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The Genius Hits the Road is a 1960 album by Ray Charles. The concept album focuses on songs written about various parts of the United States. It peaked at number nine on the pop album charts and produced a US #1 single, " Georgia on My Mind ".
"Rainy Night in Georgia" is a song written by Tony Joe White in 1967 and popularized by R&B vocalist Brook Benton in 1970. It was originally released by White on his 1969 album, Continued , on Monument Records, shortly before Benton's hit single was issued.
In his book Eddy Arnold: Pioneer of the Nashville Sound, author Michael Streissguth describes how Arnold and Walker composed the song: [2]. Cindy Walker, who had supplied Eddy with "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (a number-one country record in 1949 and Eddy's first Cindy Walker release), recalled discussing the idea for "You Don't Know Me" with Eddy as she was leaving one of Nashville's ...
The Genius Sings the Blues is an album by Ray Charles, released in October 1961 on Atlantic Records. [5] The album was his last release for Atlantic, compiling twelve blues songs from various sessions during his tenure for the label. The album showcases Charles's stylistic development with a combination of piano blues, jazz, and southern R&B.
Genius Loves Company is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004, on Concord Records. [1] Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004. [2]
In 1953, "Mess Around" became his first small hit for Atlantic; during the next year, he had hits with "It Should've Been Me" and "Don't You Know". [33] He also recorded the songs "Midnight Hour" and "Sinner's Prayer" around this time. Late in 1954, Charles recorded "I've Got a Woman". The lyrics were written by bandleader Renald Richard.
Through the Eyes of Love is a 1972 studio album by American rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles. It was Charles' last release in collaboration with ABC Records and his vanity label Tangerine , founded a decade earlier and has received positive reviews from critics.
Just Between Us is an album by the American singer Ray Charles, released by Columbia Records in 1988. [2] The songs included on it represents all the styles that Charles performed until the early 1990s, which combined R&B, soul, country, blues and pop.