Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.7 / 5.0

Very Best Of Ray Charles In An 18-track CD? Can't Be Done:

I would think that, after putting this together and then releasing it in 2000, the folks at Rhino likely wished they had come up with a better title like, say, "18 Of His Very Best." Because, quite frankly, I don't believe it's possible to squeeze the "very best" of Ray Charles into one 18-track CD.

After all, the man put 76 selections into the Billboard Hot 100 between 1957 and 1989, and from 1949 to 1993 added another 26 that scored only on the R&B Top 100 singles charts [most of the others charted... more info

Flawed CD:

The VERY BEST of Ray Charles? I don't think so. How can you call it that when you leave off Ray's most beautiful ballad "You Don't Know Me." I'm trying to find a CD by Ray Charles that carries "You Don't Know Me," "Georgia on My Mind," "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Hit the Road Jack," "Unchain My Heart," and "Let's Go Get Stoned." Can ANYBODY help me?

The Very Best of Ray Charles [Rhino]:

The Very Best of Ray Charles [Rhino]~ Ray Charles is a tremedous singer, musician and entertainer. I loved every song on this stupendous compilation. 5/5.

Tracks:

1. I Got a Woman
2. Fool for You
3. Drown in My Own Tears
4. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
5. Night Time Is the Right Time
6. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
7. Sticks and Stones
8. Georgia on My Mind
9. One Mint Julep
10. Hit the Road Jack
11. Unchain My Heart
12. I Can't Stop Loving You
13. You Are My Sunshine
14. Busted
15. Let's Go Get Stoned
16. Seven Spanish Angels

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