Ray Charles
27 songs or works across all MusicAtlas lists. Distinct recording versions remain separate.
About Ray Charles
Ray Charles was a singer, pianist and bandleader whose recordings connected blues, gospel phrasing, jazz and popular song. His early Atlantic singles range from the piano-driven Mess Around to the vocal exchanges of What'd I Say. Orchestral albums and the two Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music volumes broadened his settings without smoothing away his distinctive vocal grain. Later studio work continued to pair that expressive voice with country, soul and familiar standards.
Artist background sources
Ray Charles - original Atlantic singles before the debut LP
The distributor's historical account explicitly dates I Got a Woman to 1954 and places Mess Around four years before the 1957 album. The album is a collection of earlier singles; its 1957 date and 2005 copyright do not date those original recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Rhino - original What'd I Say studio single
The label history distinguishes the original 1959 studio performance and its editing into the two single sides, Parts I and II. The session day alone is not a release date, and a later concert is not selected. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Ray Charles - estate original album discography
Public album panels identify original programs and release years: The Genius of Ray Charles 1959; Genius Hits the Road 1960; Genius + Soul = Jazz and the Betty Carter duet album 1961; both Modern Sounds volumes 1962; Ingredients 1963; Crying Time 1966; Invites You to Listen 1967; A Message from the People 1972; My World 1993. Award years and later remasters are not release dates. The distinct 2004 guest recordings are also identified. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
All songs for this credit
Recording years are first-release years where available; * marks a reported year awaiting verification. Classical work dates are labeled comp., prem. or pub.. Open an entry for its date evidence and background. Artists sort without a leading "The"; composers sort by surname.
- (1993) A Song for You
- (1972) America the Beautiful
- (1962) Born to Lose
- (1963) Busted
- (1959) Come Rain or Come Shine
- (1965*) Crying Time
- (1956) Drown in My Own Tears
- (1960) Georgia on My Mind
- (1956) Hallelujah I Love Her So
- (1967) Here We Go Again
- (1961) Hit the Road Jack
- (1962) I Can't Stop Loving You
- (1954) I Got a Woman
- (1961) I've Got News for You
- (1959) Just for a Thrill
- (1959) Let the Good Times Roll
- (1966) Let's Go Get Stoned
- (1953) Mess Around
- (1961) One Mint Julep
- (1962) Take These Chains from My Heart
- (1960*) Talkin' About You
- (1963) That Lucky Old Sun
- (1966*) What Am I Doing Here (With You)
- (1959) What'd I Say, Parts I & II
- (1962) You Are My Sunshine
- (1962) You Don't Know Me
- (1962) Your Cheatin' Heart
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