The Great Ray Charles (studio album)
by Ray Charles

The Great Ray Charles by Ray Charles
Year: 1957
Overall rank: 6,145th   
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 38 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1957 (34th)
Award Top albums of the 1950s (181st)
Award Best albums of all time (6,145th)

Listen on Spotify Spotify
Product Details
Availability

eBay
eBay
Ray Charles – The Great Ray Charles Soul Feelin' Original 1963 Vinyl 12" VG/G+
Condition: Used


eBay
eBay
RAY CHARLES - THE GREAT RAY CHARLES [REMASTER] NEW CD
Condition: Brand New


eBay
eBay
"The Great Ray Charles" Ray Charles CD Atlantic (1987) NM-
Condition: Like New


  My favourite store:  

Ray Charles bestography

The Great Ray Charles is ranked 7th best out of 59 albums by Ray Charles on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Ray Charles is The Genius Of Ray Charles which is ranked number 1024 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,707.

Ray Charles album bestography « Higher ranked (4,879th)
At Newport
This album (6,145th)
The Great Ray Charles
Lower ranked (6,145th) »
The Great Ray Charles

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

Upcoming concerts

Nov
30
Tue
00:00
Sir Charles Jones
Killeen Civic & Conference Center, Killeen, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Dec
14
Sun
20:00
An Evening with Charles Wesley Godwin
The Riviera Theater, Charleston, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Dec
15
Mon
19:00
Charles Lloyd Quartet featuring Gerald Clayton, Larry Grenadier & Kweku Sumbry
Blue Note Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States. United States
Tickets from Ticketmaster Get tickets
 
Discover more upcoming concerts

Listen to The Great Ray Charles on YouTube

Loading content from YouTube...

The Great Ray Charles track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

Sort by
#
Track
Rating/Comments
1.
Average Rating: 77 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
2.
Average Rating: 76 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
3.
Average Rating: 76 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
4.
Average Rating: 76 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
5.
Average Rating: 76 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
6.
Average Rating: 77 (8 votes)Comments: View 1
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
7.
Average Rating: 76 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
8.
Average Rating: 76 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
  • Amazon Music
  • iTunes
  • Spotify

The Great Ray Charles rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 6,145th | 1950s rank: 181st | 1957 rank: 34th

The Great Ray Charles collection

The Great Ray Charles ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 38 votes)
   Help Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV
where:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.

Showing latest 5 ratings for this album. | Show all 38 ratings for this album.

Sort by
RatingDate updatedMemberAlbum ratingsAvg. album rating
 
60/100
 !
11/03/2025 11:48 TonySayers61   23,04064/100
 
100/100
 !
10/05/2025 08:12 Olli   6,16067/100
 
70/100
 !
09/17/2025 16:34 Tamthebam   22,84569/100
 
65/100
 !
07/09/2024 02:49 albumceleste   97457/100
 
70/100
 !
08/31/2023 23:07 BorderFreeAndrew   14,42374/100

Rating metrics: Help Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)

This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating

The Great Ray Charles favourites

Showing all 1 members who have added this album as a favourite

The Great Ray Charles comments

Showing all 1 comments |
Most Helpful First | Newest First | Positive Sentiment First | Longest Comments First
(Only showing comments with -2 votes or higher. You can alter this threshold from your profile page. Manage Profile)

Rating:  
85/100
From 07/04/2022 13:57 | #287086
No singing on this album, but who cares as the songs and playing is on this level
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment

Your feedback for The Great Ray Charles

Anonymous
Let us know what you think of this album by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
Log in or register to assign a rating or leave a comment for this album.
Best Albums of 1957
1. Here's Little Richard by Little Richard
2. Brilliant Corners by Thelonious Monk
3. The "Chirping" Crickets by The Crickets
4. Saxophone Colossus by Sonny Rollins
5. Birth Of The Cool by Miles Davis
6. 'Round About Midnight by Miles Davis
7. With His Hot And Blue Guitar by Johnny Cash
8. After School Session by Chuck Berry
9. Ray Charles by Ray Charles
10. Cookin' With The Miles Davis Quintet by Miles Davis Quintet
11. Monk's Music by Thelonious Monk Septet
12. Miles Ahead by Miles Davis + 19
13. The Clown by Charles Mingus
14. Dance Album by Carl Perkins
15. After Midnight by Nat King Cole
16. Singin' The Blues by B.B. King
17. Way Out West by Sonny Rollins
18. Singin' To My Baby by Eddie Cochran With The Johnny Mann Orchestra And Chorus
19. Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps by Gene Vincent
20. Kenya by Machito
Back to Top