The Genius Hits the Road
by Ray Charles
- Type: Album
- Released: September 1960
- Label: ABC-Paramount
- Country: United States
- Length: 33:37
- Community rating: 3.76/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Sid Feller, Ralph Burns
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Structured as a conceptual travelogue, every track on the LP references a specific geographic location within the United States. The heavily orchestrated project generated the monumental, Grammy-winning crossover hit 'Georgia on My Mind', permanently broadening the artist's appeal among mainstream pop audiences.
Genres
Descriptors: rhythmic, soulful, piano, vocal, orchestral, ballad
Tracklist
- Alabamy Bound (1:53)
- Georgia On My Mind (3:37)
- Basin Street Blues (2:45)
- Mississippi Mud (3:25)
- Moonlight In Vermont (3:02)
- New York's My Home (3:04)
- California, Here I Come (2:06)
- Moon Over Miami (3:20)
- Deep In The Heart Of Texas (2:25)
- Carry Me Back To Old Virginny (2:00)
- Blue Hawaii (3:00)
- Chattanooga Choo-Choo (3:00)
Credits
- Ray Charles - primary artist, piano, vocals
- Ralph Burns - arranged by, conductor
- Viceroy - design [cover]
- Rick Ward - liner notes
- Montague Everett - photography by
- Sid Feller - producer
- Bud Green - written-by
- Buddy G. De Sylva - written-by
- Ray Henderson - written-by
- Hoagy Carmichael - written-by
- Stuart Gorrell - written-by
- Spencer Williams - written-by
- Harry Barris - written-by
- James Cavanaugh - written-by
- John Blackburn - written-by
- Karl Suessdorf - written-by
- Gordon Jenkins - written-by
- Al Jolson - written-by
- Joseph Meyer - written-by
- Edgar Leslie - written-by
- Joe Burke - written-by
- Don Swander - written-by
- June Hershey - written-by
- Raelets - featuring
- James A. Bland - written-by
- Leo Robin - written-by
- Ralph Rainger - written-by
- Harry Warren - written-by
- Mack Gordon - written-by