what's your favourite ray charles song?
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Laineyfaefife — 21 years ago(June 14, 2004 06:44 AM)
How to choose? I love different songs for different reasons.
'That Lucky Old Sun' is a firm favourite and just love his version of 'I can see clearly now', but I suppose 'Georgia on my mind' has to be the number 1!
Lainey xx -
cpattie — 21 years ago(November 13, 2004 09:57 PM)
I go way back with Ray, buying his first Atlantic album in the late 50s. So I am going to list a few favorite ones that are off the beaten path.
- Sinner's Prayer
- Tell The World About You
- My Bonnie (pure Ray Genius to turn a child's song into a reading such as this)
- Losing Hand
- Greenback
- The I Got A Woman version that is on the Newport Jazz Festival album
- Carry Me Back to Old Virginny (on the Genius Hits the Road album)
- Lonely Avenue
Just can't stop with one!
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PeterBlues — 21 years ago(January 26, 2005 04:55 PM)
"Stranger in my own hometown"
"I Don't believe that anymore"
"A Sentimental blues"
"Rainy night in Georgia"
"Im going down to the river to drown myself"
"All to myself"
"Born to be Blue"
"Let me hear you call my name"
"You never miss the water untill the well runs dry"
"Blues before sunrise"
"Losing hand"
"Funny but i still love"
"Ain't your memory got no pride at all?"
"Hard Times (No one knows bettter than I)&qu5b4ot;
"Nobody Cares"
"Let's go get stoned"
"Born to lose"
"Basin Street Blues"
"I'm gonna move"
"Where can i go?"
"Blues is my middle name"
"Baby it's cold outside"
"Lonely avenue"
"Going down slow"
"I'm glad for your sake but i'm sorry for mine"
"Who cares for me"
"Sinners Prayer" (Last album 2004, a duet with B.B.)
..and ofcourse "What'd i say?" part one AND two!
to name just a few.
It's funny, some stores i look at, who used to have about 2 or 3 albums of Ray Charles, now, after his death and the movie with Jamie Foxx - have half the albums he recorded in his career. Oh baby, do i miss this cat or what.. come back ray. -
dalxzzx — 21 years ago(March 11, 2005 04:55 AM)
I have to say that I really like 'what a wonderful world'
then comes ' you are my sunshine' Ive loved that song for sooo longg it was a song for an advertisement and iv loveeddd it since then and Ive had it as my nickname for like YEARSSS and then I find out that Mr. Charles sings it. that was the BIIGGESSSTTT cherry on the BIIGGESSSTTT cake
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eureka_flowa — 21 years ago(April 09, 2005 11:56 AM)
In my dance class, we are dancing to hit the road jack, Georgia, bye bye love, and night time is the right time(my favorite!) I really havecome to love Ray Charles and all his music
Oh, fun hair clip!
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