{"product_id":"charles-ray-the-grand-master-his-inspiration-his-influence-1944-1962","title":"Ray Charles: The Grand Master - His Inspiration, His Influence, 1944-1962 - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Grand Master - His Inspiration, His Influence, 1944-1962\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eRay Charles\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eFremeaux Heritage\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e3561302587325\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eSoul\/R \u0026amp; B\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2024-10-18\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e7\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         He remains one of the greatest musical icons of the 20th century, and Ray Charles is considered a rock 'n' roll pioneer, the Genius of Soul and modern R\u0026amp;B, and also the inventor of Pop. This analysis by Joel Dufour is a focus on Ray's universe almost from birth, and it highlights the excitement that Ray created in the decades fifties and sixties. Here the spotlight on his music (\"His Inspiration\") covers jazz, gospel, country and blues before moving on (\"His Influence\") to emphasise how his music spread out to reach such artists as The Everly Brothers, Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Booker T \u0026amp; the MGs, Harry Belafonte, and Elvis Presley. This is the Ray Charles \"revolution\" explained by it's greatest specialist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 1 \u003cbr\u003e1.2 I Realize Now  The King Cole Trio \u003cbr\u003e1.3 I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Travelin’ Blues  Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Lonely Boy  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.6 This Love of Mine  Tommy Dorsey \u003cbr\u003e1.7 This Love of Mine  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.8 How Long, How Long Blues  Leroy Carr \u003cbr\u003e1.9 How Long Blues  Ray Charles [as “Maxim Trio”] \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Going Down Slow  St Louis Jimmy \u003cbr\u003e1.11 “I’ve Had My Fun” [Going Down Slow]  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.12 Sinner’s Prayer  Lowell Fulson \u003cbr\u003e1.13 Sinner’s Prayer  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.14 Feelin’ Sad  Guitar Slim \u003cbr\u003e1.15 Feelin’ Sad  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.16 That’s How I Feel  Buddy Johnson \u003cbr\u003e1.17 Don’t You Know  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.18 Lord If I Go  The Dixie Hummingbirds \u003cbr\u003e1.19 It Must Be Jesus  Southern Tones \u003cbr\u003e1.20 I’ve Got a Woman (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.21 Come Back Baby  Walter Davis \u003cbr\u003e1.22 Come Back Baby  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.23 That’s the Blues  Clyde Hart’s All Stars \u003cbr\u003e1.24 A Fool for You  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e1.25 What Kind Of Man Is This  The Caravans \u003cbr\u003e1.26 This Little Light of Mine  The Famous Ward Singers \u003cbr\u003e2.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 2 \u003cbr\u003e2.2 Blues Hangover  Lloyd Glenn \u003cbr\u003e2.3 “A Bit of Soul” [Blues Hangover]  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.4 Hard Way  T- Bone Walker \u003cbr\u003e2.5 Mary Ann  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.6 I’ll Drown in My Tears  Sonny Thompson \u003cbr\u003e2.7 Drown in My Own Tears  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.8 That’s Why I Love Him So  Gospel All Stars \u003cbr\u003e2.9 Hallelujah I Love Her So (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.10 What could I do  Gospel All Stars \u003cbr\u003e2.11 What Would I Do Without You  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.12 Travelers How Jesus Died  The Pilgrim \u003cbr\u003e2.13 Lonely Avenue  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.14 I Want to Know  Cecil Shaw with the Alpha-Omega Singers \u003cbr\u003e2.15 I Want to Know  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.16 Jubilee Quartet Let That Liar Alone  Golden Gate \u003cbr\u003e2.17 I’m Gonna Wait  Swan’s Silvertone Singers \u003cbr\u003e2.18 Leave My Woman Alone  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.19 Doodlin’  Horace Silver ; the Jazz Messengers \u003cbr\u003e2.20 Doodlin’  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.21 That’s Enough  The Original Gospel Harmonettes \u003cbr\u003e2.22 That’s Enough  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.23 I Want a Little Girl  T- Bone Walker \u003cbr\u003e2.24 I Want a Little Girl  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e2.25 Yes Indeed  Tommy Dorsey \u003cbr\u003e2.26 I Never Heard A Man  The Original Five Blind Boys \u003cbr\u003e2.27 Yes Indeed  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 3 \u003cbr\u003e3.2 Warming Up A Riff  Charlie Parker’s All Stars \u003cbr\u003e3.3 The Spirit-Feel  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.4 Now`s The Time  Charley Parker’s Ree Boppers \u003cbr\u003e3.5 X-Ray Blues  Ray Charles ; Milt Jackson \u003cbr\u003e3.6 Early in the Mornin’  Louis Jordan ; his Tympany Five \u003cbr\u003e3.7 Early in the Mornin’  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.8 Come Rain or Come Shine  Dinah Shore \u003cbr\u003e3.9 Come Rain or Come Shine (1st version \/ Live)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.10 Let the Good Times Roll  Louis Jordan ; his Tympany Five \u003cbr\u003e3.11 Let the Good Times Roll (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.12 Two Years of Torture  Percy Mayfield, with Monroe Tucker and his orchestra \u003cbr\u003e3.13 Two Years of Torture  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.14 Alexander’s Ragtime Band  Louis Armstrong \u003cbr\u003e3.15 Alexander’s Ragtime Band (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.16 I’m Moving On  Hank Snow and his Rainbow Ranch Boys \u003cbr\u003e3.17 I’m Movin’ On  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.18 Georgia on My Mind  Billie Holiday \u003cbr\u003e3.19 Georgia on My Mind (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e3.20 I Wonder  Cecil Gant \u003cbr\u003e3.21 I Wonder  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 4 \u003cbr\u003e4.2 Worried Life Blues  Big Maceo \u003cbr\u003e4.3 “Some Day Baby” [Worried Life Blues]  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.4 Worried Life Blues  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.5 Margie  Johnny Mercer \u003cbr\u003e4.6 Margie (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.7 I’ve Got News for You  Woody Herman \u003cbr\u003e4.8 I’ve Got News for You  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.9 One Mint Julep  The Clovers \u003cbr\u003e4.10 One Mint Julep (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.11 Hit the Road Jack  Percy Mayfield \u003cbr\u003e4.12 Hit the Road Jack (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.13 Careless Love Blues  Bessie Smith \u003cbr\u003e4.14 Careless Love (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.15 Bye Bye Love  The Everly Brothers \u003cbr\u003e4.16 Bye Bye Love (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.17 I Can’t Stop Loving You  Don Gibson \u003cbr\u003e4.18 I Can’t Stop Loving You (live version)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.19 You Are My Sunshine  Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell’s orchestra \u003cbr\u003e4.20 You Are My Sunshine  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.21 Come Rain or Come Shine* (2nd version \/ Live)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e4.22 I Believe to My Soul  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 5 \u003cbr\u003e5.2 The Sun’s Gonna Shine Again  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.3 I’m So Tired  Eddie Bo \u003cbr\u003e5.4 Mess Around  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.5 Jr Mess Around  Sammy Davis \u003cbr\u003e5.6 Losing Hand  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.7 Losing Hand  Harry Belafonte \u003cbr\u003e5.8 Don’t You Know  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.9 Don’t You Know  Stevie Wonder \u003cbr\u003e5.10 I’ve Got a Woman  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.11 You Said You Had a Woman (I Got a Woman)  Geneva Vallier \u003cbr\u003e5.12 I Got a Sweetie  Jo Stafford \u003cbr\u003e5.13 I Got a Woman  Elvis Presley \u003cbr\u003e5.14 I’ve Got a Woman  King Curtis \u003cbr\u003e5.15 I’ve Got a Woman  Jimmy McGriff \u003cbr\u003e5.16 A Fool for You  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.17 By the Water  Ford Eaglin \u003cbr\u003e5.18 What Wrong Did I Do  Bob Gaddy \u003cbr\u003e5.19 One Day  Bobby Peterson Quintet \u003cbr\u003e5.20 A Fool for You  Isley Brothers \u003cbr\u003e5.21 This Little Girl of Mine  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.22 This Little Boy of Mine  Gloria Lynne \u003cbr\u003e5.23 This Little Girl of Mine  Everly Brothers \u003cbr\u003e5.24 Drown in My Own Tears  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e5.25 I’ll Drown in My Own Tears  Jackie DeShannon \u003cbr\u003e6.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 6 \u003cbr\u003e6.2 Mary Ann  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.3 Mary Anne  Lloyd Price \u003cbr\u003e6.4 Mary Ann  Paul Moer \u003cbr\u003e6.5 Hallelujah I Love Her So  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.6 Hallelujah I Love Her So  Count Basie ; his Orchestra \u003cbr\u003e6.7 Hallelujah, I Love Her So  Timi Yuro \u003cbr\u003e6.8 Hallelujah I Love Her So  Eddie Cochran \u003cbr\u003e6.9 Hallelujah I Love Her So  Ella Fitzgerald \u003cbr\u003e6.10 Lonely Avenue  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.11 Lonely Avenue  Booker T and the MG’s \u003cbr\u003e6.12 Leave My Woman Alone  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.13 Leave My Woman Alone  Herbie Cox \u003cbr\u003e6.14 Sweet Sixteen Bars  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.15 Sweet Sixteen Bars  Earl Grant \u003cbr\u003e6.16 It’s All Right  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.17 It’s All Right  Pete Fountain \u003cbr\u003e6.18 Ain’t That Love  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.19 Ain’t That Love  Brenda Lee \u003cbr\u003e6.20 Ain’t That Love  Bill Henderson with the Jimmy Smith trio \u003cbr\u003e6.21 Happy Times  Allen Toussaint \u003cbr\u003e6.22 Rockhouse (Parts 1 ; 2)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.23 Blackwell Rockhouse  Perry Lee \u003cbr\u003e6.24 Rockhouse  Sandy Nelson \u003cbr\u003e6.25 Swanee River Rock (Talkin’ ‘Bout That River)  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.26 Swanee River Rock  Jim Breedlove \u003cbr\u003e6.27 Talkin’ ‘Bout You  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e6.28 Talkin’ ‘Bout You  Brenda Lee \u003cbr\u003e7.1 *** Charles, Ray - The Grand Master 1944-1962 - His Inspiration - His Influence (7-CD) CD 7 \u003cbr\u003e7.2 Tell All the World About You  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e7.3 Tell All the World About You  Paula Watson \u003cbr\u003e7.4 Tell All the World About You  Peggy Lee \u003cbr\u003e7.5 Tell Me How Do You Feel  Ray Charles \u003cbr\u003e7.6 Tell Me How Do You Feel  Bobby Darin \u003cbr\u003e7.7 What’d I Say (Parts 1 ; 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