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 of America
surface form: United States
coverArtDepicts Ray Charles at the piano
criticalReception acclaimed
describedAs landmark album in Ray Charles’s career
featuresEnsemble Ray Charles and his Orchestra
surface form: 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
surface form: Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Am I Blue
surface form: 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
surface form: 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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