Ray Charles Greatest Hits | |
Type: | greatest |
Artist: | Ray Charles |
Cover: | RayCharlesGreatestHits_1962ABC.jpg |
Released: | August 1962[1] |
Genre: | R&B, Soul |
Length: | 36:32 |
Label: | ABC-Paramount |
Producer: | Sid Feller |
Prev Title: | Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music |
Prev Year: | 1962 |
Next Title: | Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Ray Charles Greatest Hits is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. Although many similarly titled albums would be released over the years, this was the first, and it contained many tracks previously released by ABC only as singles.
The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in (1981).[2]
Side A:
Side B:
A2 was released previously on The Genius Hits the Road.
B2 was released previously on Dedicated to You.
A4, A6, and B6 were released previously on Genius + Soul = Jazz.
A1, A3, A5, B1, B3, B4 and B5 were released only as singles prior to this album. All above tracks had also been released as singles.