The Genius of Ray Charles

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The Genius of Ray Charles is a landmark 1959 studio album that showcases Ray Charles’s fusion of jazz, blues, and orchestral pop arrangements, helping cement his status as a pioneering figure in modern music.

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instanceOf Ray Charles album
studio album
arranger Quincy Jones
Ralph Burns
artist Ray Charles
contributedTo Ray Charles’s reputation as a pioneering figure in modern music
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtDepicts Ray Charles at the piano
criticalReception acclaimed
describedAs landmark album in Ray Charles’s career
featuresEnsemble Ray Charles Orchestra
The Raelettes
featuresOrchestra Count Basie Orchestra
Duke Ellington Orchestra
followedBy The Genius Sings the Blues
format 12-inch LP
genre jazz
orchestral pop
rhythm and blues
soul
hasInfluenceOn crossover of R&B into pop markets
development of soul music
hasPart Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Am I Blue?
linked to: Am I Blue

Come Back Baby
Come Rain or Come Shine
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
It Had to Be You
Just for a Thrill
Let the Good Times Roll
Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
That’s Enough
includedIn lists of greatest albums of the 1950s
language English
notableFor expansive big-band and string arrangements
fusion of jazz, blues, and orchestral pop
numberOfTracks 12
performer Ray Charles
precededBy What’d I Say
linked to: What'd I Say
producer Ahmet Ertegun
Jerry Wexler
Nesuhi Ertegun
recordedIn 1959
recordLabel Atlantic Records
releaseDate 1959-10-01
releaseYear 1959
sideAContains big-band arrangements
sideBContains string-orchestra ballads

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