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Charted: February 15, 1960

Rating: 4.500 (average of 8 ratings)

Genre: R&B

Quotable: --

Album Tracks:

  1. Let the Good Times Roll
  2. It Had to Be You
  3. Alexander’s Ragtime Band
  4. Two Years of Torture
  5. When Your Lover Has Gone
  6. Deed I Do
  7. Just for a Thrill
  8. You Won’t Let Me Go
  9. Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me
  10. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
  11. Am I Blue
  12. Come Rain or Come Shine

Sales:

sales in U.S. only --
sales in U.K. only - estimated --
sales in all of Europe as determined by IFPI – click here to go to their site. --
sales worldwide - estimated 750,000

Peak:

peak on U.S. Billboard album chart 17
peak on U.K. album chart --

Singles/Hit Songs:

  • Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ (1/11/60) #95 US, #17 RB
  • Let the Good Times Roll (1/11/60) #78 US
  • Just for a Thrill (5/23/60) #16 RB
  • Come Rain or Come Shine (11/28/60) #83 US

Awards:

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The Genius of Ray Charles
Ray Charles
Review:
“Some players from Ray Charles’ big band are joined by many ringers from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington bands for the first half of this program, featuring Charles belting out six songs arranged by Quincy Jones. Let the Good Times Roll and Deed I Do are highlights, and there are solos by tenorman David ‘Fathead’ Newman, trumpeter Marcus Belgrave, and (on Two Years of Torture) tenor Paul Gonsalves.” SY

“The remaining six numbers are ballads, with Charles backed by a string orchestra arranged by Ralph Burns (including Come Rain or Come Shine and Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’).” SY

“Charles’ voice is heard throughout in peak form, giving soul to even the veteran standards.” SY

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Last updated February 19, 2010.