53. Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959
53. Ray Charles - The Birth of Soul: The Complete Atlantic Rhythm and Blues Recordings, 1952 - 1959
The album concentrates on Ray's great progress in the 1950s, particularly his days with Atlantic Records. Charles' music in those days used basic rock and roll ingridients (blues, jazz, honky-tonk, gospel) to create something more mature and sensual than anything the rock n' roll pioneers created.