Ray Charles - Ray Charles at Newport ( 1958 )

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Night Time Is the Right Time" (Ozzie Cadena, Lew Herman)	4:06
2.	"In a Little Spanish Town" (Sam Lewis, Mabel Wayne, Joe Young)	3:47
3.	"I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard)	6:24
4.	"Blues Waltz" (Max Roach)	6:29

Side B
No.	Title	Length
5.	"Hot Rod" (Ray Charles)	3:43
6.	"Talkin' 'Bout You" (Ray Charles)	4:26
7.	"Sherry" (Hank Crawford)	4:18
8.	"A Fool for You" (Ray Charles)	7:15
Total length:		40:28

Personnel

• Ray Charles – keyboards, vocals, alto saxophone
• Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
• Lee Harper – trumpet
• David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
• Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone
• Edgar Willis – bass
• Richie Goldberg – drums
• Marjorie Hendricks – vocals
• The Raeletts – vocal group

Ray Charles ( with Milt Jackson ) - Soul Brothers ( 1958 )

Track listing

All songs composed by Ray Charles except where noted.

Original LP release

Side A

1. "Soul Brothers" (Quincy Jones) – 9:34
2. "How Long, How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 9:15

Side B

3. "Cosmic Ray" – 5:21
4. "Blue Funk" – 8:09
5. "Bag's Guitar Blues" (Milt Jackson) – 6:23 [mono LP release]
6. "'Deed I Do" (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 5:50 [stereo LP release]

Personnel

• Ray Charles – piano, electric piano, alto saxophone ("Soul Brothers')
• Milt Jackson – vibraphone, piano ("Soul Brothers," "How Long, How Long Blues," guitar ("Bag's Guitar Blues")
• Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
• Connie Kay – drums
• Oscar Pettiford – bass
• Skeeter Best – guitar
• Kenny Burrell – guitar

Ray Charles - Yes Indeed! ( 1958 )

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Charles except as indicated.

Side One

1. "What Would I Do Without You?" – 2:32
2. "It's All Right" – 2:14
3. "I Want to Know" – 2:07
4. "Yes Indeed!!" (Sy Oliver) – 2:12
5. "Get On the Right Track Baby" (Titus Turner) – 2:19
6. "Talkin' 'bout You" – 2:48
7. "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'bout That River)" – 2:15

Side Two

1. "Lonely Avenue" (Doc Pomus) – 2:33
2. "Blackjack" – 2:17
3. "The Sun's Gonna Shine Again" (Sam Sweet) – 2:35
4. "I Had a Dream" – 2:51
5. "I Want a Little Girl" (Billy Moll, Murray Mencher) – 2:50
6. "Heartbreaker" (A. Nugetre) – 2:49
7. "Leave My Woman Alone" – 2:38

Personnel

• Ray Charles - piano, vocals
• Joshua Willis - trumpet (track 1)
• Joe Bridgewater - trumpet (tracks 1, 6, 7, 9, 12)
• John Hunt - trumpet (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 14)
• Marcus Belgrave - trumpet (tracks 4, 11)
• Lee Harper - trumpet (tracks 4, 11)
• Ricky Harper - trumpet (tracks 6, 7, 12)
• Charles Whitley - trumpet (track 9)
• Jesse Drakes - trumpet (track 13)
• Don Wilkerson - tenor saxophone (tracks 1, 9)
• David Newman - tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14)
• Sam Taylor - tenor saxophone (track 13)
• Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone (track 1)
• Emmet Dennis - baritone saxophone (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 14)
• David Newman - baritone saxophone (track 9)
• Dave McRae - baritone saxophone (track 13)
• Wesley Jackson - guitar (track 9)
• Mickey Baker - guitar (track 13)
• Paul West - bass (track 1)
• Roosevelt Sheffield - bass (tracks 2, 3, 5, 8, 14)
• Edgar Willis - bass (tracks 4, 6, 7, 11, 12)
• Jimmy Bell - bass (track 9)
• Lloyd Trotman - bass (track 13)
• Panama Francis - drums (track 1)
• William Peeples - drums (tracks 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14)
• Richie Goldberg - drums (tracks 4, 11)
• Glenn Brooks - drums (track 9)
• Connie Kay - drums (track 13)
• The Cookies - vocals (tracks 3, 8, 14)
• The Raelettes - vocals (tracks 6, 7, 12)
• Mary Ann Fisher - vocals (tracks 6, 7, 12)

Ray Charles - The Great Ray Charles ( 1957 )

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Charles unless otherwise indicated.

Original LP release

Side A

1. "The Ray" (Quincy Jones) – 4:00
2. "My Melancholy Baby" (Ernie Burnett, George A. Norton) – 4:20
3. "Black Coffee" (Sonny Burke, Paul Webster) – 5:32
4. "There's No You" (Tom Adair, Harold Hopper) – 4:47

Side B

1. "Doodlin'" (Horace Silver) – 5:54
2. "Sweet Sixteen Bars" – 4:07
3. "I Surrender Dear" (Harry Barris, Gordon Clifford) – 5:08
4. "Undecided" (Sid Robin, Charlie Shavers) – 3:40

Note: Some sources list "Ain't Misbehavin'" in place of "Black Coffee".

Ray Charles - Ray Charles ( 1957 )

Track listing

All songs written by Ray Charles except as indicated.

Side One

1. "Ain't That Love" – 2:51
2. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:21
3. "Come Back Baby" – 3:06
4. "Sinner's Prayer" (Lloyd Glenn, Lowell Fulson) – 3:24
5. "Funny (But I Still Love You)" – 3:15
6. "Losing Hand" (Charles E. Calhoun) – 3:14
7. "A Fool for You" – 3:03

Side Two

1. "Hallelujah I Love Her So" – 2:35
2. "Mess Around" (Ahmet Ertegün) – 2:40
3. "This Little Girl of Mine" – 2:33
4. "Mary Ann" – 2:48
5. "Greenbacks" (Renald Richard) – 2:52
6. "Don't You Know" – 2:57
7. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 2:54

Personnel

• Ray Charles - vocals, piano
• The Ray Charles Orchestra - instrumentation