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2CD collection of Ray Charles' greatest hits.

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Ray Charles is the proof that the American Dream is alive and well. Losing his sight at an early age due to untreated glaucoma, he took up the piano and never looked back, fashioning a career that touched millions of listeners and inspired generations of performers. On Charles’s death, Joe Levy, music editor of the Rolling Stone magazine, offered the following tribute: ‘Ray Charles is the guy who combined the sacred and the secular, he combined gospel music and the blues. He’s called a genius because no-one could confine him to one genre. He wasn’t just rhythm and blues… Except for BB King, there’s no other figure who’s been as important or has endured so long.’ Enjoy an early, exciting chapter from a heart-warming American success story. 

Tracklist

CD 1

1. Hit The Road Jack
2. Georgia On My Mind
3. What’d I Say
4. I’ve Got A Woman
5. A Fool For You
6. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
7. Leave My Woman Alone
8. Mess Around
9. I’m Movin’ On
10. This Little Girl Of Mine
11. Let The Good Times Roll
12. Mary Ann
13. Drown In My own Tears
14. Lonely Avenue
15. Just For A Thrill
16. Chattanooga Choo-Choo
17. Moonlight In Vermont
18. ‘Deed I Do
19. Blue Hawaii
20. Carry Me Back To Old Virginny
21. Alabamy Bound
22. Basin Street Blues
23. New York’s My Home
24. California, Here I Come
25. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’

CD 2

1. Sticks And Stones
2. Ain’t That Love
3. Night Time Is The Right Time
4. Ruby
5. Rockhouse (Parts I & II)
6. It Should Have Been Me
7. Come Back Baby
8. Greenbacks
9. When Your Lover Has Gone
10. My Bonnie
11. You Won’t Let Me Go
12. It Had To Be You
13. Tell Me You’ll Wait For Me
14. That’s Enough
15. Am I Blue?
16. Tell The Truth
17. Moon Over Miami
18. Deep In The Heart Of Texas
19. Mississippi Mud
20. Don’t You Know
21. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
22. Blackjack
23. See See Rider
24. Swanee River Rock
25. What Would I Do Without You?