Love Songs [Rhino] (1999)

About this title: Ray Charles has sung thousands of songs and many of them were love songs. For the compilers of Rhino's Love Songs, the ones that mattered are classics. Yes, there are a couple of unexpected inclusions that are thrilling, such as Leon Russell's "A Song for You," but for the most part it's standards like "I Can't Stop Loving You," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Baby It's Cold Outside," "Georgia on My Mind," "You Are My Sunshine," "How Deep Is the Ocean," and "Till There Was You." True, there aren't too many big hits here, but that's all right, since every performance is superb. Since it spans so ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Can't Stop Loving You [Gibson]
2. Come Rain or Come Shine [Mercer/Arlen]
3. Baby, It's Cold Outside [Loesser]
4. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You [Redman/Razaf]
5. Georgia on My Mind [Carmichael/Gorrell]
6. You Are My Sunshine [Davis/Mitchell]
7. Bess, You Is My Woman Now [Gershwin/Gershwin]
8. I Didn't Know What Time It Was [Rodgers/Hart]
9. Someday [Charles]
10. Ruby [Parish/Roemheld]
11. How Deep Is the Ocean? [Berlin]
12. Till There Was You [Willson]
13. What Would I Do Without You? [Charles]
14. I Love You So Much It Hurts [Tillman]
15. Yours [Sherr]
16. A Song for You [Russell]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.