Ray Charles' biggest years were a little before your time, but there's no reason to miss out.....
Start with these sites:
raycharles.com
(Includes links to a biography and other material)
raycharles.com
(Lists all of his chart hits, including a string of #1's in the early 60's)
A lot of the material he is best known for is covers of other people's songs, such as this one:
Track Title: Georgia On My Mind
Album Title: Genius & Soul, The 50th Anv. Coll. Vol. 2
Prime Artist: Ray Charles (Robinson)
Arranger: Ralph Burns
Drums: Milt Turner
Bass: Edgar Willis
Producer: Sid Feller
Written by: Hoagy Carmichael (Hoagland Howard C.)
Written by: Stuart Gorrell
From the Album: Genius Hits The Road 1960 (A)
Lyrics:
Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Talkin' 'bout Georgia
I'm in Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear as moonlight through the pines
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you
Georgia, sweet Georgia, no peace I find
Just an old sweet song
Keeps Georgia on my mind
Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back
It always leads back to you
I'm in Georgia, Georgia, sweet Georgia
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind
Just an old sweet, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind
www.thepeaches.com/music/ (for lyrics to over 60 Ray Charles tunes and a whole bunch of other good stuff) |
