- jazz, soul, soul jazz
- 39 min
- 12 tracks
- Atlantic
The Genius of Ray Charles is an album by Ray Charles, released in October 1959 by Atlantic Records, the seventh album since the debut Ray Charles in 1957. The album consists of swinging pop with big band arrangements.
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Character-led, spare, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- A1Let the Good Times Roll2:54
- A2It Had to Be You2:45
- A3Alexander's Ragtime Band2:54
- A4Two Years of Torture3:26
- A5When Your Lover Has Gone2:52
- A6'Deed I Do2:28
- B1Just for a Thrill3:26
- B2You Won't Let Me Go3:22
- B3Tell Me You'll Wait for Me3:25
- B4Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'3:47
- B5Am I Blue3:40
- B6Come Rain or Come Shine3:39
12 tracks, 39 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ray Charles
- Label
- Atlantic
- Released
- 1959
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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