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A Portrait of Ray

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{{Infobox album

| name = A Portrait of Ray

| type = studio

| artist = Ray Charles

| cover = A Portrait of Ray.jpg

| border = yes

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1968|3}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B, soul

| length = 32:19

| label = ABC / Tangerine

| producer = Joe Adams

| prev_title = Ray Charles Invites You to Listen

| prev_year = 1967

| next_title = I'm All Yours Baby

| next_year = 1969

}}

A Portrait of Ray is a studio album by Ray Charles released in March 1968.

Track listing

  1. "Never Say Naw" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:06
  2. "The Sun Died" (Ray Charles, Ann Grégory, Hubert Giraud, Pierre Delanoë) – 3:58
  3. "Am I Blue?" (Harry Akst, Grant Clarke) – 4:13
  4. "Yesterdays" (Jerome Kern, Otto Harbach) – 4:40
  5. "When I Stop Dreaming'" (Ira Louvin, Charlie Louvin) – 3:04
  6. "I Won't Leave" (Lou Courtney, Luther Ingram, Robert Bateman) – 3:32
  7. "A Sweet Young Thing Like You" (Dee Ervin) – 2:18
  8. "The Bright Lights and You Girl" (Sayde Shepherd) – 2:39
  9. "Understanding" (Jimmy Holiday, Ray Charles) – 3:12
  10. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:57

Personnel

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano, keyboards
  • F. Bryon Clark – engineering, remixing

Chart positions

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Chart

! Peak chart position

Billboard 200

| align="center"| 51

R&B Albums

| align="center"| 5

Jazz Albums

| align="center"| 4

External links

  • {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r32808}}

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Category:Ray Charles albums

Category:1968 albums

Category:ABC Records albums

Category:Tangerine Records (1962) albums

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