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Ray Charles Robinson (Albany (Georgia), 23 september 1930 – Beverly Hills (Californië), 10 juni 2004) was een blinde Amerikaanse zanger en pianist, en een groot vertolker van de moderne blues en de rhythm-and-blues.
In de jaren 50 ontwikkelde hij deze muziek verder door de introductie van elementen uit de kerkelijke gospelmuziek, waar het vrouwenkoor een prominente rol speelt. Zo stond Ray Charles, meestal begeleid door een groep zangeressen (de Raelettes), aan de wieg van de soul met nummers als I got a woman, The night time is the right time en What'd I Say. Legendarisch is de uitvoering van laatstgenoemd nummer tijdens een openluchtconcert in Atlanta, Georgia in 1959. Dat optreden was een hoogtepunt in zijn loopbaan.
In 1960 volgde een radicale verandering van stijl: violen en popsongs deden hun intrede. De blues en rhythm-and-blues hadden afgedaan. Ray Charles scoorde enkele megahits met Hit the road Jack en I can't stop loving you, en zijn vertolking van Georgia on my mind maakte die song tot een evergreen. Notoir is zijn nummer Busted dat hij schreef nadat hij een jaar in de gevangenis gezeten had voor het bezit van heroïne.
Ray Charles stierf op 10 juni 2004 op 73-jarige leeftijd, ten gevolge van leverkanker, in zijn huis te Beverly Hills, Californië, in bijzijn van familie en vrienden.
Over het leven van Charles is een film gemaakt met in de hoofdrol Jamie Foxx: Ray (2004).
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CD1

   1. Ray Charles - My Baby (I Love Her Yes I Do)             [03:04]
   2. Ray Charles - Who You Gonna Love                        [02:04]
   3. Ray Charles - Sticks and Stones                         [02:17]
   4. Ray Charles - Worried Life Blues                        [03:09]
   5. Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind                        [03:40]
   6. Ray Charles - Carry Me Back To Old Virginny             [02:02]
   7. Ray Charles - Them That Got                             [02:53]
   8. Ray Charles - I Wonder                                  [02:36]
   9. Ray Charles - Ruby                                      [02:54]
  10. Ray Charles - Hard Hearted Hannah                       [03:17]
  11. Ray Charles - Hit the Road, Jack                        [02:03]
  12. Ray Charles - The Danger Zone                           [02:25]
  13. Ray Charles - Unchain My Heart                          [02:52]
  14. Ray Charles - But on the Other Hand, Baby               [03:15]
  15. Ray Charles - Baby, It's Cold Outside                   [04:09]
  16. Ray Charles - We'll Be Together Again                   [02:45]
  17. Ray Charles - At the Club                               [02:59]
  18. Ray Charles - Hide Nor Hair                             [03:10]
  19. Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You                   [02:39]
  20. Ray Charles - Born to Lose                              [03:17]
  21. Ray Charles - You Don't Know Me                         [03:15]
  22. Ray Charles - Careless Love                             [03:03]
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CD2

   1. Ray Charles - Your Cheatin' Heart                       [03:33]
   2. Ray Charles - You Are My Sunshine                       [02:59]
   3. Ray Charles - Don't Set Me Free                         [02:36]
   4. Ray Charles - The Brightest Smile in Town               [02:50]
   5. Ray Charles - Take These Chains from My Heart           [02:56]
   6. Ray Charles - No Letter Today                           [03:00]
   7. Ray Charles - Without Love (There Is Nothing)           [03:35]
   8. Ray Charles - No One                                    [03:09]
   9. Ray Charles - Busted                                    [02:10]
  10. Ray Charles - Making Believe                            [02:51]
  11. Ray Charles - That Lucky Old Sun                        [03:11]
  12. Ray Charles - Ol' Man Time                              [02:31]
  13. Ray Charles - Baby, Don't You Cry                       [02:36]
  14. Ray Charles - My Heart Cries For You                    [02:49]
  15. Ray Charles - My Baby Don't Dig Me                      [02:37]
  16. Ray Charles - Something's Wrong                         [02:50]
  17. Ray Charles - No One to Cry To                          [02:41]
  18. Ray Charles - A Tear Fell                               [02:44]
  19. Ray Charles - Smack Dab in the Middle                   [03:18]
  20. Ray Charles - I Wake Up Cryin'                          [03:00]
  21. Ray Charles - Makin' Whoopee (vocal) (live)             [03:29]
  22. Ray Charles - Makin' Whoopee (piano) (live)             [02:37]
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CD3

   1. Ray Charles - Teardrops from My Eyes                    [02:57]
   2. Ray Charles - Cry                                       [03:35]
   3. Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman (Part 1) (live)          [02:54]
   4. Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman (Part 2) (live)          [03:05]
   5. Ray Charles - Without a Song (Part 1)                   [02:31]
   6. Ray Charles - Without a Song (Part 2)                   [03:58]
   7. Ray Charles - I'm a Fool to Care                        [03:18]
   8. Ray Charles - Love's Gonna Live Here                    [02:20]
   9. Ray Charles - The Cincinnati Kid                        [02:24]
  10. Ray Charles - That's All I Am To You                    [02:05]
  11. Ray Charles - Crying Time                               [02:56]
  12. Ray Charles - When My Dreamboat Comes Home              [03:01]
  13. Ray Charles - Together Again                            [02:40]
  14. Ray Charles - You're Just About to Lose Your Clown      [02:00]
  15. Ray Charles - Let's Go Get Stoned                       [02:59]
  16. Ray Charles - The Train                                 [03:06]
  17. Ray Charles - I Chose to Sing the Blues                 [02:31]
  18. Ray Charles - Hopelessly                                [02:44]
  19. Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor                    [02:29]
  20. Ray Charles - Please Say You're Fooling                 [02:44]
  21. Ray Charles - I Want to Talk About You                  [02:55]
  22. Ray Charles - Something Inside Me                       [02:41]
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CD4

   1. Ray Charles - Here We Go Again                          [03:15]
   2. Ray Charles - Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It   [03:08]
   3. Ray Charles - In the Heat of the Night                  [03:22]
   4. Ray Charles - Something's Got to Change                 [02:36]
   5. Ray Charles - Yesterday                                 [02:47]
   6. Ray Charles - Never Had Enough of Nothing Yet           [02:34]
   7. Ray Charles - That's a Lie                              [02:38]
   8. Ray Charles - Go on Home                                [02:14]
   9. Ray Charles - Eleanor Rigby                             [02:57]
  10. Ray Charles - Understanding                             [03:15]
  11. Ray Charles - Sweet Young Thing Like You                [02:17]
  12. Ray Charles - Listen, They're Playing My Song           [03:16]
  13. Ray Charles - If It Wasn't for Bad Luck                 [03:49]
  14. Ray Charles - When I Stop Dreaming                      [03:03]
  15. Ray Charles - I'll Be Your Servant                      [02:59]
  16. Ray Charles - I Didn't Know What Time It Was            [03:11]
  17. Ray Charles - Let Me Love You                           [02:49]
  18. Ray Charles - I'm Satisfied                             [02:30]
  19. Ray Charles - We Can Make It                            [03:37]
  20. Ray Charles - I Can't Stop Loving You, Baby             [02:17]
  21. Ray Charles - Claudie Mae                               [03:17]
  22. Ray Charles - Someone to Watch Over Me                  [03:19]
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CD5

   1. Ray Charles - Laughin' And Clownin'                     [03:21]
   2. Ray Charles - That Thing Called Love                    [02:51]
   3. Ray Charles - Till I Can't Take It Anymore              [03:32]
   4. Ray Charles - If You Were Mine                          [02:51]
   5. Ray Charles - Don't Change On Me                        [03:27]
   6. Ray Charles - Sweet Memories                            [03:34]
   7. Ray Charles - Feel So Bad                               [03:15]
   8. Ray Charles - Your Love Is So Doggone Good              [03:02]
   9. Ray Charles - What Am I Living For                      [03:40]
  10. Ray Charles - Tired Of My Tears                         [02:23]
  11. Ray Charles - Look What They've Done To My Song, Ma     [03:43]
  12. Ray Charles - America The Beautiful                     [03:42]
  13. Ray Charles - Hey Mister                                [04:00]
  14. Ray Charles - There'll Be No Peace Without All Men As O