“The Genius Sings The Blues” by Ray Charles - album review
| features in: (B-list) Album Chart of 1961 ● (B-list) Album Chart of the 1960s |
Released September, 1961. 1 track is reworked from the back-album catalogue - “(Night Time Is) The Right Time” (Ray Charles At Newport, 1958). Deemed "b" status as recordings date 1952-1960. This is a final "squeezing of the juice" by Atlantic, eight 45 sides plus four previously unreleased tracks.
The Jukebox Rebel
25–Jul–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:48]  Ray Charles - Early In The Mornin’ (Leo Hickman, Louis Jordan, Dallas Bartley) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A2 | [02:56]  Ray Charles - Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) (Ray Charles Robinson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A3 | [03:02]  Ray Charles - The Midnight Hour (Sam Sweet) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A4 | [03:25]  Ray Charles with The Raylettes - (Night Time Is) The Right Time (Roosevelt Sykes, Napoleon Brown, Ozzie Cadena, Herman Lubinsky) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A5 | [02:50]  Ray Charles and his Orchestra - Feelin’ Sad (Eddie Jones) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| A6 | [02:55]  Ray Charles - Ray’s Blues (Ray Charles Robinson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B1 | [02:13]  Ray Charles and his Orchestra - I’m Movin’ On (Hank Snow) Rock n Roll / Rockabilly |
| B2 | [03:01]  Ray Charles and his Orchestra - I Believe To My Soul (Ray Charles Robinson) Soul Ballad |
| B3 | [02:41]  Ray Charles - Nobody Cares (Ray Charles Robinson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B4 | [02:48] Ray Charles - Mr. Charles’ Blues (Ray Charles Robinson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B5 | [03:01]  Ray Charles - Some Day Baby (Major Merriweather, Sleepy John Estes, Hammie Nixon) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B6 | [02:46] Ray Charles - I Wonder Who (Ray Charles Robinson) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
