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Ray Charles

Ray Charles is a person from the US, active from 1930.

Person US 1930–2004 jazz soul blues

TOTAL PLAYS

1,435

SONGS PLAYED

190

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-03-23 08:20 · 6 Music — "What I'd Say -"

LAST PLAYED

2 months ago · Radio 2 — "I Got a Woman"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2026

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '08 '11 '14 '17 '20 '23 '26

◦ WHERE

By station

Radio 2 1,060 74%

6 Music 342 24%

Radio 1 18 1%

1Xtra 15 1%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

0006121823

Peak hour: 05:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 What'd I Say 174 2026-05-04

2 I Got a Woman 151 2026-05-25

3 Hit the Road Jack (feat. The Raelettes) 130 2026-05-21

4 Hit the Road Jack 84 2025-05-02

5 Georgia on My Mind 82 2026-04-18

6 Hit The Road Jack 68 2011-11-13

7 I Can't Stop Loving You 43 2026-03-15

8 I Don't Need No Doctor 40 2026-05-05

9 Mess Around 40 2025-10-12

10 Unchain My Heart 36 2026-03-18

11 Georgia On My Mind 32 2011-11-20

12 Hallelujah I Love Her So 29 2026-02-11

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2026-05-25 21:20 I Got a Woman Radio 2

2026-05-22 14:53 Rainy Night In Georgia 6 Music

2026-05-21 13:57 Hit the Road Jack (feat. The Raelettes) Radio 2

2026-05-14 21:47 I Got a Woman Radio 2

2026-05-08 08:28 Hit the Road Jack (feat. The Raelettes) Radio 2

2026-05-05 09:49 I Don't Need No Doctor 6 Music

2026-05-04 19:56 What'd I Say Radio 2

2026-04-29 01:54 Hit the Road Jack (feat. The Raelettes) Radio 2

2026-04-24 14:51 What'd I Say Radio 2

2026-04-19 02:07 Come Rain Or Shine (feat. Ray Charles) Radio 2

2026-04-18 07:13 What'd I Say Radio 2

2026-04-18 06:14 Georgia on My Mind Radio 2

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

190 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

'Deed I Do —

1 2017-09-03 ▶

(Night Time Is) the Right Time —

11 2025-11-10 ▶

3/4 Time —

2 2017-06-29 ▶

A Bit of Soul —

3 2025-02-01 ▶

A Fool for You —

6 2025-01-05 ▶

A Fool For You (Live Newport Jazz Festival 1958) —

1 2014-05-27 ▶

Ain't That Love —

2 2019-05-25 ▶

Alabamy Bound —

1 2014-01-26 ▶

Alexander's Ragtime Band —

1 2016-03-20 ▶

Alexander’s Ragtime Band —

3 2018-12-02 ▶

America The Beautiful —

1 2024-11-17 ▶

At the Club —

1 2015-02-28 ▶

Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand —

1 2013-11-16 ▶

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home —

1 2013-08-16 ▶

Blackjack —

3 2013-03-03 ▶

Blues Before Sunrise —

1 2015-03-28 ▶

Blues Hangover —

1 2012-12-23 ▶

Booty Butt —

1 2012-03-10 ▶

Born to Lose —

1 2013-12-28 ▶

Busted —

28 2019-10-06 ▶

Careless Love —

2 2018-07-03 ▶

Chattanooga Choo Choo —

2 2025-10-26 ▶

Chattanooga Choo-Choo —

1 2016-02-09 ▶

Class Reunion —

1 2008-03-03 ▶

Come Back Baby —

2 2017-06-07 ▶

Come Rain or Come Shine —

6 2025-12-07 ▶

Come Rain Or Shine (feat. Ray Charles) —

2 2026-04-19 ▶

Crying Time —

2 2026-01-10 ▶

Deed I Do —

1 2016-01-03 ▶

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' —

1 2016-01-31 ▶

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying —

6 2024-06-09 ▶

Don't Tell Me Your Troubles —

1 2016-06-18 ▶

Drown in My Own Tears —

14 2026-04-07 ▶

Drown In My Own Tears —

1 2011-06-12 ▶

Early in the Morning —

1 2014-08-02 ▶

Eleanor Rigby —

6 2025-07-22 ▶

Feelin' Sad —

2 2019-05-18 ▶

From the Heart —

1 2023-10-07 ▶

Georgia on My Mind —

82 2026-04-18 ▶

Georgia On My Mind —

32 2011-11-20 ▶

Georgia On My Mind (with ding) —

1 2014-08-11 ▶

Get On the Right Track —

4 2018-11-13 ▶

Greenbacks —

1 2022-10-20 ▶

Hallelujah I Love Her —

3 2016-04-17 ▶

Hallelujah I Love Her So —

29 2026-02-11 ▶

Hallelujah, I Love Her So —

7 2016-08-23 ▶

Hard Times —

4 2025-09-22 ▶

Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I) —

3 2017-03-06 ▶

Heartbreaker —

2 2018-03-21 ▶

Heaven Help Us All —

1 2008-04-13 ▶

Here We Go Again —

10 2010-11-03 ▶

Hey, Good Lookin' —

5 2023-02-28 ▶

Hide nor Hair —

1 2017-09-17 ▶

Hit The Road —

1 2011-02-06 ▶

Hit the Road Jack —

84 2025-05-02 ▶

Hit The Road Jack —

68 2011-11-13 ▶

Hit The Road Jack (D&B Bootleg) —

1 2014-08-07 ▶

HIT THE ROAD JACK (DION EDIT) —

2 2017-10-07 ▶

Hit the Road Jack (feat. The Raelettes) —

130 2026-05-21 ▶

Hit The Road Jack (Laudz Bootleg) —

6 2016-08-24 ▶

Hit The Road Jack (T.L.O.E.G Dougie Refix) —

2 2014-10-10 ▶

Hit The Road Jack [DJ Cable Dougie Remix] —

1 2012-07-27 ▶

Honey Honey —

1 2013-09-08 ▶

I Believe to My Soul —

2 2022-05-29 ▶

I can make it thru the days —

1 2012-09-14 ▶

I Can Make It Thru' the Days —

1 2007-12-11 ▶

I Can't Stop Lovin' You —

28 2016-01-30 ▶

I Can't Stop Loving You —

43 2026-03-15 ▶

I Didn't Know What Time It Was —

2 2017-11-26 ▶

I Don't Need No Doctor —

40 2026-05-05 ▶

I Got a Woman —

151 2026-05-25 ▶

I Got A Woman (Beatsy Collins Edit) —

1 2019-08-10 ▶

I Got a Woman (Live) —

3 2021-02-27 ▶

I Got A Woman (Newport Jazz Festival 1958) —

1 2018-08-25 ▶

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now —

1 2017-02-16 ▶

I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town —

4 2024-09-30 ▶

I'm Moving On —

2 2017-08-14 ▶

I've Got a Woman —

2 2016-08-20 ▶

I've Got A Woman —

1 2008-01-08 ▶

I've Got A Woman (Dan Gerous & Basement Freaks Bootleg) —

1 2016-02-03 ▶

I've Got a Woman (Live 1958) —

1 2018-01-27 ▶

I've Got A Woman (Live, 1958) —

2 2018-05-18 ▶

I've Got News for You (Mono) —

1 2016-02-21 ▶

In the Evening When the Sun Goes Down —

1 2015-07-04 ▶

In The Heat Of The Night —

8 2024-08-07 ▶

In the Heat of the Night —

1 2009-03-28 ▶

It Ain't Easy Being Green —

4 2025-06-05 ▶

It Had to Be You —

1 2017-02-26 ▶

It Makes No Difference Now —

2 2015-02-16 ▶

It Should've Been Me —

6 2021-02-27 ▶

It's All Right —

1 2025-07-15 ▶

Jumpin' in the Morning —

1 2017-06-03 ▶

Just a Little Lovin' —

1 2013-08-10 ▶

Just For A Thrill (Live At The Olympia, Paris 22/11/2000) —

1 2023-12-17 ▶

Let the Good Times Roll —

2 2025-09-08 ▶

Let's Go Get Stoned —

4 2018-04-07 ▶

Lonely Avenue —

4 2024-12-18 ▶

Lonesome Avenue —

1 2012-04-22 ▶

Losing Hand —

2 2018-06-09 ▶

Makin' Whoopee —

1 2022-04-17 ▶

Making Believe —

1 2014-08-02 ▶

Margie —

1 2014-04-13 ▶

Mary Ann —

4 2025-03-22 ▶

Mess Around —

40 2025-10-12 ▶

Moanin' —

3 2024-11-09 ▶

My Baby's Coming Home —

2 2015-02-16 ▶

Night Time Is the Right Time —

1 2015-04-13 ▶

No One —

1 2009-01-25 ▶

No One To Cry To —

2 2015-10-08 ▶

Nobody Cares —

1 2014-11-15 ▶

Oh What A Beautiful Morning —

1 2017-01-01 ▶

Oh, Lonesome Me —

2 2020-04-18 ▶

One Mint Julep —

7 2022-05-23 ▶

One Mint Julep (feat. Quincy Jones) —

6 2019-04-05 ▶

One Mint Julep (with archive) —

1 2018-10-21 ▶

Rainy Night In Georgia —

2 2026-05-22 ▶

Ray's Blues —

2 2024-09-16 ▶

Ring Of Fire —

5 2017-01-09 ▶

rip it up —

1 2014-05-24 ▶

Rock House —

1 2015-04-20 ▶

Roll With My Baby —

5 2019-06-11 ▶

Ruby —

4 2024-06-16 ▶

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer —

1 2014-12-16 ▶

Santa Claus Is Coming to Town —

2 2018-12-16 ▶

See See Rider —

1 2018-06-02 ▶

Seven Spanish Angels —

2 2011-11-04 ▶

Shake a Tail Feather —

9 2011-06-02 ▶

Shake Your Tail Feather —

1 2014-09-26 ▶

Shake Your Tailfeather —

4 2018-07-25 ▶

Sidewinder —

1 2013-11-23 ▶

Sinner's Prayer —

3 2012-12-01 ▶

Sittin' On Top of the World —

3 2023-08-29 ▶

Somewhere Over the Rainbow —

3 2024-06-22 ▶

St. Pete Florida Blues —

1 2022-04-17 ▶

Sticks and Stones —

1 2019-12-02 ▶

Sticks And Stones —

2 2008-03-09 ▶

Stompin' Room Only —

1 2023-03-09 ▶

Swanee River Rock —

1 2026-03-26 ▶

Sweet Georgia Brown —

1 2018-04-30 ▶

Sweet Sixteen Bars —

4 2025-12-21 ▶

Take These Chains from My Heart —

13 2024-09-14 ▶

Take These Chains From My Heart —

3 2011-08-11 ▶

Talkin' About You (Live At Newport) —

1 2020-02-22 ▶

Tell All the World About You —

1 2020-05-24 ▶

Tell Me How Do You Feel —

1 2019-08-13 ▶

Tell the Truth —

1 2020-06-27 ▶

Tell The Truth (Live At Alonzo Herndon Stadium) —

1 2025-08-30 ▶

Tell The Truth (Live) —

1 2021-07-31 ▶

Tell The Truth Live At Alonzo Herndon Stadium —

1 2023-05-20 ▶

That Lucky Old Sun —

2 2024-01-29 ▶

That Spirit Of Christmas —

2 2025-12-22 ▶

That's Enough —

2 2022-04-16 ▶

The Cincinnati Kid —

2 2017-01-16 ▶

The Cincinnatti Kid —

1 2012-03-20 ▶

The Man With The Weird Beard —

1 2021-09-05 ▶

The Mess Around —

1 2011-02-11 ▶

The Midnight Hour —

2 2018-03-26 ▶

The Right Time —

2 2019-01-09 ▶

The Right Time (live) —

1 2011-06-01 ▶

The Sun's Gonna Shine —

3 2012-09-16 ▶

The Sun's Gonna Shine Again —

1 2020-07-18 ▶

The Train —

1 2015-07-29 ▶

Them That Got —

1 2025-07-26 ▶

They Can't Take That Away From Me —

2 2019-06-09 ▶

This Little Girl of Mine —

1 2011-09-25 ▶

Together Again —

10 2015-11-22 ▶

Unchain My Heart —

36 2026-03-18 ▶

Unchain My Heart (Remix) —

2 2012-07-28 ▶

What I'd Say —

5 2020-10-13 ▶

What I'd Say (Parts 1 & 2) —

1 2016-03-22 ▶

What I'd Say - —

1 2005-03-23 ▶

What Would I Do Without You —

6 2025-12-17 ▶

What' I'd Say (Part 1) —

1 2016-04-28 ▶

What'd I Say —

174 2026-05-04 ▶

What'd I Say (Part 1) —

1 2025-11-01 ▶

What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2) —

8 2023-11-27 ▶

What'd I Say Pt 1 and 2 —

1 2015-05-02 ▶

What'd I Say, Pt. 1 —

1 2025-12-08 ▶

What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 —

1 2024-06-19 ▶

When Your Lover Has Gone —

3 2023-12-09 ▶

Wichita Lineman —

3 2017-08-31 ▶

Winter Wonderland —

6 2025-12-25 ▶

Woried Mind —

1 2012-09-23 ▶

Yes Indeed —

2 2017-10-07 ▶

Yesterday —

6 2019-09-28 ▶

You Don't Know Me —

25 2024-06-19 ▶

You Don't Know Me (feat. Diana Krall) —

1 2023-11-11 ▶

You Dont Know Me —

2 2009-12-04 ▶

You Won't Let Me Go —

1 2019-11-10 ▶

Your Cheatin' Heart —

23 2025-01-13 ▶