The Genius of Ray Charles is the sixth studio from Ray Charles, released in 1959 by Atlantic Records. The album eschewed the soul sound of his 1950s recordings, which fused jazz, gospel, and blues, for swinging pop with big band arrangements.
Track list:
- «Let the Good Times Roll» (Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore) – 2:53
- «It Had to Be You» (Gus Kahn, Isham Jones) – 2:45
- «Alexander’s Ragtime Band» (Irving Berlin) – 2:53
- «Two Years of Torture» (Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris) – 3:25
- «When Your Lover Has Gone» (Einar Aaron Swan) – 2:51
- «‘Deed I Do» (Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose) – 2:27
- «Just for a Thrill» (Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye) – 3:26
- «You Won’t Let Me Go» (Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson) – 3:22
- «Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me» (Charles Brown, Oscar Moore) – 3:25
- «Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'» (Joe Greene) – 3:46
- «Am I Blue?» (Grant Clarke, Harry Akst) – 3:41
- «Come Rain or Come Shine» (Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen) – 3:42