Song artist 86 - Ray Charles

This page lists the song chart entries of Ray Charles.A list of the hit albums by Ray Charles is also available. The songs are listed with the most widely successful first.

At points in his career these songs were credited to Ray Charles, The Ray Charles Trio. When the girl group The Cookies became his backing singers they were credited to Ray Charles & The Raelettes.

A user (Sensimilla) pointed out that The Ray Charles Singers are a completely different Ray Charles, for which thanks.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ray Charles	I Can't Stop Loving You	1962	UK 1 - Jun 1962 (17 weeks), US Billboard 1 - May 1962 (18 weeks), KQV 1 of 1962, Canada 1 - May 1962 (14 weeks), Flanders 1 - Jun 1962 (5 months), NZ Lever 1 - Jun 1962 (6 weeks), Australia 1 for 4 weeks - Jun 1962, Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (1962), US BB 2 of 1962, WABC NY 2 of 1962, US Radio 2 of 1962 (peak 1 12 weeks), Grammy in 1962 (Nominated), Brazil 4 of 1963, Norway 4 - Jul 1962 (12 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Jul 1962), US CashBox 6 of 1962, DDD 6 of 1962, Germany 8 - Sep 1962 (2 months), South Africa 11 of 1962, US invalid BB 30 of 1962, POP 30 of 1962, D.Marsh 35 of 1962, Italy 75 of 1963, Scrobulate 80 of r & b, Billboard 50th song 98, Rolling Stone 161, UKMIX 303, Acclaimed 507 (1962), RYM 16 of 1962, NY Daily Love list 10
2	Ray Charles	What'd I Say	1959	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000 (1959), DDD 1 of 1959, D.Marsh 1 of 1959, Library of Congress artifact added 2002 (1959), US invalid BB 3 of 1959, POP 3 of 1959, US Billboard 6 - Jul 1959 (15 weeks), nuTsie 6 of 1950s, Rolling Stone 10, Canada 13 - Jul 1959 (10 weeks), Acclaimed 26 (1959), US BB 50 of 1959, US Radio 58 of 1959 (peak 6 7 weeks), DMDB 87 (1959), RIAA 251, WXPN 444, RYM 1 of 1959, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
3	Ray Charles	Hit the Road, Jack	1961	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1961 (13 weeks), NZ Lever 1 - Nov 1961 (7 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 2013 (1961), UK 6 - Oct 1961 (12 weeks), US invalid BB 6 of 1961, DDD 6 of 1961, POP 6 of 1961, D.Marsh 6 of 1961, Canada 11 - Sep 1961 (11 weeks), Flanders 13 - Nov 1961 (2 months), US Radio 16 of 1961 (peak 1 9 weeks), US BB 19 of 1961, WABC NY 30 of 1961, Scrobulate 37 of jazz, US CashBox 87 of 1961, Rolling Stone 377, Acclaimed 663 (1961), WXPN 771, RYM 4 of 1961
4	Ray Charles	Georgia On My Mind	1960	US Billboard 1 - Sep 1960 (13 weeks), Grammy Hall of Fame in 1993 (1960), DDD 2 of 1960, Grammy in 1960 (Nominated), US invalid BB 13 of 1960, POP 13 of 1960, WABC NY 16 of 1960, D.Marsh 16 of 1960, UK 24 - Dec 1960 (8 weeks), Canada 42 - Nov 1960 (4 weeks), RIAA 42, US Radio 44 of 1960 (peak 1 8 weeks), Rolling Stone 44, Scrobulate 47 of soul, US CashBox 61 of 1961, nuTsie 67 of 1960s, US BB 78 of 1960, WXPN 86, Acclaimed 360 (1960), RYM 3 of 1960, WFUV 85
5	Ray Charles	Busted	1963	US Billboard 4 - Sep 1963 (12 weeks), NZ Lever 4 - Oct 1963 (3 weeks), Flanders 20 - Nov 1963 (1 month), UK 21 - Nov 1963 (10 weeks), POP 23 of 1963, US invalid BB 27 of 1963, Canada 29 - Sep 1963 (6 weeks), US Radio 34 of 1963 (peak 4 8 weeks), US CashBox 40 of 1964, US BB 55 of 1963, DDD 61 of 1963, Scrobulate 98 of r & b, RYM 74 of 1963
6	Ray Charles	You Don't Know Me	1962	US Billboard 2 - Jul 1962 (11 weeks), Flanders 5 - Sep 1962 (3 months), NZ Lever 5 - Sep 1962 (3 weeks), UK 9 - Sep 1962 (13 weeks), Canada 18 - Aug 1962 (8 weeks), US Radio 44 of 1962 (peak 2 6 weeks), DDD 46 of 1962, US BB 54 of 1962, WABC NY 67 of 1962
7	Ray Charles	I've Got a Woman	1954	Grammy Hall of Fame in 1990 (1954), DDD 8 of 1954, Scrobulate 25 of rhythm & blues, nuTsie 61 of 1950s, US Billboard 79 - Apr 1965 (3 weeks), Rolling Stone 235, Acclaimed 552 (1955), RYM 7 of 1954, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
8	Ray Charles	Take These Chains From My Heart	1963	UK 5 - May 1963 (20 weeks), Norway 7 - Jul 1963 (3 weeks), US Billboard 8 - Apr 1963 (11 weeks), NZ Lever 8 - Jun 1963 (1 week), Flanders 13 - Jul 1963 (2 months), Canada 15 - Apr 1963 (8 weeks), US BB 92 of 1963, US Radio 102 of 1963 (peak 8 6 weeks), UKMIX 737
9	Ray Charles	Crying Time	1966	Record World 5 - 1966, US Billboard 6 - Dec 1965 (15 weeks), Canada 12 - Dec 1965 (10 weeks), Holland 12 - Feb 1966 (12 weeks), Keener 14 - Dec 1965 (5 weeks), US invalid BB 17 of 1966, POP 17 of 1966, US CashBox 47 of 1966, UK 50 - Feb 1966 (1 week), US BB 52 of 1966, US Radio 80 of 1966 (peak 6 6 weeks), RYM 138 of 1965
10	Ray Charles	Here We Go Again	1967	Holland 3 - Jun 1967 (14 weeks), Record World 13 - 1967, US Billboard 15 - May 1967 (12 weeks), Keener 15 - Jun 1967 (5 weeks), Canada 16 - Jun 1967 (6 weeks), UK 38 - Jul 1967 (3 weeks), US BB 80 of 1967, US Radio 135 of 1967 (peak 15 4 weeks)
11	Ray Charles	Unchain My Heart	1962	US Billboard 9 - Nov 1961 (12 weeks), DDD 18 of 1961, POP 24 of 1962, Canada 31 - Jan 1962 (4 weeks), US CashBox 78 of 1962, US Radio 99 of 1962 (peak 9 5 weeks), RYM 19 of 1961
12	Ray Charles	One Mint Julep	1961	US Billboard 8 - Mar 1961 (13 weeks), Canada 37 - Apr 1961 (4 weeks), US BB 60 of 1961, US Radio 84 of 1961 (peak 8 6 weeks), DDD 86 of 1961, US CashBox 98 of 1961, RYM 116 of 1961
13	Ray Charles	You Are My Sunshine	1962	US Billboard 7 - Nov 1962 (12 weeks), Flanders 13 - Jan 1963 (1 month), Canada 22 - Nov 1962 (6 weeks), US CashBox 84 of 1963, US Radio 96 of 1962 (peak 7 4 weeks)
14	Ray Charles	Together Again	1966	Record World 16 - 1966, Keener 18 - Mar 1966 (4 weeks), US Billboard 19 - Mar 1966 (8 weeks), Holland 31 - May 1966 (4 weeks), Canada 33 - Apr 1966 (5 weeks), UK 48 - Apr 1966 (1 week), US Radio 183 of 1966 (peak 19 1 week)
15	Ray Charles	Yesterday	1967	Canada 11 - Nov 1967 (7 weeks), Record World 15 - 1967, Holland 21 - Dec 1967 (5 weeks), US Billboard 25 - Nov 1967 (7 weeks), Keener 25 - Nov 1967 (2 weeks), UK 44 - Dec 1967 (4 weeks)
16	Ray Charles	Born to Lose	1962	Canada 1 - Jun 1962 (10 weeks), US Billboard 41 - May 1962 (9 weeks), RYM 16 of 1962
17	Ray Charles	Night Time is the Right Time	1958	DDD 40 of 1958, US Billboard 95 - Feb 1959 (1 week), Acclaimed 1967 (1959), RYM 44 of 1958
18	Ray Charles	Ellie My Love	1989	Japan (Tokyo) 3 - Sep 1989 (10 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 32 of 1989 (peak 2 10 weeks)
19	Ray Charles	If You Were Mine	1970	Keener 3 - Oct 1970 (9 weeks), Canada 26 - Jan 1971 (3 weeks), Record World 40 - 1970, US Billboard 41 - Oct 1970 (18 weeks)
20	Ray Charles	Mess Around	1953	DDD 32 of 1953, Scrobulate 95 of blues, RYM 6 of 1953
21	Ray Charles	Your Cheatin' Heart	1962	UK 13 - Dec 1962 (8 weeks), Canada 22 - Nov 1962 (6 weeks), US Billboard 29 - Nov 1962 (11 weeks)
22	Ray Charles	Let's Go Get Stoned	1966	Record World 24 - 1966, US Billboard 31 - May 1966 (9 weeks), D.Marsh 32 of 1966, Scrobulate 81 of r & b, RYM 116 of 1961
23	Ray Charles	Eleanor Rigby	1968	Canada 7 - Jun 1968 (6 weeks), Record World 26 - 1968, US Billboard 35 - Jun 1968 (10 weeks), UK 36 - Aug 1968 (9 weeks)
24	Ray Charles	I'm Movin' On	1959	Canada 28 - Nov 1959 (4 weeks), US Billboard 40 - Nov 1959 (10 weeks), RYM 104 of 1959
25	Ray Charles	America the Beautiful	1972	Grammy Hall of Fame in 2005 (1972), Acclaimed 2467 (1972)
26	Ray Charles	Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)	1957	US Billboard 34 - Oct 1957 (15 weeks), DDD 80 of 1957, RYM 66 of 1957
27	Ray Charles	Hallelujah, I Love Her So	1956	DDD 57 of 1956, Acclaimed 1987 (1956), RYM 43 of 1956, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500
28	Ray Charles	Ruby	1960	US Billboard 28 - Nov 1960 (9 weeks), Canada 35 - Dec 1960 (3 weeks)
29	Ray Charles	Let the Good Times Roll	1959	DDD 44 of 1959, US Billboard 78 - Jan 1960 (3 weeks)
30	Ray Charles	Booty Butt	1971	Keener 9 - May 1971 (5 weeks), Record World 32 - 1971, US Billboard 36 - Mar 1971 (12 weeks)
31	Ray Charles	Don't Change On Me	1971	Keener 17 - Mar 1971 (3 weeks), Record World 27 - 1971, US Billboard 36 - Mar 1971 (11 weeks)
32	Ray Charles	Careless Love	1962	Canada 18 - Aug 1962 (6 weeks), US Billboard 60 - Jul 1962 (4 weeks)
33	Ray Charles	Hide Nor Hair	1962	US Billboard 20 - Apr 1962 (7 weeks), US Radio 172 of 1962 (peak 20 1 week)
34	Ray Charles	That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)	1963	US Billboard 20 - Dec 1963 (9 weeks), US Radio 178 of 1964 (peak 20 2 weeks)
35	Ray Charles	It Should've Been Me	1954	DDD 42 of 1954, RYM 33 of 1954
36	Ray Charles	Come Back (Baby)	1954	DDD 69 of 1954, RYM 7 of 1954
37	Ray Charles	Don't You Know	1954	DDD 59 of 1954, RYM 55 of 1954
38	Ray Charles	Stella by Starlight	1962	Brazil 23 of 1962
39	Ray Charles	Fool For You	1955	DDD 30 of 1955, RYM 46 of 1955
40	Ray Charles	Makin' Whoopee	1964	UK 42 - Jan 1965 (4 weeks), US Billboard 46 - Dec 1964 (8 weeks)
41	Ray Charles	No One to Cry To	1964	UK 38 - Sep 1964 (3 weeks), US Billboard 55 - Jul 1964 (6 weeks)
42	Ray Charles	This Little Girl of Mine	1955	DDD 41 of 1955, RYM 46 of 1955
43	Ray Charles	Drown in My Own Tears	1956	DDD 32 of 1956, RYM 30 of 1956
44	Ray Charles	A Tear Fell	1964	Record World 35 - 1964, US Billboard 50 - Aug 1964 (5 weeks)
45	Ray Charles	Song For You	1993	Japan (Tokyo) 12 - Mar 1993 (10 weeks)
46	Ray Charles	Please Say You're Fooling	1966	Canada 32 - Nov 1966 (3 weeks), US Billboard 64 - Nov 1966 (6 weeks)
47	Ray Charles	Lonely Avenue	1956	Acclaimed 1674 (1956), RYM 32 of 1956
48	Ray Charles	I Believe to My Soul	1959	Acclaimed 2312 (1959), RYM 104 of 1959
49	Ray Charles	Confession Blues	1949	DDD 59 of 1949
50	Ray Charles	Sticks & Stones	1960	US Billboard 40 - Jun 1960 (8 weeks), RYM 115 of 1960
51	Ray Charles	Touch	2005	Japan (Tokyo) 46 - Oct 2005 (3 weeks)
52	Ray Charles	Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word	2004	Japan (Tokyo) 78 - Sep 2004 (1 week)
53	Ray Charles	All She Wants To Do Is Love Me	1996	Japan (Tokyo) 59 - Mar 1996 (6 weeks)
54	Ray Charles	But on the Other Hand Baby	1961	US Billboard 72 - Dec 1961 (4 weeks), RYM 19 of 1961
55	Ray Charles	In the Heat of the Night	1967	Keener 25 - Sep 1967 (3 weeks), US Billboard 33 - Aug 1967 (7 weeks)
56	Ray Charles	I Chose To Sing The Blues	1966	US Billboard 32 - Sep 1966 (7 weeks), Record World 39 - 1966
57	Ray Charles	Kissa Me Baby	1952	DDD 79 of 1952
58	Ray Charles	I'll Take Care Of You	1990	Japan (Tokyo) 55 - Oct 1990 (7 weeks)
59	Ray Charles	Greenbacks	1955	DDD 45 of 1955
60	Ray Charles	Rockhouse	1958	US Billboard 79 - Dec 1958 (2 weeks)
61	Ray Charles	Hard Hearted Hannah	1960	US Billboard 55 - Nov 1960 (4 weeks)
62	Ray Charles	Come Rain Or Come Shine	1960	US Billboard 83 - Nov 1960 (2 weeks)
63	Ray Charles	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	1960	US Billboard 95 - Feb 1960 (2 weeks)
64	Ray Charles	Them That Got	1961	US Billboard 58 - Jan 1961 (6 weeks)
65	Ray Charles	At the Club	1962	US Billboard 44 - Mar 1962 (7 weeks)
66	Ray Charles	I've Got News For You	1961	US Billboard 66 - Jun 1961 (5 weeks)
67	Ray Charles	I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town	1961	US Billboard 84 - Jun 1961 (2 weeks)
68	Ray Charles	Without Love (There Is Nothing)	1963	US Billboard 29 - Jun 1963 (7 weeks)
69	Ray Charles	The Brightest Smile In Town	1963	US Billboard 92 - Mar 1963 (2 weeks)
70	Ray Charles	Everybody Loves Somebody	1964	South Africa 13 of 1964
71	Ray Charles	Cuando calienta el sol	1964	US CashBox 23 of 1964
72	Ray Charles	My Heart Cries For You	1964	US Billboard 38 - Feb 1964 (7 weeks)
73	Ray Charles	Baby, Don't You Cry (The New Swingova Rhythm)	1964	US Billboard 39 - Feb 1964 (7 weeks)
74	Ray Charles	Living For the City	1975	US Billboard 91 - Sep 1975 (3 weeks)
75	Ray Charles	My Baby Don't Dig Me	1964	US Billboard 51 - May 1964 (6 weeks)
76	Ray Charles	Smack Dab in the Middle	1964	US Billboard 52 - Sep 1964 (7 weeks)
77	Ray Charles	I Can Make It Through The Days (But Oh, Those Lonely Nights)	1973	US Billboard 81 - Jun 1973 (4 weeks)
78	Ray Charles	Come Live With Me	1973	US Billboard 82 - Nov 1973 (6 weeks)
79	Ray Charles	Look What They Done To My Song Ma	1972	US Billboard 65 - Jul 1972 (6 weeks)
80	Ray Charles	What Am I Living For?	1971	US Billboard 54 - Dec 1971 (7 weeks)
81	Ray Charles	Feel So Bad	1971	US Billboard 68 - Aug 1971 (8 weeks)
82	Ray Charles	Cry	1965	US Billboard 58 - Feb 1965 (7 weeks)
83	Ray Charles	I'm A Fool To Care	1965	US Billboard 84 - Jul 1965 (4 weeks)
84	Ray Charles	Understanding	1968	US Billboard 46 - Jun 1968 (12 weeks)
85	Ray Charles	I Don't Need No Doctor	1966	US Billboard 72 - Nov 1966 (4 weeks)
86	Ray Charles	You're Just About To Lose Your Clown	1966	US Billboard 91 - Mar 1966 (2 weeks)
87	Ray Charles	That's a Lie	1968	US Billboard 64 - Feb 1968 (8 weeks)
88	Ray Charles	Sweet Young Thing Like You	1968	US Billboard 83 - Sep 1968 (2 weeks)
89	Ray Charles	I Want To Talk About You	1967	US Billboard 98 - Mar 1967 (1 week)
90	Ray Charles	Hey Baby (They're Playing Our Song)	1968	US Billboard 92 - Oct 1968 (2 weeks)
91	Ray Charles	If it Wasn't For Bad Luck	1969	US Billboard 77 - Jan 1969 (6 weeks)
92	Ray Charles	Let Me Love You	1969	US Billboard 94 - May 1969 (2 weeks)
93	Ray Charles	Laughin' & Clownin'	1970	US Billboard 98 - Mar 1970 (2 weeks)
94	Ray Charles	Funny (But I Still Love You)	1953	RYM 6 of 1953
95	Ray Charles	Feelin' Sad	1953	RYM 81 of 1953
96	Ray Charles	Heartbreaker	1953	RYM 81 of 1953
97	Ray Charles	Sinner's Prayer	1954	RYM 33 of 1954
98	Ray Charles	Losing Hand	1954	RYM 55 of 1954
99	Ray Charles	Tell All the World About You	1958	RYM 44 of 1958
100	Ray Charles	Mary Ann	1956	RYM 30 of 1956
101	Ray Charles	Leave My Woman Alone	1956	RYM 32 of 1956
102	Ray Charles	What Would I Do Without You?	1956	RYM 43 of 1956
103	Ray Charles	I Want a Little Girl	1957	RYM 66 of 1957
104	Ray Charles	Carry Me Back to Old Virginney	1960	RYM 3 of 1960
105	Ray Charles	Worried Life Blues	1960	RYM 115 of 1960
106	Ray Charles	Who You Gonna Love?	1960	RYM 191 of 1960
107	Ray Charles	My Baby (I Love Her, Yes I Do)	1960	RYM 191 of 1960
108	Ray Charles	Danger Zone	1961	RYM 4 of 1961
109	Ray Charles	Makin' Believe	1963	RYM 74 of 1963
110	Ray Charles	When My Dreamboat Comes Home	1965	RYM 138 of 1965
111	Ray Charles	Shake Ya Tailfeather	unknown	OzNet 86

In addition to the above listed songs Ray Charles also contributed to the following entries:

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ray Charles & Norah Jones	Here We Go Again	2004	Grammy in 2004, Poland 18 - Jan 2005 (16 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 21 - Aug 2004 (12 weeks)
2	Ray Charles & Betty Carter	Baby, It's Cold Outside	1962	US invalid BB 35 of 1962, POP 37 of 1962, US Billboard 91 - Mar 1962 (2 weeks)
3	Ray Charles & The Raelettes	Don't Set Me Free	1963	US Billboard 20 - Feb 1963 (8 weeks), UK 37 - Mar 1963 (3 weeks), US Radio 171 of 1963 (peak 20 1 week)
4	Ray Charles & The Raelettes	No One	1963	US Billboard 21 - Jun 1963 (8 weeks), UK 35 - Sep 1963 (7 weeks)
5	Ray Charles & The Raelettes	Bad Water	1971	Canada 21 - May 1971 (4 weeks), US Billboard 58 - Mar 1971 (13 weeks)
6	Ray Charles & The Raelettes	One Hurt Deserves Another	1967	US Billboard 76 - Apr 1967 (6 weeks)
7	Ray Charles & The Raelettes	I Want to (Do Everything for You)	1970	US Billboard 96 - May 1970 (2 weeks)
8	INXS & Ray Charles	Please	1994	Poland 36 - Mar 1994 (11 weeks)
9	Dee Dee Bridgewater & Ray Charles	Till the next somewhere	1989	Italy 77 of 1989

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14 Jan 2016

#16 - Your Cheatin' Heart

The following 1953 Chart Entry should be removed from this 1962 recording &transferred to one of the 1953 recordings. 1. UK 40's Sheet Music - 8 - 22 weeks - June 1953.

Yes, Hank Williams we think, data fixed, thanks

5 Oct 2015

Double Listing - Georgia On My Mind

#3 & #112 seem to be the same.

Looks correct, data fixed thanks

1 Nov 2014

I've Got A Woman - Double Listing

#5 and #113 are the same recording.

That looks correct, the data has been fixed, thanks

23 Oct 2010

Ray charles #2

Sorry, but I have to tell you there are 2 different Ray Charles in the world of music, one of them are a composer born Charles Raymond Offenberg and the other a blind pianist born Ray Charles Robinson from georgia. The first made some pretty succesfull records with some singers he called "The Ray Charles Singers", and they have nothing to do with the more famous soul singer Ray Charles.

But still this is one great site, Yours Sensimilla.

You are completely correct, we've tried to fix all the appropriate entries.

23 Oct 2010

Ray charles #2

But still this is one great site, Yours Sensimilla.

You are completely correct, we've tried to fix all the appropriate entries.

19 Oct 2010

Ray Charles Singers.

On Wikipedia it says that "The Ray Charles Singers", got a 1964 hit with the song "Love me with all of your heart".

Thx for a fantastic site, and your big-big effort.

Yours Sensimilla.

You are correct, the songs listed on this site as being by Ray Charles were originally credited to "Ray Charles", "The Ray Charles Trio", "Ray Charles & the Raelettes" or "The Ray Charles Singers". In some cases they were listed differently in different countries.

On this site we have consolidated all these together under "Ray Charles" since, for most users, it is more interesting to see his complete career in one place rather than having to search for the various combinations of names he happened to use. We feel is is easy enough to use Wikipedia and other sources to identify the actual artist name credited in an individual song in an individual country. Our role is to allow the user to identify other hits by the same artist and other locations where the same song was a hit, even if credited to a slightly different name.

There is, of course, no absolutely right answer here. Our position is to err on the side of too much consolidation, since we see our unique contribution in the wide range of countries and years that we cover. We assume that sources that focus on single countries, artists or short time periods can differentiate between the songs by "Ray Charles", "The Ray Charles Trio" and "Ray Charles & the Raelettes"