Album
Ray Charles
1962 · Funk / Soul
4 collectors on Gatefold own this
Ray Charles is a Soul & Funk album by Ray Charles, originally released in 1962. On Gatefold: 8 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
About
Released in 1957, <i>Ray Charles</i> is technically the singer’s debut album—even though it arrived a full four years after Charles’ boogie-woogie hit “Mess Around” introduced him to millions of listener. The fact that his music career took off just as LPs were becoming popular obscures how long Charles had already been working—both as a recording artist and, before that, as a fixture on the South’s Chitlin’ Circuit. <i>Ray Charles</i> collects 14 tracks from the singer’s early years—many of them hit, and all of them essential. Because the songs here span a few year, <i>Ray Charles</i> traces the ways the singer was refining his gospel-meets-jazz R&B sound. “I Got A Woman,” the 1954 single that became Charles’ first R&B No. 1 hit—and the tune that, decades later, would anchor Kanye West and Jamie Foxx’s “Gold Digger”—is notably looser than “Mess Around,” with Charles expanding the familiar blues template into an easy groove, as well as an ecstatic vocal showcase. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Misery In My Heart
- A2Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
- A3I'm Just A Lonely Boy
- A4Kissa Me Baby
- A5Ray's Blues
Side B
- B1The Snow Is Falling
- B2All The Girls In Town
- B3Late In The Evening
- B4Blues Is My Middle Name
- B5Easy Riding Gal
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Classic Soul
- raw
- soulful
- earnest
4 collectors on Gatefold own this · 8 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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