Cry [Bear Family Box Set] (1999)

About this title: Johnnie Ray was an immediately recognizable vocal stylist whose histrionic sobbing and exaggerated "blue" notes won as many detractors as fans. But the sheer outrageousness of his performance style, which exhibited a dynamic physicality not seen again in a white singer until Elvis Presley came along, makes Ray a clear forerunner of rock & roll and an exciting entertainer who always seemed to be on the verge of losing control. Cry is a five-disc box set that compiles Ray's complete Columbia recordings from 1951-1956, including the major hits "Cry," "The Little White Cloud That Cried," and ... read more

Tracks:

1. Whiskey and Gin [Ray]
2. Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye [Ray]
3. She Didn't Say Nothin' at All [Ray]
4. I'm Just a Shadow of Myself [LaMotta/Fine]
5. Give Me Time [Wilder]
6. The Little White Cloud That Cried [Ray]
7. Coffee and Cigarettes (Thinking It Over) [Hendler/Arthur]
8. The Lady Drinks Champagne [Wilson/Jeffreys]
9. Cry [Kohlman]
10. Out in the Cold Again [Koehler/Bloom]
11. Please, Mr. Su [Frank/Getzov]
12. Here Am I Broken Hearted [DeSylva/Brown/Hende]
13. Paths of Paradise [Ray]
14. Mountains in the Moonlight [Ray]
15. Walkin' My Baby Back Home [Turk/Ahlert]
16. All of Me [Simons/Marks]
17. Don't Take Your Love from Me [Nemo]
18. Don't Blame Me [Fields/McHugh]
19. What's the Use? [Goell/Bagdasarian]
20. Gee, But I'm Lonesome [Bryant/Bryant]
21. A Sinner Am I [Ray]
22. I'll Never Fall in Love Again [Ray]
23. Faith Can Move Mountains [Wood/Raleigh]
24. Don't Say Love Has Ended [Engvick/Wilder]
25. Love Me (Baby Can't You Love Me) [Engvick/Wilder]
26. Mr. Midnight [Lewis/Wendling]
27. Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone [Stept/Clare]
28. All I Do Is Dream of You [Freed/Brown]
29. Nobody's Sweetheart [Kahn/Erdman/Meyers/]
30. I Can't Escape from You [Robin/Whiting]
31. Somebody Stole My Gal [Wood]
32. Satisfied [Carson]
33. I'm Gonna Walk and Talk with My Lord [Carson]
34. With These Hands [Davis/Silver]
35. The Touch of God's Hand [Nolan]
36. It's the Talk of the Town [Symes/Neiburg/Livin]
37. Ma Says, Pa Says [Marais]
38. A Full Time Job [Teifer]
39. Glad Rag Doll [Yellen/Ager/Dougher]
40. Oh, What a Sad, Sad Day [Green/Michael]
41. Sweet Evening Breeze [Broones/Egan/Webste]
42. She Didn't Say Nothin' at All [Ray]
43. Tell the Lady I Said Goodbye [Ray]
44. Whiskey and Gin [Ray]
45. An Orchid for the Lady [Wever/Ager]
46. Let's Walk That-A-Way [Wise/Weisman/Twomey]
47. Candy Lips [Rose]
48. The Others I Like [Hilliard/DeLugg]
49. Destiny [Alstone/Goodhart/Sp]
50. Why Should I Be Sorry? [Sigman/Faith]
51. As Time Goes By [Hupfield]
52. You'd Be Surprised [Berlin]
53. Such a Night [Chase]
54. To Ev'ry Girl -- To Ev'ry Boy (The Meaning of Love) [Samuels/Parker]
55. Hey There [Adler/Ross]
56. Hernando's Hideaway [Adler/Ross]
57. Going, Going, Gone [Whitney/Kramer]
58. If You Believe [Berlin]
59. Alexander's Ragtime Band [Berlin]
60. The Only Girl I'll Ever Love [Samuels/Parker/Feil]
61. Paths of Paradise [Ray]

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