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I Chose to Sing the Blues

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Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
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On Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

104 tracks

01Living for the City6:07
01Eleanor Rigby2:59
01Confession Blues2:29
01Let the Good Times Roll2:53
01Hide 'Nor Hair3:11
02Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand3:07
02I Can't Stop Loving You4:17
02Yesterday2:47
02Come Rain or Come Shine3:43
02Till There Was You5:50
03Tell the Truth3:28
03Understanding3:12
03Bye, Bye Love2:12
03Kissa Me Baby3:07
03Am I Blue7:12
04How Long Has This Been Going On5:25
04It Should've Been Me2:41
04Drifting Blues6:26
04Born to Lose3:18
04Drown in My Own Tears6:25
05Here We Go Again3:17
05Don't You Know2:58
05The Jealous Kind4:41
05I'm Movin' On2:23
05You Don't Know Me3:16
06You Are My Sunshine3:00
06Come Back Baby3:07
06My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)3:02
06In the Heat of the Night2:38
06Is There Anyone Out There?6:00
07Sticks and Stones2:15
07Your Cheating Heart3:36
07Gee, Baby Ain't I Good to You2:55
07I Got a Woman2:55
07Don't You Love Me Anymore?5:32
08I Didn't Know What Time It Was4:57
08I Wonder2:31
08One of These Days3:35
08A Fool for You3:03
08Take These Chains From My Heart2:57
09If It Wasn't for Bad Luck4:59
09This Little Girl of Mine2:34
09Seven Spanish Angels3:54
09Georgia on My Mind3:40
09The Brightest Smile in Town2:49
10We Can Make It3:45
10Black Jack2:21
10Them That Got2:51
10Without Love (There Is Nothing)3:35
10We Didn't See a Thing2:14
11Busted2:12
11Greenbacks2:52
11Don't Change on Me3:27
11Two Old Cats Like Us2:39
11Ruby3:53
12That Lucky Old Sun4:26
12Drown in My Own Tears3:24
12Feel So Bad3:16
12Hardhearted Hannah3:18
12Shake a Tail Feather2:50
13I've Got News for You4:33
13Look What They Done to My Song, Ma3:44
13I'll Be Good to You4:57
13Ol' Man River5:34
13Hallelujah I Love Her So2:37
14Spirit in the Dark (reprise)8:31
14That's Where It's At3:15
14Smack Dab in the Middle3:21
14Lonely Avenue2:37
14One Mint Julep3:06
15I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town3:45
15Makin' Whoopee6:20
15A Song for You4:17
15Leave My Woman Alone2:42
15Booty Butt4:15
16I Can Make It Thru the Days (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)3:56
16Hit the Road Jack1:59
16Still Crazy After All These Years6:24
16Without a Song, Parts 1 and 26:34
16Ain't That Love2:55
17The Cincinnati Kid2:25
17Swanee River Rock2:21
17[silence]0:00
17The Danger Zone2:25
17Rainy Night in Georgia6:15
18My Bonnie2:48
18Crying Time2:58
18America the Beautiful (Followed by a Coke Commercial)5:21
18Unchain My Heart2:52
19But on the Other Hand Baby3:16
19Let's Go Get Stoned3:02
19Rockhouse (Parts 1 and 2)3:56
19[silence]0:00
20Baby, It's Cold Outside4:12
20(Night Time Is) The Right Time3:26
20I Chose to Sing the Blues2:31
21What'd I Say (Parts 1 and 2)5:07
21Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye4:40
21Together Again2:40
22I Don't Need No Doctor2:32
22At the Club2:58
22Tell the Truth3:06
23I Believe to My Soul3:03
24Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'5:15