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1 record label: ABC Paramount 10330
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #1, US AC #1
written by: Don Gibson
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
Ray Charles I Can't Stop Loving You
1962 ABC Paramount
2 record label: Mercury 70893
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #4
written by: Georges Boulanger and Jimmy Kennedy
album: The Platters
comments: [ballad]
 		The Platters My Prayer
1956 Mercury
3 record label: Universal 006026
chart position: RandB #7, US #1, UK #2
written by: Chamillionaire, Juan Salinas, Oscar Salinas and Krayzie Bone
album: The Sound of Revenge
 		Chamillionaire featuring Krayzie Bone Ridin'
2006 Universal
4 record label: ABC Paramount 10244
chart position: RandB #1 (5 weeks), US #1, UK #6
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
 		Ray Charles Hit the Road Jack
1961 ABC Paramount
5 record label: Arista 9212
chart position: RandB #1, UK #2, US #1, US dance #6, US AC #9, US rock #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Ghostbusters: Original Soundtrack Album
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Ghostbusters
1984 Arista
6 record label: Sire 27539
chart position: US dance #1, RandB #20, UK #1, US #1, US AC #3
written by: Madonna & Patrick Leonard
album: Like a Prayer
 		Madonna Like a Prayer
1989 Sire
7 record label: Arista 0592
chart position: RandB #1, US #4, AC #11
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) A Woman Needs Love
1981 Arista
8 record label: Atlantic 2546
chart position: RandB #3, US #10, UK #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: Aretha Now
comments: [southern soul]
 		Aretha Franklin I Say a Little Prayer
1968 Atlantic
9 record label: Arista 0669
chart position: RandB #2, US #4, US dance #24, US AC #33
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) The Other Woman
1982 Arista
10 record label: Cameo 117
chart position: RandB #3, US #3
weeksinr&bchart: 14
written by: Bob Crewe and Frank Slay
 		The Rays Silhouettes -- Daddy Cool
1957 Cameo
11 record label: ABC Paramount 10345
chart position: RandB #5, US #2, UK #9, US AC #1
written by: Cindy Walker & Eddy Arnold
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
 		Ray Charles You Don't Know Me
1962 ABC Paramount
12 record label: ABC Paramount 10739
chart position: RandB #5, US #6, UK #50, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Crying Time
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Ray Charles Crying Time
1965 ABC Paramount
13 record label: Epic 15565
chart position: US #5, UK #7, US AC #21, RandB #121
written by: Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Jinsoo Lim and David Wilder
album: On How Life Is
 		Macy Gray I Try
1999 Epic
14 record label: Deja 34
chart position: RandB #4, US #3, UK #66
written by: Victor Carraway, Detail, Ray J and Yung Berg
album: All I Feel
 		Ray J featuring Yung Berg Sexy Can I
2006 Deja
15 record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #1
written by: Henry Glover
album: Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
 		Ray Charles Drown in My Own Tears
1956 Atlantic
16 record label: Capitol 599
chart position: RandB #4, US #2, UK #8, US dance #3
written by: MC Hammer & Prince
album: Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em
 		MC Hammer Pray
1990 Capitol
17 record label: Impulse 200
chart position: RandB #1 (1 week), US #8
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: Rudy Toombs
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
 		Ray Charles One Mint Julep
1961 Impulse
18 record label: Polydor 2033
chart position: RandB #1, US #5, US AC #17
written by: Harry Ray, Al Goodman & Lee Walter
album: Ray, Goodman & Brown
comments: [Sweet Soul]
 		Ray, Goodman & Brown Special Lady
1980 Polydor
19 record label: Arista 0283
chart position: RandB #5, UK #11, US #8
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Raydio
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Jack and Jill (Back Up the Hill)
1978 Arista
20 record label: Scepter 12203
chart position: RandB #8, US #4
written by: Burt Bacharach & Hal David
album: The Windows of the World
comments: [pop soul]
 		Dionne Warwick I Say a Little Prayer
1967 Scepter
21 record label: ABC Paramount 10135
chart position: RandB #3 (4 weeks), US #1, UK #24
weeksinr&bchart: 16
written by: Hoagy Carmichael & Stuart Gorrell
album: The Genius Hits the Road
Ray Charles Georgia on My Mind
1960 ABC Paramount
22 record label: ABC Paramount 10481
chart position: RandB #3 (2 weeks), UK #21, US #4
weeksinr&bchart: 15
written by: Harlan Howard
album: Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
 		Ray Charles Busted
1963 ABC Paramount
23 record label: ABC Paramount 10118
chart position: RandB #2 (1 week), US #40
weeksinr&bchart: 13
written by: Henry Glover and Titus Turner
 		Ray Charles Sticks and Stones
1960 ABC Paramount
24 record label: Tommy Boy 554
chart position: RandB #1, US #8, UK #22, US dance #9
written by: Vincent Brown, Treach (as Anthony Criss), Kay Gee (as Kier Gist), Rudolph Isley, Ronald Isley
album: 19 Naughty III
comments: [hip hop]
 		Naughty by Nature Hip Hop Hooray
1993 Tommy Boy
25 record label: Decca 33057
chart position: RandB #42, US #5, UK #52, US AC #12
written by: Mentor Williams
album: Drift Away
comments: [country pop soul]
Dobie Gray Drift Away
1973 Decca
26 record label: Columbia 41628
chart position: RandB #5, US #30
weeksinr&bchart: 18
written by: Ray Bryant and Eddie Morrison
album: Madison Time
comments: (Calls by Eddie Morrison)
 		Ray Bryant Combo Madison Time
1960 Columbia
27 record label: Charger 105
chart position: RandB #11, US #13, UK #25
written by: Billy Page
album: Sings For 'In' Crowders That Go 'Go Go'
comments: [northern soul]
 		Dobie Gray The In Crowd
1965 Charger
28 record label: Knockout 87546
chart position: RandB #3, US #11, UK #13
written by: Ray J, Rodney Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III and LaShawn Daniels
album: Raydiation
comments: [slow jam]
 		Ray J One Wish
2005 Knockout
29 record label: Qwest 2697
chart position: RandB #1, UK #21, US #18, US dance #1, US AC #30
written by: George Johnson, Louis Johnson & Sonora Sam
album: Back on the Block
comments: [disco funk boogie]
 		Quincy Jones featuring Ray Charles & Chaka Khan I'll Be Good to You
1989 Qwest
30 record label: Arista 0399
chart position: RandB #3, US #9, US AC #25
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Rock On
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) You Can't Change That
1979 Arista
31 record label: ABC Paramount 10266
chart position: RandB #1, US #9
written by: A. Jones, F. James
album: Ray Charles Greatest Hits
Ray Charles Unchain My Heart
1961 ABC Paramount
32 record label: Arista 9116
chart position: RandB #12, US #12, US AC #10
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Woman Out of Control
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) I Still Can't Get Over Loving You
1983 Arista
33 record label: ABC Paramount 10785
chart position: RandB #10, US #19, UK #48, US AC #1
written by: Buck Owens
album: Country & Western Meets Rhythm & Blues
comments: [country soul]
 		Ray Charles Together Again
1966 ABC Paramount
34 record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #1, US #7
written by: Jimmie Davis & Charles Mitchell
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
 		Ray Charles You Are My Sunshine
1962 ABC Paramount
35 record label: ABC/TRC 10938
chart position: RandB #5, US #15, UK #38, US AC #38
written by: Donnie Lanier & Red Steagall (as Russ Steagall)
album: Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
comments: [southern soul ballad]
 		Ray Charles Here We Go Again
1967 ABC/TRC
36 record label: Virgin 18586
chart position: UK #5
written by: Ray Dorset
album: Boombastic
 		Shaggy featuring Rayvon In the Summertime
1995 Virgin
37 record label: Atlantic 2031
chart position: RandB #1, US #6
written by: Ray Charles
album: What'd I Say
 		Ray Charles What'd I Say (Part I)
1959 Atlantic
38 record label: Arista 0616
chart position: RandB #26, US #21, US AC #7
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: A Woman Needs Love
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) That Old Song
1981 Arista
39 record label: Arista 9293
chart position: RandB #12, US #14, US AC #6
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Chartbusters
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Jamie
1984 Arista
40 record label: ABC 10808
chart position: RandB #1, US #31
written by: Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson
album: Crying Time
Ray Charles Let's Go Get Stoned
1966 ABC
41 record label: Arista 0494
chart position: RandB #6, US #30, US AC #34
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Two Places at the Same Time
Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Two Places at the Same Time
1980 Arista
42 record label: Work 78597
chart position: RandB #68, UK #17, US #38, US dance #8
written by: Burt Bacharach and Hal David
album: Think Like a Girl
comments: [reggae]
 		Diana King I Say a Little Prayer
1997 Work
43 record label: Atlantic 2068
chart position: RandB #13
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Lowman Pauling
album: Ray Charles in Person
 		Ray Charles Tell the Truth
1960 Atlantic
44 record label: Warner Bros. 100969
chart position: RandB #7, US #28, UK #41
written by: Eddie Berkeley, Brown, Carstarphen, Kay Gee, Gene McFadden, Balewa Muhammad and John Whitehead
album: Still Ghetto
 		Jaheim featuring Tha Rayne Fabulous
2002 Warner Bros.
45 record label: Arista 1030
chart position: RandB #6, US #35
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Greatest Hits
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Bad Boy
1982 Arista
46 record label: ABC Paramount 10375
chart position: RandB #23, US #29, UK #13, US AC #7
written by: Hank Williams
album: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (Volume Ywo)
Ray Charles Your Cheatin' Heart
1962 ABC Paramount
47 record label: Geffen 27
chart position: RandB #5, UK #13, US #68, US AC #42
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: After Dark
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) I Don't Think That Man Should Sleep Alone
1987 Geffen
48 record label: Atlantic 1085
chart position: RandB #2
weeksinr&bchart: 2
written by: Charles
album: Ray Charles
comments: b side of Drown In My Own Tears
 		Ray Charles Mary Ann
1956 Atlantic
49 record label: Arista 0695
chart position: RandB #3, US #38
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: The Other Woman
comments: [ballad]  
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Let Me Go
1982 Arista
50 record label: ABC Paramount 10435
chart position: RandB #7, US #8, UK #5, US AC #3
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Fred Rose & Hy Heath
album: Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music (Volume Two)
 		Ray Charles Take These Chains From My Heart
1963 ABC Paramount
51 record label: ABC Paramount 10609
chart position: RandB #10, US #46, UK #42, US AC #11
written by: Gus Kahn & Walter Donaldson
album: Ray Charles Live In Concert
 		Ray Charles Makin' Whoopee
1964 ABC Paramount
52 record label: ABC Paramount 10571
chart position: RandB #14, US #55, UK #38, US AC #8
written by: Foy Willing & Sid Robin
album: Sweet & Sour Tears
 		Ray Charles No One To Cry To
1964 ABC Paramount
53 record label: Signature 12026
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Ray Bryant
album: Little Susie
comments: [jazz instrumental]
Ray Bryant Trio Little Susie
1960 Signature
54 record label: Stateside 1238
chart position: RandB #9, US #25, UK #44
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: Ray Charles Invites You to Listen
comments: [southern soul]
 		Ray Charles Yesterday
1967 Stateside
55 record label: ABC Paramount 10405
chart position: RandB #9, US #20, UK #37
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: F. James and A. Jones
 		Ray Charles & His Orchestra Don't Set Me Free
1963 ABC Paramount
56 record label: Caprice 110
chart position: RandB #10, US #22
written by: Rudy Clark
album: James Ray
 		James Ray If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
1961 Caprice
57 record label: ABC Paramount 10453
chart position: RandB #9, UK #35, US #21, US AC #6
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Doc Pomus & Mort Shuman
 		Ray Charles No One
1963 ABC Paramount
58 record label: Atlantic 85066
chart position: RandB #8, US #30, UK #54
written by: Chad Hugo, Lil' Kim and Pharrell Williams
album: This Ain't a Game
 		Ray J featuring Lil Kim Wait a Minute
2001 Atlantic
59 record label: ABC Paramount 10530
chart position: RandB #9, US #38, US AC #12
written by: Carl Sigman & Percy Faith
comments: [ballad]
 		Ray Charles My Heart Cries for You
1964 ABC Paramount
60 record label: Chimneyville 443
chart position: RandB #3, US #53
written by: King Floyd
album: King Floyd
comments: [southern soul]
 		King Floyd Woman Don't Go Astray
1972 Chimneyville
61 record label: Volt 136
chart position: RandB #10, US# 61, UK #37
written by: Otis Redding
album: Complete & Unbelievable: The Otis Redding Dictionary of Soul
comments: [deep soul ballad]
Otis Redding My Lover's Prayer
1966 Volt
62 record label: Jive 42559
chart position: UK #17, RandB #22, US #65
written by: R. Kelly, Kelly Price, Keith Murray and George Archie Jr.
album: R.
comments: [hip hop]
 		R. Kelly featuring Keith Murray Home Alone
1998 Jive
63 record label: Atlantic 2047
chart position: RandB #17, US #95
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Joe Greene
album: The Genius of Ray Charles
comments: [ballad]
 		Ray Charles Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
1960 Atlantic
64 record label: Motown 374632169
chart position: RandB #4, US #31
written by: Narada Michael Walden and Jeffrey Cohen
album: Inner Child
comments: [ballad] (featuring Johnny Gill)
 		Shanice Wilson Silent Prayer
1992 Motown
65 record label: ABC Paramount 10164
chart position: RandB #10, US #28
weeksinr&bchart: 8
written by: Mitchell Parish and Heinz Roemheld
album: Dedicated to You
comments: [ballad]
 		Ray Charles Ruby
1960 ABC Paramount
66 record label: ABC/TRC 11291
chart position: RandB #13, US #36, US AC #22
written by: Jimmy Holiday & Eddie Reeves
album: Love Country Style
Ray Charles Don't Change on Me
1971 ABC/TRC
67 record label: EastWest 5889
chart position: RandB #17, US #25
written by: Keith Crouch, Glenn McKinney and Roy Dog Pennon
album: Everything You Want
 		Ray J Let It Go
1997 EastWest
68 record label: Impulse 202
chart position: RandB #8, US #66
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Roy Alfred
album: Genius+Soul=Jazz
 		Ray Charles I've Got News for You
1961 Impulse
69 record label: ABC 10840
chart position: RandB #22, US #32
written by: Jimmy Holiday & Ray Charles
album: A Man And His Soul
comments: [northern soul]
 		Ray Charles I Chose To Sing The Blues
1966 ABC
70 record label: ABC Paramount 10141
chart position: RandB #10, US #58
weeksinr&bchart: 7
written by: Ricci Harper
 		Ray Charles Them That Got
1961 ABC Paramount
71 record label: ABC/TRC 11090
chart position: RandB #30, UK #36, US #35, US AC #33
written by: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
album: A Portrait of Ray
comments: [southern soul]
 		Ray Charles Eleanor Rigby
1968 ABC/TRC
72 record label: ABC Paramount 10314
chart position: RandB #7, US #20
written by: Percy Mayfield
album: Ray Charles Live In Concert
 		Ray Charles Hide Nor Hair
1962 ABC Paramount
73 record label: Arista 9352
chart position: RandB #21, UK #46, US #34
written by: Ray Parker Jr
album: Sex and the Single Man
 		Ray Parker Jr (aka Raydio) Girls Are More Fun
1985 Arista
74 record label: ABC/TRC 11271
chart position: RandB #19, US #41, US AC #26
written by: Jimmy Lewis
album: Love Country Style
comments: [country soul]
 		Ray Charles If You Were Mine
1970 ABC/TRC
75 record label: ABC Paramount 10453
chart position: RandB #15, US #29
weeksinr&bchart: 6
written by: Danny Small
 		Ray Charles Without Love (There Is Nothing)
1963 ABC Paramount
76 record label: ABC Paramount 10571
chart position: RandB #13, US #50, US AC #6
written by: Dorian Burton & Eugene Randolph
album: Sweet And Sour Tears
comments: [ballad]
 		Ray Charles A Tear Fell
1964 ABC Paramount
77 record label: Tangerine 1015
chart position: RandB #13, US #36
written by: Ray Charles
album: My Kind of Jazz
comments: [instrumental]
 		Ray Charles Booty Butt
1971 Tangerine
78 record label: MCA 919 (UK)
chart position: RandB #2, UK #63, US #102
written by: Bobby Womack and Paul Kisch
album: Secrets
comments: [ballad]
 		Wilton Felder ft. Bobby Womack & Altrinna Grayson No Matter How High I Get
1985 MCA
79 record label: ABC Paramount 10530
chart position: RandB #7, US #39
written by: Woodrow Buddy Johnson
album: Sweet & Sour Tears
 		Ray Charles Baby, Don't You Cry
1964 ABC Paramount
80 record label: WEA 480
chart position: UK #5
written by: Phil Collins
album: Urban Renewal
 		Brandy featuring Ray J Another Day in Paradise
2001 WEA
81 record label: Sire 66150
chart position: UK #6
written by: Billie Ray Martin
album: Deadline For My Memories
 		Billie Ray Martin Your Loving Arms
1995 Sire
82 record label: Wing and a Prayer 103
chart position: RandB #32, US #14, UK #12, US AC #6, US dance #2
written by: Edward Buzzell, Bert Kalmar & Harry Ruby
 		Wing & a Prayer Fife & Drum Corps Baby Face
1975 Wing and a Prayer
83 record label: Magnet 1035
chart position: US dance #3, UK #29
written by: Billie Ray Martin
album: Deadline For My Memories
 		Billie Ray Martin Running Around Town
1995 Magnet
84 record label: React 129
chart position: US dance #3, UK #54
written by: Billie Ray Martin and Fred Jorio
 		Billie Ray Martin Honey
1999 React
85 record label: Possum 104992
chart position: UK #10
 		Bomb The Bass feat. Maureen Say A Little Prayer
1988 Possum
86 record label: Sire 18138
chart position: US #21, UK #14, US alt. #3, US AC #16
written by: Seal and Gus Isidore
album: Seal [1994 album]
 		Seal Prayer for the Dying
1994 Sire
87 record label: Warner 18611
chart position: RandB #57, US #109, US AC #9
written by: Leon Russell
album: My World
 		Ray Charles A Song for You
1993 Warner
88 record label: Geffen 28152
chart position: RandB #10, UK #65, US AC #38
written by: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Ray Parker Jr
album: After Dark
comments: [ballad]
 		Ray Parker Jr & Natalie Cole Over You
1987 Geffen
89 record label: Epic 6720356
chart position: UK #45, US Dance #4
written by: Macy Gray and Joe Solo
album: The Id
 		Macy Gray Sexual Revolution
2001 Epic
90 record label: Concord 0385
chart position: US dance #2
written by: George Reichart, Joshua Lopez, Kannon
album: The Sellout
 		Macy Gray Beauty in the World
2010 Concord
91 record label: Columbia 78821
chart position: RandB #4, US #53
weeksinr&bchart: 21
written by: Mariah Carey, Krayzie Bone, Wish Bone and Stevie J.
album: Butterfly
 		Mariah Carey (featuring Krayzie Bone & Wish Bone) Breakdown
1998 Columbia
92 record label: Epic 796431
chart position: UK #23, US #51
written by: Macy Gray , Jeremy Ruzumna, David Wilder and Darryl Swann
album: The Id
 		Macy Gray ft. Erykah Badu Sweet Baby
2001 Epic
93 record label: ABC Paramount 10509
chart position: RandB #5, US #20, US AC #10
written by: Haven Gillespie and Beasley Smith
album: Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul
 		Ray Charles That Lucky Old Sun
1963 ABC Paramount
94 record label: Atlantic 1096
chart position: RandB #5
written by: Ray Charles
album: Ray Charles
 		Ray Charles Hallelujah, I Love Her So
1956 Atlantic
95 record label: Atlantic 2010
chart position: RandB #5, US #95
written by: Lew Herman, Ozzie Cadena and Napoleon Brown
album: Ray Charles In Person
 		Ray Charles (Night Time Is) The Right Time
1959 Atlantic
96 record label: Tico 419
chart position: RandB #17, US #17
written by: Ray Barretto
comments: [latin randb]
 		Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna El Watusi
1963 Tico
97 record label: Epic 16423
chart position: UK #18
written by: Macy Gray, Jeremy Ruzumna, Bill Esses and Jeff Blue
album: On How Life Is
 		Macy Gray Still
2000 Epic
98 record label: Polydor
chart position: US dance #4
written by: Don Ray
album: The Garden of Love
comments: [disco funk] [album cut]
 		Don Ray Garden of Love
1978 Polydor
99 record label: ABC 10720
chart position: US #115, US AC #19
written by: Lalo Schifrin and Dorcas Cochran
 		Ray Charles The Cincinnati Kid
1965 ABC
100 record label: Atlantic 1108
chart position: RandB #6
written by: Doc Pomus
album: Yes Indeed!
 		Ray Charles Lonely Avenue
1956 Atlantic


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