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Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul

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Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1963
RecordedFebruary 6, 1960–April 28, 1963
Genre
LabelABC 465
ProducerSid Feller
Ray Charles chronology
Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2
(1962)
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul
(1963)
Sweet & Sour Tears
(1964)
Alternative cover
1997 Rhino CD re-issue with Have a Smile with Me
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStar[1]
Record MirrorStarStarStarStar[2]
The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStar[3]

Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul is a 1963 album by Ray Charles. It was arranged by Benny Carter, Sid Feller, Marty Paich, and Johnny Parker, with the Paich tracks also featuring accompaniment by the Jack Halloran Singers.

In 1990, the album was released on compact disc by DCC with four bonus tracks. In 1997, it was packaged together with 1964's Have a Smile with Me (and both sides of the 1965 single "Without a Song") on a two-for-one CD reissue on Rhino with historical liner notes.

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated August 31, 1963, peaking at No. 2 during a thirty-six-week run on the chart.[4]

Track listing

  1. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) – 2:15
  2. "Where Can I Go?" (Leo Fuld, Sigmunt Berland, Sonny Miller) – 3:29
  3. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Robert Wells) – 2:53
  4. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) – 4:20
  5. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) – 5:29
  6. "In the Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr) – 5:50
  7. "A Stranger In Town" (Mel Tormé) – 2:26
  8. "Ol' Man Time" (Cliff Friend) – 2:27
  9. "Over the Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) – 4:09
  10. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) – 4:00

Bonus tracks (1990 CD release)

  1. "Something's Wrong" – 2:49
  2. "The Brightest Smile in Town" – 2:47
  3. "Worried Life Blues" (with Sid Feller) – 3:07
  4. "My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)" (Ray Charles) – 3:04

Charts

Chart (1963) Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs[4] 2

References

  1. ^ "Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul Review by Richie Unterberger". AllMusic. Retrieved September 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Watson, Jimmy (November 16, 1963). "Ray Charles" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 140. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 123.
  4. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2025.