Side A
Artist	Song
Brother Ray	Hit the Road Jack
"	Alabamy Bound
"	Hardhearted Hannah
"	Baby, It's Cold Outside (w/ Betty Carter)
"	But on the Other Hand Baby
"	One Mint Julep
"	You Don't Know Me
"	You Win Again
"	Hey, Good Lookin'
"	Take These Chains From My Heart
"	You Are My Sunshine
"	Busted
"	Cry Me a River
"	Willow, Weep For Me
"	Smack Dab in the Middle
Side B
Artist	Song	Buy
Brother Ray	Unchain My Heart
"	I've Got a Tiger By the Tail
"	Next Door to the Blues
"	Crying Time
"	Let's Go Get Stoned
"	You Made Me Love You
"	Booty Butt
"	Feel So Bad
"	Heaven Help Us All
"	America, the Beautiful
"	Living For the City
"	Blues in the Night

Comment:

My tribute to Brother Ray, aptly known as The Genius. I was going to do one side of Atlantic-era hits and one side ABC and beyond, but that would only scratch the surface of his catalog and be totally hits-dominated. Besides, years ago I made a tape of all the Atlantic R&B hits from his 'Life in Music' five-LP set. The ABC years merit special consideration, because this is when he went all country and gloppy and MOR -- and was STILL a genius. With most of the hits (Georgia on My Mind is MIA) plus album tracks and a b-side or two, this includes selections from almost every ABC album I have, in mostly chronological order, with my usual bias towards the up stuff at the expense of balladry. Brother Ray did not live next door to the blues, he lived in them, and made all genres -- soul, R&B, jazz, country, pop, showtunes -- his own. Rejected titles: Ray Charles Hits the Road, Ray Charles Unchained, Heaven Help Ray Charles

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