Ray Charles discography
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This is a listing of all the albums and singles released by R&B and soul music pioneer Ray Charles.
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[edit] Singles
[edit] Swingtime releases
The list of singles below are the total amount of songs Ray Charles released while on the Swingtime record label between 1949 and 1951:
- 1949: "Confession Blues" (#2 R&B)
- 1951: "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand" (#5 R&B)
[edit] Atlantic releases
The list of singles below are songs Ray Charles released while on the Atlantic label between 1953 and 1960.
| Year | Song title | Top 100 | US R&B chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | "Mess Around" | - | 3 |
| 1954 | "It Should Have Been Me" | - | 5 |
| 1954 | "Don't You Know" | - | 10 |
| 1955 | "I Got a Woman" | - | 1 |
| 1955 | "Come Back Baby" | - | 4 |
| 1955 | "This Little Girl of Mine" | - | 9 |
| 1955 | "Blackjack" | - | 8 |
| 1955 | "Greenbacks" | - | 5 |
| 1955 | "A Fool For You" | - | 1 |
| 1956 | "Hallelujah I Love Her So" | - | 5 |
| 1956 | "Mary Ann" | - | 1 |
| 1956 | "Lonely Avenue" | - | 6 |
| 1956 | "Drown In My Own Tears" | - | 1 |
| 1956 | "What Would I Do Without You" | - | 5 |
| 1957 | "Ain't That Love" | - | 9 |
| 1957 | "Swanee River Rock" | 34 | 14 |
| 1958 | "Rockhouse (Parts 1 & 2)" | 79 | 14 |
| 1959 | "Night Time Is the Right Time" | 95 | 5 |
| 1959 | "That's Enough" | - | 19 |
| 1959 | "What'd I Say" | 6 | 1 |
| 1959 | "I'm Movin' On" | 40 | 11 |
| 1960 | "Come Rain Or Come Shine" | 83 | - |
| 1960 | "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" | 95 | 17 |
| 1960 | "Let the Good Times Roll" | 78 | - |
| 1960 | "Just For a Thrill" | - | 16 |
| 1960 | "Hardhearted Hannah" | 55 | - |
[edit] ABC releases
This list below is of songs Ray Charles released while on the ABC label between 1960 and 1976.
| Year | Song title | US pop chart | US R&B chart | US AC chart | UK pop chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | "Ruby" | 28 | 10 | - | - |
| 1960 | "Georgia on My Mind" | 1 | 3 | - | 24 |
| 1960 | "Sticks and Stones" | 40 | 2 | - | - |
| 1960 | "Tell the Truth" | - | 13 | - | - |
| 1961 | "Hit the Road Jack" | 1 | 1 | 6 | - |
| 1961 | "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" | 84 | 25 | - | - |
| 1961 | "I've Got News For You" | 66 | 8 | - | - |
| 1961 | "One Mint Julep" | 8 | 1 | - | - |
| 1961 | "Them That Got" | 58 | 10 | - | - |
| 1962 | "At The Club" | 44 | 7 | - | - |
| 1962 | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Betty Carter) |
91 | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "Born to Lose" | 41 | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "But On the Other Hand Baby" | 72 | 10 | - | - |
| 1962 | "Careless Love" | 60 | - | - | - |
| 1962 | "Unchain My Heart" | 9 | 1 | - | - |
| 1962 | "I Can't Stop Loving You" | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 1962 | "You Don't Know Me" | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| 1962 | "Hide Nor Hair" | 20 | 7 | - | - |
| 1962 | "You Are My Sunshine" | 7 | 1 | - | |
| 1962 | "Your Cheatin' Heart" | 29 | 23 | 7 | 13 |
| 1963 | "Busted" | 4 | 3 | - | 21 |
| 1963 | "Take These Chains From My Heart" | 8 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| 1963 | "Don't Set Me Free" | 20 | 9 | - | 37 |
| 1963 | "No One" | 21 | 9 | 6 | 35 |
| 1963 | "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" | 29 | 15 | - | - |
| 1963 | "The Brightest Smile in Town" | 92 | - | - | - |
| 1964 | "Baby, Don't You Cry" | 39 | N/C* | - | - |
| 1964 | "My Heart Cries for You" | 38 | N/C* | - | - |
| 1964 | "No One to Cry To" | 55 | N/C* | 38 | |
| 1964 | "Smack Dab In the Middle" | 52 | N/C* | - | - |
| 1964 | "A Tear Fell" | 50 | N/C* | 6 | - |
| 1965 | "Cry" | 58 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "I Got a Woman (Part One) | 79 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "I'm a Fool to Care" | 84 | - | - | - |
| 1965 | "Makin' Whoopee" | 46 | 14 | - | 42 |
| 1965 | "One More Time" | 32 | - | - | - |
| 1966 | "Crying Time" | 6 | 5 | 1 | 38 |
| 1966 | "I Chose to Sing the Blues" | 32 | 22 | - | - |
| 1966 | "Let's Go Get Stoned" | 31 | 1 | - | - |
| 1966 | "I Don't Need No Doctor" | 72 | 45 | - | - |
| 1966 | "Please Say You're Fooling" | 64 | - | - | - |
| 1966 | "Together Again" | 19 | 10 | - | 48 |
| 1967 | "In the Heat of the Night" | 33 | 21 | - | - |
| 1967 | "Yesterday" | 25 | 9 | - | 44 |
| 1968 | "Come Rain Or Come Shine" | 98 | - | - | - |
| 1968 | "Eleanor Rigby" | 35 | 30 | - | 36 |
| 1968 | "Understanding" | 46 | 13 | - | - |
| 1969 | "If It Wasn't For Bad Luck" | 77 | 21 | - | - |
| 1969 | "We Can Make It" | - | 31 | - | - |
| 1970 | "If You Were Mine" | 41 | 19 | - | - |
| 1971 | "Don't Change On Me" | 36 | 13 | - | - |
| 1971 | "Feel So Bad" | 68 | 16 | - | - |
| 1971 | "Booty Butt" | 31 | - | - | - |
| 1972 | "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" | 65 | 25 | - | - |
| 1972 | "What Am I Living For" | 54 | - | - | - |
| 1973 | "Come Live With Me" | 82 | 30 | - | - |
| 1973 | "I Can Make It Thru The Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)" | 81 | 21 | - | - |
| 1975 | "Living For the City" | 91 | 22 | - | - |
| 1976 | "America the Beautiful" | - | 98 | - | - |
[edit] Country releases on Warner Bros. Records
Listed below are songs Ray Charles released during his Warner Bros. Records tenure which was spent on the country singles chart.
| Year | Song title | US country chart |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | "3/4 Time" | 37 |
| 1983 | "Ain't Your Memory Got No Pride at All" | 82 |
| 1984 | "Born to Love Me" | 20 |
| 1984 | "We Didn't See a Thing" | 6 |
| 1984 | "Seven Spanish Angels" (with Willie Nelson) |
1 |
| 1985 | "It Ain't Gonna Worry Your Mind" | 12 |
| 1985 | "Two Old Cats Like Us" (with Hank Williams, Jr.) |
14 |
| 1986 | "Dixie Moon" | 66 |
| 1986 | "The Pages of My Mind" (with Ronnie Milsap) |
34 |
[edit] Other releases
Listed below are songs Ray Charles issued on various labels including Atlantic and Warner Bros. Records where the pop and R&B charts are concerned.
| Year | Song title | US pop chart | US R&B chart | US AC chart | US dance chart | UK pop chart | JP Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "I Can See Clearly Now" | - | 35 | - | - | - | - |
| 1979 | "Just Because" | - | 69 | - | - | - | - |
| 1986 | "Baby Grand" (with Billy Joel) |
75 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| 1989 | "Ellie My Love" Southern All Stars cover |
- | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| 1990 | "I'll Be Good To You" (with Quincy Jones & Chaka Khan) |
18 | 1 | - | - | 21 | - |
| 1993 | "A Song for You" | - | 57 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 2002 | "Mother" | - | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| 2005 | "You Don't Know Me" (with Diana Krall) |
- | - | 21 | - | - | - |
| 2006 | "Walkin' & Talkin'" | - | - | - | 6 | - | - |
- - no R&B chart was published on Billboard between November 1963 and January 1965
[edit] Albums
[edit] Atlantic releases
- 1957: Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So)
- 1957: The Great Ray Charles
- 1958: Yes Indeed!
- 1958: Soul Brothers (with Milt Jackson)
- 1958: Soul Meeting (with Milt Jackson)
- 1959: Ray Charles at Newport
- 1959: What'd I Say
- 1959: The Genius of Ray Charles
- 1960: In Person
- 1961: The Genius Sings the Blues
[edit] ABC releases
- 1960: The Genius Hits the Road
- 1960: Dedicated to You
- 1961: Ray Charles and Betty Carter
- 1961: Genius+Soul=Jazz
- 1962: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
- 1962: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
- 1963: Ingredients in a Recipe For Soul
- 1964: Sweet & Sour Tears
- 1964: Have A Smile With Me
- 1965: Live in Concert
- 1965: Together Again
- 1966: Crying Time
- 1966: Ray's Moods
- 1967: Invites You to Listen
- 1968: Portrait of Ray
- 1968: I'm All Yours Baby!
- 1969: Doing His Thing
- 1970: Love Country Style
- 1970: My Kind of Jazz
- 1971: Volcanic Action of My Soul
- 1972: A Message From the People
- 1972: Through the Eyes of Love
- 1972: Jazz Number II
- 1974: Come Live With Me
- 1975: Renaissance
- 1975: My Kind of Jazz, Part 3
[edit] Atlantic releases - Pt. 2
- 1977: True to Life
- 1978: Love & Peace
- 1979: Ain't It So
- 1980: Brother Ray Is At It Again
[edit] Warner Bros. Records releases
- 1983: Wish You Were Here Tonight
- 1984: Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
- 1984: Friendship
- 1985: The Spirit of Christmas
- 1986: From the Pages of My Mind
- 1987: Ray Charles Live
- 1988: Just Between Us
- 1990: Would You Believe?
- 1991: The Birth of Soul
- 1993: My World (Ray Charles album)
- 1996: Strong Love Affair
[edit] Other releases
- 2002: Thanks For Bringing Love Around Again
- 2004: Genius Loves Company
- 2005: Genius & Friends
- 2006: Ray Sings, Basie Swings
[edit] Trivia
- Not included in the above list is an Atlantic Records The Best of Ray Charles (1970) featuring non-vocal tracks recorded 1956-1958.
- During the 1980s, while he never charted on either the pop or R&B chart for a number of years, he scored a number of charted hits on Billboard's country chart, including a #1 duet with Willie Nelson in the 1985 song, "Seven Spanish Angels".
