A Woman' rub shoulders with lesser known but equally important cuts like 'Tell Me How Do You Feel' and 'I Believe To My Soul'. Across the 28 tracks on this release, the road to the golden age of soul music is navigated with the man often credited just as important as Elvis Presley in the development of modern music.

Track Listing

• Greenbacks
• I Got a Woman
• Come Back Baby
• Lonely Avenue
• Leave My Woman Alone
• It's Alright
• Ain't That Love
• Rock House (Parts 1 & 2)
• Get on the Right Track Baby
• I Want to Know
• Talkin' 'Bout You
• That's Enough
• Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
• What Kind of Man Are You
• I Want a Little Girl
• Tell All the World About You
• You Be My Baby
• I Had a Dream
• Yes Indeed!
• My Bonnie
• Night Time Is the Right Time
• Early in the Morning
• Tell The Truth
• Tell Me How Do You Feel
• What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2)
• Carryin' The Load
• I Believe to My Soul
• I'm Movin' On

Additional Details

Label: Chrome Dreams

Genre: Blues

Run Time: 79 mins

Release Date: 03/08/11

UPC: 823564617824