The Great Ray Charles is Ray Charles’ second studio album for Atlantic Records, released in 1957. It is an instrumental jazz album. Later CD re-issues often include as a bonus, six of eight tracks from The Genius After Hours. The original cover was by Marvin Israel.
Tracklist:
1. Ray Charles – The Ray
2. Ray Charles – My Melancholy Baby
3. Ray Charles – Black Coffee
4. Ray Charles – There’s No You
5. Ray Charles – Doodlin
6. Ray Charles – Sweet Sixteen Bars
7. Ray Charles – I Surrender Dear
8. Ray Charles – Undecided
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![Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961/2021) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]](https://i.postimg.cc/hP2F6qgf/0083b1be.jpg "Ray Charles - Genius + Soul = Jazz (1961/2021) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]")
![Ray Charles - What’d I Say (1959/2012) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]](https://i0.wp.com/imghd.xyz/images/2022/02/11/0603497933297_600.jpg?resize=500%2C500&ssl=1 "Ray Charles - What’d I Say (1959/2012) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]")
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