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Ray Charles (born Charles Raymond Offenberg; September 13, 1918 – April 6, 2015) was an American musician, singer, songwriter, vocal arranger and conductor who was best known as organizer and leader of the Ray Charles Singers who were featured on Perry Como's records and television shows for 35 years and were also known for a series of 30 choral record albums produced in the 1950s and 1960s for the Essex, MGM, Decca and Command labels.As a vocalist, Charles, along with Julia Rinker Miller, sang the theme song to the television series Three's Company ("Come and Knock on Our Door"). As a songwriter, Charles was best known for the choral anthem "Fifty Nifty United States" in which he set the names of the states to music in alphabetical order. It was originally written for The Perry Como Show. He is also known for "Letters, We Get Letters", also originally written for Como's show and later used on the Late Show with David Letterman.In his later years, he continued to serve as a musical consultant to television programs, most notably for 31 years on the Kennedy Center Honors. Charles was acknowledged as an authority on American popular music.
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The Don Cherry Singles Collection: 1950-1959 [2019]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire | 2:47 |
1955 British Hit Parade: Britain's Greatest Hits, Vol. 4 - The B Sides, Part 2 July-Dec [2018]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 2:46 |
6 Classic Albums [2017]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| The Girl That I Marry | 2:53 |
| Lets Fall in Love | 3:01 |
| Love Is Here to Stay | 3:12 |
| Solitude | 3:06 |
| For All We Know | 3:14 |
| Don't Blame Me | 3:32 |
| These Foolish Things | 3:47 |
| Embraceable You | 2:55 |
| Volare | 3:13 |
The Complete Decca Singles, Vol. 4: 1950-1955 [2017]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Come on-a My House | 1:59 |
| Smooth Sailing | 3:07 |
| Baby Doll | 3:19 |
| Air Mail Special | 3:03 |
| Crying in the Chapel | 3:05 |
1958 British Hit Parade: The B-Sides, Vol. 7, Pt. 1 January-June [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dance Only With Me | 2:46 |
The Ray Charles Singers Greatest Hits [2015]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Left My Heart In San Francisco | 3:16 |
| Over The Rainbow | 3:12 |
| The Girl From Ipanema | 2:48 |
| Bluesette | 2:38 |
| One More Time | 2:55 |
| More | 2:28 |
| Do You Want To Know A Secret | 2:42 |
| Try To Remember | 3:29 |
If I Could Be With You: Standards & Rarities, Vol. 2 [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Dance Only With Me [From the Broadway Producton "Say Darling"] | 2:49 |
Something Wonderful/Rome Revisited [2014]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Misty | 3:55 |
| For All We Know | 3:17 |
| Don't Blame Me | 3:34 |
| These Foolish Things | 3:52 |
| Embraceable You | 2:59 |
| Volare | 3:15 |
All the Best Family Christmas Songs and Carols [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 3:02 |
Swooning and Crooning: 100 of the Greatest [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Glendora | 2:44 |
| Home for the Holidays | 2:51 |
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:44 |
| Round and Round | 2:32 |
Swooning and Crooning: Perry Como [2013]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Kewpie Doll | 2:31 |
| Home for the Holidays | 2:51 |
| Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) | 2:40 |
Complete RCA Christmas Collection [2012]
Perry Como Christmas Party [2012]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| White Christmas | 3:07 |
| O Holy Night | 2:59 |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 2:53 |
| Here We Come A-Caroling, We Wish You a Merry Christmas | 3:31 |
| Home for the Holidays | 2:54 |
| The Christmas Song | 10:01 |
The Essential Perry Como [2010]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All at Once You Love Her [From Pipe Dream] | 2:52 |
| Catch a Falling Star | 2:29 |
| Round and Round | 2:33 |
| Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) | 2:42 |
| Tina Marie | 2:34 |
| More | 2:37 |
| Glendora | 2:45 |
| Kewpie Doll | 2:33 |
America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 8: 1957 [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Round and Round | 2:34 |
| Just Born (To Be Your Baby) | 2:31 |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [Music Digital] [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 3:32 |
Scene Changes/Lightly Latin [2008]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Coo Coo Roo Coo Coo Paloma | 3:03 |
| Baía | 3:21 |
| Manhã de Carnaval [From the Film "Black Orpheus"] | 2:41 |
America's Greatest Hits, Vol. 5: 1954 [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:41 |
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 2:50 |
While We're Young: Original Recordings 1950-1955 [2006]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| My Heart Won't Say Goodbye [From The Girl in the Pink Tights] | 3:07 |
American Songbook, Vol. 11: A Vintage Christmas [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays | 2:57 |
Collections Christmas [2005]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Silver Bells (From "The Lemon Drop Kid") | 2:31 |
| Do You Hear What I Hear | 3:13 |
| Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas | 2:48 |
Papa Loves Mambo: The Very Best of Perry Como [2004]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:42 |
| I Love You and Don't You Forget It | 2:26 |
| Magic Moments | 2:40 |
Platinum & Gold Collection [2003]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:40 |
| Magic Moments | 2:41 |
| Somebody Up There Likes Me | 2:07 |
A Perry Como Christmas [2001]
American Christmas Classics [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Toyland | 3:14 |
| There Is No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:49 |
Fabulous Fifties: Holiday Memories [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 2:56 |
Sings Songs of Faith & Inspiration [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Only One | 3:12 |
| I May Never Pass This Way Again | 2:08 |
| Whither Thou Goest | 2:49 |
| All Through the Night | 2:28 |
| In the Garden | 3:14 |
| Twilight on the Trail | 3:04 |
| I Know What God Is | 3:04 |
The Ella Fitzgerald Collection, Vol. 2: 1936-55 [2001]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Smooth Sailing | 3:05 |
| Air Mail Special | 3:01 |
The Definitive Perry Como Collection [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:42 |
| Tina Marie | |
| Juke Box Baby | 2:16 |
| Glendora | 2:46 |
The Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5: WCBS 101.1 FM New York [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:47 |
The Very Best of Perry Como [RCA] [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:42 |
| Round and Round | 2:34 |
| Catch a Falling Star | 2:30 |
Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5: 3WS 94.5 FM Pittsburgh [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:47 |
Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5: KFRC 99.7 FM San Francisco [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:47 |
Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5: Oldies 104.3 [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:47 |
Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5: WODS 103.3 Boston [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:47 |
Ultimate Christmas Album, Vol. 5: WOGL 98.1 Philadelphia [2000]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| No Christmas Like a Home Christmas | 2:47 |
Dreamer's Holiday [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Kewpie Doll | 2:40 |
| The Things I Didn't Do | 3:11 |
| Just Born (To Be Your Baby) | 2:34 |
Greatest Hits [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| All at Once You Love Her | 2:49 |
| Catch a Falling Star | 2:26 |
| Round and Round | 2:31 |
| Magic Moments | 2:38 |
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:39 |
| Ko Ko Mo (I Love You So) | 2:39 |
| Tina Marie | 2:31 |
| Hot Diggity (Dog Ziggity Boom) | 2:22 |
| Juke Box Baby | 2:13 |
| More | 2:35 |
| Glendora | 2:43 |
| Kewpie Doll | 2:30 |
The Lord's Prayer/The Shadow of Your Smile/Dream on Little Dreamer [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I Know What God Is | 3:08 |
| Moon River | 3:27 |
| Maria | 3:30 |
| Try to Remember | 4:31 |
The Most Fabulous Christmas Album Ever [1999]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 2:58 |
The Columbia Years (1943-1952): The Complete Recordings [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| I'm a Fool to Want You | 2:55 |
Yesterday & Today: A Celebration in Song [1993]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Papa Loves Mambo | 2:40 |
| Tina Marie | 2:31 |
| Juke Box Baby | 2:15 |
| Round and Round | 2:31 |
| Just Born (To Be Your Baby) | 2:30 |
| Magic Moments | 2:39 |
Let's Go Jivin' to Rock and Roll [1991]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Love Makes the World Go 'Round (Yeah Yeah) | 2:51 |
| Kewpie Doll | 2:34 |
| Juke Box Baby | 2:13 |
Perry Como Sings Merry Christmas Music [1985]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 2:44 |
| White Christmas | 3:27 |
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Forever [1982]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Toyland | 3:13 |
| White Christmas [From Holiday Inn White Christmas] | 3:12 |
My Love and Devotion [1980]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Moon River | 3:27 |
| Maria | 3:30 |
| Try to Remember | 4:31 |
| Kewpie Doll | 2:40 |
| The Things I Didn't Do | 3:11 |
| Just Born (To Be Your Baby) | 2:34 |
One of Those Songs [1966]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Yesterday | |
| Dream Along With Me (I'm on My Way to a Star) | |
| The Shadow of Your Smile |
Al-Di-La and Other Extra-Special Songs for Young Lovers [1964]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| Do You Want to Know a Secret | 2:43 |
| Satin Doll | 2:32 |
| Bluesette | 2:38 |
Season's Greetings [1959]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 2:58 |
| Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | 2:56 |
| White Christmas | 3:11 |
| God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen | 2:56 |
| O Holy Night | 3:03 |
| O Holy Night [Cantique De Noel] |
Now That's What I Call Christmas! [Universal]
| Song | Duration |
|---|---|
| (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays | 2:54 |
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