Ray Charles - The Great Ray Charles

Tracklist

1	Dawn Ray	5:00
2	The Man I Love	4:24
3	Music, Music, Music	2:52
4	Black Coffee	5:28
5	The Ray	3:56
6	I Surrender Dear	5:04
7	Hornful Soul	5:25
8	Ain't Misbehavin'	5:37
9	Joy Ride	4:30
10	Sweet Sixteen Bars	4:04
11	Doodlin'	5:49
12	There's No You	4:44
13	Undecided	3:36
14	My Melancholy Baby	4:19

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: 5 to 9, 11 to 14)
• Baritone Saxophone – Emmott Dennis* (tracks: 5 to 8, 11 to 14)
• Bass – Oscar Pettiford (tracks: 1 to 4), Roosevelt Sheffield (tracks: 5 to 14)
• Celesta – Ray Charles
• Drums – Joe Harris (tracks: 1 to 4), William Peeples (tracks: 5 to 14)
• Piano – Ray Charles
• Tenor Saxophone – David "Fathead" Newman (tracks: 5 to 14)
• Trumpet – Joseph Bridgewater* (tracks: 5 to 8, 11 to 14), John Hunt (tracks: 5 to 9, 11 to 14)

Notes

His First 2 Jazz recording Sessions Complete In Chronological Order.
Recorded in 1956.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7567-81731-2 7
• Matrix / Runout: 3 81731-2 SRC-02

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
1259	Ray Charles	The Great Ray Charles ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1259	US	1957
SD 1259	Ray Charles	The Great Ray Charles ‎(LP, Album)	Atlantic	SD 1259	US	1957
1259	Ray Charles	The Great Ray Charles ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1259	Denmark	1957
DOL811H	Ray Charles	The Great Ray Charles ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	DOL	DOL811H	Europe	2015
1259	Ray Charles	The Great Ray Charles ‎(LP, Album, Mono)	Atlantic	1259	Canada	Unknown