Rise

Format

• ---

  8122735562CD  £13.00

Label

Rhino

Ray Charles

Definitive Ray Charles

60s 70s Soul Funk All Ray Charles fans will want to check out The Definitive Ray Charles because it's the first time a compiler has been able to combine the charttopping hits from his Atlantic and ABCParamount years into one package This means that we get the Genius's hits from 1953's Mess Around right through his golden RampB Atlantic era I've Got a Woman Drown in My Own Tears Hallelujah I Love Her So I Believe To My Soul What'd I Say and so on alongside tracks that were not only massive worldwide hits but helped redefine popular music Georgia on My Mind Hit The Road Jack Unchain My Heart I Can't Stop Loving You and You Don't Know Me not only combined superior standards and country songs with Charles's patented soulgospel vocal style but they were couched in an orchestral or big band setting that had simply never been utilised in this way prior to Charles's arrival Those who know of his thorough musical background will not be surprised by this development one that kept him high in the charts until the mid60s This compilation thins out after the classic In The Heat of the Night as well it should his latterday duets with the Blues Brothers and Willie Nelson tidying thing up nicely Genius plus compilation good taste an unbeatable combination