Ray Charles - The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years [2LP/ Ltd Ed White Vinyl]

By 1952, Ahmet Ertegun, founder of Atlantic Records, bought Ray Charles' recording contract from Swing Time for $3000. This unprecedented bargain solidified the beginning of a longstanding relationship between Charles and the label. While on Atlantic, Charles experienced much commercial success. In 1955, he achieved his first No. 1 single "I Got a Woman" followed by other chart topping releases such as "This Little Girl of Mine," "The Night Time (Is the Right Time)" and "What'd I Say." Reissued here on colored vinyl 2LP, the 1994 compilation The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years gathers the R&B superstar's finest from his tenure on the label, songs that helped define soul music as both a new musical genre and an instrument for social change in American culture.

LP1
It Should Have Been Me
Don't You Know
Blackjack
I Got a Woman
What Would I Do Without You
Greenbacks
Come Back Baby
A Fool for You
This Little Girl of Mine
Hallelujah, I Love Her So

LP2
Lonely Avenue
It's All Right
Ain't That Love
Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
That's Enough
What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2
"The Night Time (Is the Right Time)"
Drown in My Own Tears
Tell the Truth (Live)
Just for a Thrill