Rare Genius

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Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters
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Remix album by Ray Charles
Released 2010
Genre Soul
Length41:36
Label Concord
Producer Ray Charles, John Burk
Ray Charles chronology
Ray Sings, Basie Swings
(2006)
Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters
(2010)
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Rare Genius: The Undiscovered Masters is a posthumously created album that remixes previously unreleased Ray Charles studio recordings and demos made in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s together with some contemporary instrumental and backing vocal parts.

Album collection of recorded music, words, sounds

An album is a collection of audio recordings issued as a collection on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium. Albums of recorded music were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78-rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP records played at ​33 13 rpm. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The audio cassette was a format used alongside vinyl from the 1970s into the first decade of the 2000s.

Ray Charles American musician

Ray Charles Robinson was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and composer. Among friends and fellow musicians he preferred being called "Brother Ray". He was often referred to as "The Genius". Charles started losing his vision at the age of 5, and by 7 he was blind.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Love's Gonna Bite You Back" – 3:54
  2. "It Hurts To Be In Love" (Dixson, Toombs) – 4:53
  3. "Wheel of Fortune" (Benjamin, Weiss) – 4:00
  4. "I'm Gonna Keep On Singin'" – 5:30
  5. "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (Blackstone, Overstreet) – 4:04
  6. "Isn't It Wonderful" (Taylor, Webster) – 4:13
  7. "I Don't Want No One But You" – 4:20
  8. "A Little Bitty Tear" (Cochran) – 3:35
  9. "She's Gone" – 3:10
  10. "Why Me Lord?" (featuring Johnny Cash) (Kristofferson) – 3:57

Personnel

Original recordings:

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The Raelettes were an American girl group from the 1950s to 2003, formed, as the name suggests, to provide backing vocals for Ray Charles. Between 1966 and 1973, as a separate act, the Raelettes released a number of singles and one compilation album on Tangerine Records.

Johnny Cash American singer-songwriter and actor

Johnny Cash was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.

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Keb Mo American blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter

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