The Birth of Soul

Original Release Date:  1991

Track Listing

• 1. The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
• 2. Roll with My Baby
• 3. The Midnight Hour
• 4. Jumpin' in the Mornin'
• 5. It Should've Been Me
• 6. Losing Hand
• 7. Heartbreaker
• 8. Sinner's Prayer
• 9. Mess Around
• 10. Funny (But I Still Love You)
• 11. Feelin' Sad
• 12. I Wonder Who
• 13. Don't You Know
• 14. Nobody Cares
• 15. Ray's Blues
• 16. Mr. Charles' Blues
• 17. Blackjack
• 18. I Got a Woman
• 19. Greenbacks
• 20. Come Back Baby
• 21. A Fool for You
• 22. This Little Girl of Mine
• 23. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
• 24. A Bit of Soul
• 25. Mary Ann
• 26. Drown in My Own Tears
• 27. Hallelujah, I Love Her So
• 28. What Would I Do Without You?
• 29. Lonely Avenue
• 30. I Want to Know
• 31. Leave My Woman Alone
• 32. It's Alright
• 33. Ain't That Love
• 34. Get on the Right Track Baby
• 35. Rock House, Pts. 1-2
• 36. Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
• 37. That's Enough
• 38. Talkin' 'Bout You
• 39. What Kind of Man Are You
• 40. I Want a Little Girl
• 41. Yes, Indeed!
• 42. I Had a Dream
• 43. You Be My Baby
• 44. Tell All the World About You
• 45. My Bonnie
• 46. Early in the Morning
• 47. Night Time Is the Right Time
• 48. Carryin' the Load
• 49. Tell Me How Do You Feel
• 50. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2
• 51. Tell the Truth
• 52. I'm Movin' On
• 53. I Believe to My Soul

Credits

• Big Bill Broonzy: Composer
• Chuck Berry: Composer
• Ray Charles: Organ, Piano, Composer, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Vocals
• Robert Palmer: Composer
• Marcus Belgrave: Trumpet
• Hank Crawford: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone)
• Cecil Payne: Sax (Baritone)
• Wallace Davenport: Trumpet
• Oscar Moore: Drums
• Don Wilkerson: Sax (Tenor)
• Jimmy Bell: Bass
• Oliver Sain: Composer
• Sam Hopkins: Composer
• Sam "The Man" Taylor: Sax (Tenor)
• Connie Kay: Drums
• The Cookies: Vocals
• Herb Abramson: Producer
• Edgar Blanchard: Guitar
• Glenn Brooks: Drums
• Ozzie Cadena: Composer
• Candido Camero: Conga
• Milton Campbell: Composer
• Emmett Dennis: Sax (Baritone)
• Jesse Drakes: Trumpet
• Auguste Dimes DuPont: Sax (Alto)
• Ahmet Ertegun: Composer, Producer
• Frank Fields: Bass
• Teagle Fleming: Drums
• Panama Francis: Drums
• O'Neil Gerald: Sax (Alto)
• Richie Goldberg: Drums
• Lee Harper: Trumpet
• Ricky Harper: Trumpet
• Warren Hebrew: Sax (Tenor)
• Margie Hendrix: Vocals
• John Hunt: Trumpet
• Wesley Jackson: Guitar
• Lloyd Lambert: Bass
• Dave McRae: Saxophone, Sax (Baritone)
• Frank Mitchell: Trumpet
• Freddie Mitchell: Saxophone
• David "Fathead" Newman: Sax (Alto), Sax (Baritone), Sax (Tenor)
• The Raelettes: Vocals
• Mongo Santamarķa: Conga
• Roosevelt Sheffield: Bass
• Alonzo Stewart: Drums
• Jesse Stone: Arranger, Composer
• Joe Tillman: Sax (Tenor)
• Lloyd Trotman: Bass
• Milt Turner: Drums
• Jerry Wexler: Producer
• Charles Whitley: Trumpet
• Pinky Williams: Saxophone
• Sonny Boy Williamson: Composer
• Edgar Willis: Bass
• Joshua Willis: Trumpet
• Lew Herman: Composer
• Robert Palmer: Liner Notes
• Renald Richard: Composer
• Sam Sweet: Composer
• Mary Ann Fisher: Vocals
• William Peebles: Drums
• Paul E. West: Bass