Greatest Hits

by Ray Charles

Greatest Hits cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1962
  • Label: ABC-Paramount
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:32
  • Community rating: 4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This massively successful compilation captures the early, transformative period of the artist's tenure with ABC-Paramount, during which he achieved unprecedented creative control and mainstream crossover success. The album highlights his astonishing stylistic versatility, effortlessly bridging incredibly soulful, big band R&B with sophisticated, lushly orchestrated interpretations of popular standards and country music.

Genres

Tracklist

  1. Them That Got (2:47)
  2. Georgia On My Mind (3:37)
  3. Unchain My Heart (2:52)
  4. I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town (3:38)
  5. The Danger Zone (2:22)
  6. I've Got News For You (4:28)
  7. Hit The Road Jack (2:00)
  8. Ruby (3:51)
  9. I Wonder (2:30)
  10. Sticks And Stones (2:14)
  11. But On The Other Hand Baby (3:11)
  12. One Mint Julep (3:02)

Credits

  • Ray Charles - primary artist, written-by
  • Sam Feldman - lacquer cut by
  • Ricci Harper - written-by
  • Hoagy Carmichael - written-by
  • Stuart Gorrell - written-by
  • Agnes Jones - written-by
  • Freddy James - written-by
  • Casey Bill Weldon - written-by

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