RAY CHARLES

 
artist: RAY CHARLES
label: ATLANTIC RECORDS 2047
release: December 1959, USA, 7" 45rpm
A-side: Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
(Joe Greene)
B-side: Let The Good Times Roll
(Sam Theard - Fleecie Moore)
comment #1:

The A-side is recorded at ATLANTIC RECORDING STUDIOS, New York City (May 6, 1959).

Personnel on "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'":
Ray Charles - vocals, piano
Bob Brookmeyer - valve trombone
Allen Hanlon - guitar
Wendell Marshall - bass
Ted Sommers - drums
other personnel unknown

Engineered by Bill Schwartau & Tom Dowd
Directed by Harry Lookofsky
Arranged by Ralph Burns
Produced by Nesuhi Ertegun & Jerry Wexler
comment #2:

Both songs on this single are edited versions.

The full-length versions were released in October 1959 on the LP:
THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES (ATLANTIC RECORDS 1312)
comment #3: The B-side is recorded at ATLANTIC RECORDING STUDIOS, New York City (June 23, 1959).
comment #4:

The album reached #17 on the charts.

The A-side reached #17 at the R&B-charts and #95 at the Pop-charts.
The B-side reached #78 at the Pop-charts.
   
   

 

also released on:
 
artist: RAY CHARLES
label: ATLANTIC EP 619
title: THE GENIUS OF RAY CHARLES
release: 1960, USA, 7" 45rpm EP
A-side:
  1. Let The Good Times Roll (2:49)
    (Sam Theard - Fleecie Moore)
  2. Come Rain Or Come Shine (3:40)
    (Johnny Mercer - Harold Arlen)
B-side:
  1. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' (3:42)
    (Joe Greene)
  2. Alexander's Ragtime Band (2:50)
    (Irving Berlin)