Author: Ray Charles

Format: Best of

Release Date: 03-21-2000

Details: Amazon.ca Jazz, soul, rock'n'roll, country, rhythm'n'blues, music hall: Ray Charles touched almost all musical styles, and often ahead of his time. Since you have to choose well, this compilation is mainly interested in the rhythm'n'blues period of Genius. This is the era of his greatest classics like "What'd I Say", a rock as electrifying and nervous as the first successes of Elvis at Sun. With this piece, he can boast of having written one of the most famous riffs in the history of rock with those of "Satisfaction" and "Smoke On The Water". The genius idea of ​​Ray Charles was to divert the fervor of the gospel, its emotional charge and its swing towards profane subjects (cf. "I Got A Woman" or "Hallelujah I Love Her So"). Later, after his departure from Atlantic, he obtained success especially with sentimental ballads like the very famous "Georgia On My Mind" by Hoagy Carmichael. His interpretations of the time, warm and velvety, aroused the admiration of Frank Sinatra among other competitors. --Hubert Deshouse

UPC: 081227982225

EAN: 0081227982225

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood