Tracklist

1-1	The Sun's Gonna Shine Again	2:36
1-2	Roll With My Baby	2:35
1-3	The Midnight Hour	2:59
1-4	Jumpin' In The Morning	2:44
1-5	It Should Have Been Me	2:42
1-6	Losing Hand	3:11
1-7	Heartbreaker	2:51
1-8	Sinner's Prayer	3:21
1-9	Mess Around	2:38
1-10	Funny But I Still Love You	3:12
1-11	Feelin' Sad	2:47
1-12	I Wonder Who	2:47
1-13	Don't You Know?	2:55
1-14	Nobody Cares	2:37
1-15	Ray's Blues	2:52
1-16	Mr. Charles Blues	2:45
1-17	Blackjack	2:18
2-1	I Got A Woman	2:50
2-2	Greenbacks	2:48
2-3	Come Back Baby	3:04
2-4	A Fool For You	3:00
2-5	This Little Girl Of Mine	2:30
2-6	Hard Times	2:53
2-7	A Bit Of Soul	2:17
2-8	Mary Ann	2:45
2-9	Drown In My Own Tears	3:19
2-10	Hallelujah I Love Her So	2:34
2-11	What Would I Do Without You	2:34
2-12	Lonely Avenue	2:33
2-13	I Want To Know	2:09
2-14	Leave My Woman Alone	2:38
2-15	It's Alright	2:15
2-16	Ain't That Love	2:51
2-17	Get On The Right Track	2:17
2-18	Rockhouse Parts 1 & 2	3:51
3-1	Swanee River Rock	2:18
3-2	That's Enough	2:43
3-3	Talkin' About You	2:49
3-4	What Kind Of Man Are You	2:47
3-5	I Want A Little Girl	2:53
3-6	Yes Indeed	2:14
3-7	I Had A Dream	2:52
3-8	You Be My Baby	2:28
3-9	Tell All The World About You	2:01
3-10	My Bonnie	2:44
3-11	Early In The Morning	2:43
3-12	The Right Time	3:26
3-13	Carryin' The Load	2:22
3-14	Tell Me How Do You Feel	2:42
3-15	What I'd Say, Parts 1 & 2	6:26
3-16	Tell The Truth	3:03
3-17	I'm Movin' On	2:20
3-18	I Believe To My Soul	2:59

Companies, etc.

• Made By – Warner Music Japan
• Remastered At – Sterling Sound
• Edited At – Atlantic Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Atlantic Recording Corporation
• Published By – Unichappell Music, Inc.
• Published By – Chappell & Co.
• Published By – Sure Fire Music
• Published By – Trio Music Co., Inc.
• Published By – Fort Knox Music
• Published By – Freddy Bienstock Music Co.
• Published By – Slow Dancing Music
• Published By – Shapiro, Bernstein & Co.
• Published By – Embassy Music
• Published By – Cherio Corp.
• Published By – Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc.

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Auguste "Dimes" Dupont (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), David Newman* (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7, 2-12 to 3-18), O'Neil Gerald (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16)
• Arranged By – Jesse Stone (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10)
• Art Direction – Bob Defrin, Carol Bobolts, Red Herring Design
• Backing Vocals – The Raeletts* (tracks: 3-1 to 3-17), The Cookies (tracks: 2-9, 2-12 to 2-16)
• Baritone Saxophone – Cecil Payne (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), David Newman* (tracks: 1-17 to 2-7), Emmett Dennis* (tracks: 2-12 to 3-10), Hank Crawford (tracks: 3-11 to 3-18), Warren Bell (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16)
• Bass – Edgar Willis (tracks: 3-1 to 3-18), Frank Fields (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Jimmy Bell (tracks: 1-17 to 2-3), Lloyd Lambert (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Lloyd Trotman (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Paul West (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Roosevelt Sheffield (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7, 2-12 to 2-18)
• Congas – Candido Camero* (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10), Mongo Santamaria (tracks: 3-11 to 3-14)
• Drums – Alonzo Stewart (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Connie Kay (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Glenn Brooks (tracks: 1-17 to 2-3), Milt Turner (tracks: 3-11 to 3-16), Oscar Moore (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Panama Francis (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Richard Goldberg* (tracks: 3-6 to 3-10), Teagle Fleming (tracks: 3-17, 3-18), William Peeples (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7, 2-12 to 3-5)
• Edited By [Reissue] – Stephen Innocenzi
• Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Ray Charles (tracks: 3-12, 3-13, 3-15 to 3-18)
• Executive-Producer – Ahmet M. Ertegun*
• Guitar – Edgar Blanchard (tracks: 1-11, 1-12), Mickey Baker (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10), Wesley Jackson (tracks: 1-17 to 2-3)
• Liner Notes [Essay] – Robert Palmer
• Mastered By [Reissue] – Ted Jensen
• Organ – Ray Charles (tracks: 3-14)
• Photography By – Bob Parent, Institute Of Jazz Studies, Rutgers University, Lee Friedlander, Michael Ochs Archives, Schomburg Center For Research In Black Culture, The New York Public Library, William Claxton
• Piano – Ray Charles (tracks: 1-1 to 3-11)
• Producer – Ahmet Ertegun (tracks: 1-1 to 3-18), Herb Abramson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Jerry Wexler (tracks: 1-11 to 3-18)
• Reissue Producer – Bob Porter, Kim Cooke, Yves Beauvais
• Saxophone – Dave McRae (tracks: 1-1 to 1-10), Freddie Mitchell (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10), Pinky Williams (tracks: 1-5 to 1-10), Sam Taylor (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4)
• Tenor Saxophone – David Newman* (tracks: 2-12 to 3-18), Don Wilkerson (tracks: 1-17 to 2-11), Joe Tillman (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Warren Hebrew (tracks: 1-11, 1-12)
• Trumpet – Charles Whitley (tracks: 1-17 to 2-3), Frank Mitchell (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16), Jesse Drakes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), Joe Bridgewater (tracks: 1-17 to 3-5), John Hunt (tracks: 2-12 to 2-18, 3-15 to 3-18), Joshua Willis (tracks: 2-8 to 2-11), Lee Harper (tracks: 3-6 to 3-14), Marcus Belgrave (tracks: 3-6 to 3-18), Ricky Harper (tracks: 3-1 to 3-5), Riley Webb (tracks: 2-4 to 2-7), Wallace Davenport (tracks: 1-13 to 1-16)
• Vocals – Margie Hendrix (tracks: 3-12), Mary Ann Fish* (tracks: 3-4), Ray Charles
• Written-By – Billy Moll (tracks: 3-5), Charles Calhoun (tracks: 1-6), Doc Pomus (tracks: 2-12, 3-8, 3-13), Eddie Jones* (tracks: 1-11), Memphis Curtis* (tracks: 1-5), Hank Snow (tracks: 3-17), Henry Glover (tracks: 2-9), Leo Hickman (tracks: 3-11), Lew Herman (tracks: 3-12), Lloyd Glenn (tracks: 1-8), Lowman Pauling (tracks: 3-16), Nugetre (tracks: 1-7, 1-9), Ray Charles (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-10, 1-12 to 2-8, 2-10, 2-11, 2-13 to 2-16, 2-18 to 3-4, 3-9, 3-10, 3-14, 3-15, 3-18), Ricky Harper (tracks: 3-7), Sam Sweet (tracks: 1-3), Sy Oliver (tracks: 3-6), Titus Turner (tracks: 2-17)

Notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 rec. 11/9/1952 NYC
Tracks 1-5 to 1-10 rec. 17/5/1953 NYC
Tracks 1-11, 1-12 rec. 18/8/1953 New Orleans
Tracks 1-13 to 1-16 rec. 4/12/1953 New Orleans
Tracks 1-17 to 2-3 rec. 18/11/1954 Atlanta
Tracks 2-4 to 2-7 rec. 23/4/1955 Miami
Tracks 2-08 to 2-11 rec. 30/11/1955 NYC
Tracks 2-12 to 2-14 rec. 16/5/1956 NYC
Tracks 2-15 to 2-18 rec. 27/11/1956 NYC
Tracks 3-1 to 3-5 rec. 26 & 28/5/1957 NYC
Tracks 3-6 to 3-10 rec. 20/2/1958 NYC
Tracks 3-11 to 3-14 rec. 28/10/1958 NYC
Tracks 3-15, 3-16 rec. 18/2/1959 NYC
Tracks 3-17, 3-18 rec. 26/6/1959 NYC

Tracks 1-1 to 3-5 mono, 3-6 to 3-18 stereo
Transfers and digital remastering 7/1991 at Sterling Sound, NYC
Digital editing 7/1991 at Atlantic Studios, NYC

℗ & © 1991 Atlantic Recording Corporation for USA, WEA International Inc. for the rest of the world
All tracks published by Unichappell Music, Inc. BMI except:
1-5 published by Chappell & Co., ASCAP
1-11 published by Sure Fire Music, BMI
2-9, 3-16 published by Trio Music Co., Inc./Fort Knox Music, BMI
2-14 published by Unichappell Music, Inc./Trio Music Co., Inc./Freddy Bienstock, BMI
2-17 published by Slow Dancing, BMI
3-5 published by Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., ASCAP
3-6 published by Embassy Music, BMI
3-11 published by Cherio Corp, BMI
3-12 published by Screen Gems-EMI Music Publishing, BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
82310-2, 7-82310-2	Ray Charles	The Birth Of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959 ‎(3xCD, Comp + Box)	Atlantic, Atlantic	82310-2, 7-82310-2	US	1991
82310-4	Ray Charles	The Birth Of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959 ‎(3xCass + Box, Comp)	Atlantic	82310-4	US	1991
7567-82310-2	Ray Charles	The Birth Of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959 ‎(3xCD, Comp + Box)	Atlantic	7567-82310-2	Europe	1991
82310-2, 7-82310-2	Ray Charles	The Birth Of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959 ‎(3xCD, Comp, Club + Box)	Atlantic, Atlantic	82310-2, 7-82310-2	US	1991
850140 / 850141	Ray Charles	The Birth Of Soul - The Complete Atlantic Rhythm & Blues Recordings 1952-1959 ‎(2xCD, Comp, Unofficial)	Limited Edition	850140 / 850141	Russia	Unknown

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