Description
The Genius Of Ray Charles / The Genius' Classic Atlantic Studio Albums In Mono / 180-gram vinyl / Atlantic LP / 1312
UPC 081227944490
The Genius of Ray Charles is a 1959 Ray Charles album, released in October by Atlantic Records, the seventh album since the debut Ray Charles in 1957. The album consists of swinging pop with big band arrangements. It comprises a first half of big band songs and a second half of string-backed ballads. The Genius of Ray Charles sold fewer than 500,000 copies and charted at number 17 on the Billboard 200. "Let the Good Times Roll" and "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" were released as singles in 1959.
| Label: | Atlantic – 1312 |
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| Format: |
Vinyl, LP, Album, Mono, 180 gram
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| Country: | USA |
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| Genre: | Jazz, Pop |
| Style: | Soul-Jazz, Big Band, Soul |
Tracklist:
| A1 |
Let The Good Times Roll |
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2:49 |
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| A2 | It Had To Be You |
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2:41 |
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| A3 | Alexander's Ragtime Band |
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2:50 |
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| A4 | Two Years Of Torture |
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3:22 |
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| A5 | When Your Lover Has Gone |
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2:47 |
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| A6 | Deed I Do |
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2:23 |
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| B1 | Just For A Thrill |
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3:21 |
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| B2 | You Won't Let Me Go |
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3:16 |
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| B3 | Tell Me You'll Wait For Me |
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3:21 |
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| B4 | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' |
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3:42 |
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| B5 | Am I Blue |
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3:35 |
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| B6 | Come Rain Or Come Shine |
| 3:40 |
- Alto Saxophone – Marshall Royal (tracks: A1 to A6)
- Baritone Saxophone – Bennie Crawford (tracks: A1 to A6), Charlie Fowlkes (tracks: A1 to A6)
- Bass – Eddie Jones (tracks: A1 to A6), Edgar Willis (tracks: A1 to A6), Wendell Marshall (tracks: B1 to B6)
- Bongos – Jose Mangual (tracks: A3)
- Concertmaster – Harry Lookofsky (tracks: B1 to B6)
- Design [Cover] – Marvin Israel
- Drums – Charlie Persip (tracks: A1 to A6), Teagle Fleming (tracks: A1 to A6), Ted Sommer* (tracks: B1 to B6)
- Engineer [Recording] – Bill Schwartau, Tom Doud*
- Flute, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Frank Wess (tracks: A1 to A6)
- Guitar – Allen Hanlon (tracks: B1 to B6), Freddie Greene* (tracks: A1 to A6)
- Liner Notes – Nat Hentoff
- Photography By [Cover] – Lee Friedlander
- Piano, Vocals – Ray Charles
- Soloist [Tenor Saxophone] – David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: A1, A2, A5, A6), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A4)
- Soloist [Trumpet] – Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A3)
- Supervised By – Jerry Wexler, Nesuhi Ertegun
- Tenor Saxophone – Billy Mitchell (tracks: A2, A4, A5), David Newman* (tracks: A1 to A6), Paul Gonsalves (tracks: A1 to A6), Zoot Sims (tracks: A1, A3, A6)
- Trombone – Al Gray* (tracks: A1 to A6), Bob Brookmeyer (tracks: B1 to B6), Melba Liston (tracks: A1 to A6), Quentin Jackson (tracks: A1 to A6), Thomas Mitchell (tracks: A1 to A6)
- Trumpet – Clark Terry (tracks: A1 to A6), Ernie Royal (tracks: A1 to A6), Joe Newman (tracks: A1 to A6), John Hunt (tracks: A1 to A6), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: A1 to A6), Snookie Young (tracks: A1 to A6)
