Originals

• 1952: JUMPIN' IN THE MORNING
• 1954: IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME
• 1954: LOSING HAND
• 1955: FOOL FOR YOU, A
• 1955: HARD TIMES
• 1956: HALLELUJAH I LOVE HER SO
• 1956: MARY ANN
• 1956: WHAT WOULD I DO WITHOUT YOU?
• 1957: TALKIN' BOUT YOU
• 1959: I BELIEVE TO MY SOUL
• 1961: BUT ON THE OTHER HAND BABY
• 1963: BRIGHTEST SMILE IN TOWN, The
• 1964: TIRED OF MY TEARS
• 1966: I DON'T NEED NO DOCTOR
• 1967: HERE WE GO AGAIN
• 1969: FINDERS KEEPERS, LOSERS WEEPERS
• 1970: YOUR LOVE IS SO DOGGONE GOOD
• 1971: ALL I EVER NEED IS YOU
• 1993: NONE OF US ARE FREE

Covers

• Cover of BLUES BEFORE SUNRISE in 1949
• Cover of GLÜHWÜRMCHEN IDYLL in 1949
• Cover of GOING DOWN SLOW in 1949 - as I've Had My Fun on Swing Time, in '62 as Goin' Down Slow for Atlantic
• Cover of SEE SEE RIDER BLUES in 1949
• Cover of THIS LOVE OF MINE in 1950
• Cover of I'M GLAD FOR YOUR SAKE (BUT I'M SORRY FOR MINE) in 1952 - for Swing Time
• Cover of HANG YOUR HEAD IN SHAME in 1952
• Cover of WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR SWEET MAN WHEN I'M GONE in 1953 - as Wonder Why
• Cover of I GOT A BREAK BABY in 1953
• Cover of FEELIN' SAD in 1953
• Cover of COW COW BLUES in 1953 - in the intro of Mess Around
• Cover of I'VE GOT A SAVIOUR in 1954 - n°1 R&B as I've Got A Woman; the idea to link R&B lyrics with gospel melodies came from his trumpet player Renald Richard, who was credited all right
• Cover of TIN PAN ALLEY in 1954 - same tune in Blackjack, written after beating T Bone Walker; yes, blind Brother Ray played card, as good as he drove cars
• Cover of SINNER'S PRAYER in 1954 - B-side of It Should Have Been Me; once played piano in Lowell's band; in '04 he recorded a version with B.B. King and Billy Preston
• Cover of COME BACK BABY in 1955 - with slightly different lyrics; B-side of I Got A Woman
• Cover of THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE in 1955 - as This Little Girl Of Mine with elements of gospel What Kind Of Man Is This by The Caravans
• Cover of I'LL DROWN IN MY TEARS in 1956 - as Drown In My Own Tears; N°1 R&B
• Cover of BLACK COFFEE in 1956
• Cover of LET THAT LIE ALONE in 1956 - as (You Better) Leave My Woman Alone, B-side of Lonely Avenue
• Cover of DOODLIN' in 1956 - vocal version
• Cover of I'VE GOT A NEW HOME in 1956 - foundation for Lonely Avenue (written by Doc Pomus); trigger happy Specialty boss Art Rupe didn't sue
• Cover of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' in 1956
• Cover of GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK BABY in 1957
• Cover of HOW LONG, DADDY, HOW LONG in 1957 - with Milt Jackson as How Long, How Long Blues
• Cover of I WANT A LITTLE GIRL in 1957
• Cover of OLD FOLKS AT HOME, THE (WAY DOWN UPON THE SWANEE RIVER) in 1957 - as Swanee River Rock
• Cover of THERE'S NO YOU in 1957
• Cover of WHAT KIND OF MAN IS THIS? in 1957 - as What Kind Of Man Are You?; vocal: Mary Ann Fisher & The Raelettes
• Cover of EARLY IN THE MORNING in 1958 - released in '61
• Cover of NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME, THE in 1958 - idem
• Cover of SOMEDAY BABY BLUES in 1958 - idem
• Cover of IN A LITTLE SPANISH TOWN in 1958 - At Newport
• Cover of YES INDEED in 1958
• Cover of I'M MOVIN' ON in 1959
• Cover of TELL THE TRUTH in 1959 - during the What 'd I Say session; came out at the end of 1960 after he had left Atlantic
• Cover of WHEN YOUR LOVER HAS GONE in 1959
• Cover of YOU ARE TOO BEAUTIFUL in 1959
• Cover of DEED I DO in 1959
• Cover of COME RAIN OR COME SHINE in 1959 - and in '83 in film The King Of Comedy
• Cover of BASIN STREET BLUES in 1960
• Cover of CALIFORNIA HERE I COME in 1960
• Cover of CARRY ME BACK TO OLE VIRGINNY in 1960
• Cover of GEORGIA ON MY MIND in 1960 - n°1 US
• Cover of LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL in 1960 - produced by Quincy Jones
• Cover of MOONLIGHT IN VERMONT in 1960
• Cover of STICKS AND STONES in 1960
• Cover of RUBY in 1960 - hit US
• Cover of JUST FOR A THRILL in 1960 - top 20 R&B
• Cover of DON'T LET THE SUN CATCH YOU CRYING in 1960
• Cover of CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO in 1960
• Cover of ALABAMY BOUND in 1960
• Cover of TWO YEARS OF TORTURE in 1960 - on The Genius Of
• Cover of DEEP IN THE HEART OF TEXAS in 1960
• Cover of BLUE HAWAII in 1960
• Cover of BIRTH OF THE BLUES, The in 1960
• Cover of WE GONNA MOVE TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN in 1961
• Cover of CANDY in 1961
• Cover of EV'RY TIME WE SAY GOODBYE in 1961 - with Betty Carter
• Cover of MARGIE in 1961
• Cover of ONE MINT JULEP in 1961 - n°1 R&B
• Cover of ROSETTA in 1961
• Cover of STELLA BY STARLIGHT in 1961
• Cover of SWEET GEORGIA BROWN in 1961
• Cover of UNCHAIN MY HEART in 1961 - n°1 R&B, top 10 US
• Cover of MOANIN' in 1961
• Cover of GOOD-BYE in 1961
• Cover of I'VE GOT NEWS FOR YOU in 1961
• Cover of HIT THE ROAD, JACK in 1961 - his first n°1 US & R&B; second voice: Margie Hendrix, Raelette and his on-the-road sweetheart; holds a particular riff from Big Maybelle's That's A Pretty Good Love (Savoy - '56)
• Cover of ALL NIGHT LONG in 1961
• Cover of DIANE (I'M IN HEAVEN WHEN I SEE YOU SMILE) in 1961
• Cover of HARD-HEARTED HANNAH in 1961
• Cover of AM I BLUE in 1961
• Cover of BORN TO LOSE in 1962 - B-side of his first big country hit I Can't Stop Loving You
• Cover of CARELESS LOVE in 1962
• Cover of HEY GOOD LOOKIN' in 1962
• Cover of IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE NOW in 1962
• Cover of OH LONESOME ME in 1962
• Cover of YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE in 1962 - n°1 R&B
• Cover of YOU DON'T KNOW ME in 1962 - n°2 US; in '04 in duet with Diana Krall
• Cover of YOU WIN AGAIN in 1962
• Cover of YOUR CHEATIN' HEART in 1962
• Cover of I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS in 1962
• Cover of I'LL NEVER STAND IN YOUR WAY in 1962
• Cover of TEARDROPS IN MY HEART in 1962
• Cover of I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU in 1962 - n°1 US, UK & B
• Cover of WORRIED MIND in 1962 - on lp Modern Sounds In C&W Music
• Cover of HALF AS MUCH in 1962 - on his US hit album Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music
• Cover of THAT LUCKY OLD SUN in 1962 - version also used in film Malcolm X
• Cover of SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU in 1962
• Cover of ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND in 1962
• Cover of NO ONE in 1963 - hit US & UK
• Cover of TAKE THESE CHAINS FROM MY HEART in 1963 - top 10 US & R&B
• Cover of WITHOUT LOVE (THERE IS NOTHING) in 1963
• Cover of YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE in 1963
• Cover of MAKING BELIEVE in 1963
• Cover of BORN TO BE BLUE in 1963
• Cover of GOLUBYE GLAZA in 1963 - idem
• Cover of BUSTED in 1963 - top 5 US, top 3 R&B
• Cover of OL' MAN RIVER in 1963
• Cover of CRY ME A RIVER in 1964
• Cover of MAKIN' WHOOPEE! in 1964
• Cover of MOVE IT ON OVER in 1964
• Cover of WILLOW WEEP FOR ME in 1964
• Cover of DON'T CRY BABY in 1964
• Cover of TEARDROPS FROM MY EYES in 1964
• Cover of WHO CARES in 1964 - as Who Cares (For Me)
• Cover of NO ONE TO CRY TO in 1964 - top 20 R&B, hit US
• Cover of I NEVER SEE MAGGIE ALONE in 1964
• Cover of NAUGHTY LADY OF SHADY LANE in 1964
• Cover of I WAKE UP CRYING in 1964
• Cover of TEAR FELL, A in 1964
• Cover of SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE in 1964
• Cover of CHANSON DE MARIE ANTOINETTE, LA in 1964 - hit US
• Cover of I'M A FOOL TO CARE in 1965
• Cover of BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY in 1965
• Cover of CRY in 1965
• Cover of CRYIN' TIME in 1965
• Cover of WHEN MY DREAMBOAT COMES HOME in 1965
• Cover of WITHOUT A SONG in 1965
• Cover of BY THE LIGHT OF THE SILVERY MOON in 1966
• Cover of TOGETHER AGAIN in 1966
• Cover of SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY in 1966
• Cover of LET'S GO GET STONED in 1966 - n°1 R&B; notorious heroin addict for 17 years
• Cover of GEE BABY, AIN'T I GOOD TO YOU in 1967
• Cover of HOW DEEP IS THE OCEAN? in 1967
• Cover of YESTERDAY in 1967
• Cover of I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOU in 1967 - small hit US
• Cover of I'LL BE SEEING YOU in 1967
• Cover of LOVE WALKED IN in 1967
• Cover of YESTERDAYS in 1968
• Cover of IL EST MORT LE SOLEIL in 1968 - as The Sun Died
• Cover of WHEN I STOP DREAMING in 1968
• Cover of LISTEN, THEY'RE PLAYING MY SONG in 1968
• Cover of SWEET YOUNG THING LIKE YOU, A in 1968 - hit US
• Cover of NEVER SAY NAW in 1968
• Cover of FINDERS KEEPERS SONG in 1969
• Cover of INDIAN LOVE CALL in 1969
• Cover of SZOMORÚ VASÁRNAP in 1969
• Cover of I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS in 1969 - hit US
• Cover of I KEEP IT HID in 1970
• Cover of RING OF FIRE in 1970
• Cover of SEÑOR BLUES in 1970
• Cover of SWEET MEMORIES in 1970
• Cover of YOU'VE STILL GOT A PLACE IN MY HEART in 1970
• Cover of GOOD MORNING DEAR in 1970
• Cover of THIS HERE in 1970
• Cover of SIDEWINDER, The in 1970
• Cover of LAUGHIN' AND CLOWNIN' in 1970 - top 20 R&B
• Cover of TILL I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE in 1970
• Cover of I FEEL SO BAD in 1971
• Cover of TROIS CLOCHES, LES in 1971
• Cover of WICHITA LINEMAN in 1971
• Cover of WHAT AM I LIVING FOR in 1971
• Cover of BIRMINGHAM JAIL in 1971 - as Down In The Valley
• Cover of BLUESETTE in 1971
• Cover of SOMETHING in 1971
• Cover of HEAVEN HELP US ALL in 1972 - in '04 in duet with Gladys Knight
• Cover of SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME in 1972
• Cover of WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO MY SONG MA in 1972
• Cover of LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING in 1972
• Cover of SEEMS LIKE I GOTTA DO WRONG in 1972
• Cover of MY FIRST NIGHT ALONE WITHOUT YOU in 1972 - on his LP Through The Eyes Of Love
• Cover of RAINY NIGHT IN GEORGIA in 1972
• Cover of ABRAHAM, MARTIN AND JOHN in 1972
• Cover of SAIL AWAY in 1973
• Cover of TILL I MET YOU in 1974
• Cover of MY GOD AND I in 1975
• Cover of SUNSHINE in 1975
• Cover of IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN in 1975 - also in The Muppet Show in duet with Kermit
• Cover of ANATOMY OF A MURDER (MAIN THEME) in 1975
• Cover of MAMMA, LA in 1975 - as For Mama (La Mamma)
• Cover of SUMMERTIME in 1976
• Cover of HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? in 1977
• Cover of JEALOUS KIND, THE in 1977
• Cover of BE MY LOVE in 1977
• Cover of I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW in 1978
• Cover of IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE in 1978
• Cover of WE HAD IT ALL in 1978 - author (and fan) Fritts cried the first time he heard it
• Cover of DRIFT AWAY in 1979
• Cover of SOME ENCHANTED EVENING in 1979
• Cover of BLUES IN THE NIGHT in 1979
• Cover of I CAN'T CHANGE IT in 1980
• Cover of YOU DON'T LOVE ME ANYMORE in 1980 - idem
• Cover of LET YOUR LOVE FLOW in 1982
• Cover of AIN'T YOUR MEMORY GOT NO PRIDE AT ALL in 1983 - hit C&W
• Cover of 3/4 TIME in 1983 - on lp Wish You Were Here Tonight
• Cover of BORN TO LOVE ME in 1983 - C&W hit
• Cover of DO I EVER CROSS YOUR MIND in 1984 - country LP title; in '04 in duet with Bonnie Raitt
• Cover of THEY CALL IT LOVE in 1984 - on country album Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
• Cover of CAROL OF THE DRUM in 1985
• Cover of RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER in 1985
• Cover of WINTER WONDERLAND in 1985
• Cover of AIN'T GONNA WORRY MY MIND in 1985 - as It Ain't Gonna Worry My Mind in duet with Mickey Gilley, hit single C&W from his Friendship lp
• Cover of THIS TIME OF THE YEAR in 1985
• Cover of SANTA CLAUS IS COMING TO TOWN in 1985
• Cover of AMERICAN TRILOGY, An in 1987
• Cover of LET'S CALL THE WHOLE THING OFF in 1988
• Cover of STRANGER IN MY OWN HOME TOWN in 1988 - in duet with Kenny Carr
• Cover of I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU in 1990
• Cover of LIVING WITHOUT YOU in 1990
• Cover of IF I COULD in 1993
• Cover of SONG FOR YOU, A in 1993
• Cover of CRAZY LOVE in 2004 - with Van Morrison
• Cover of IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR in 2004 - with Willie Nelson
• Cover of OVER THE RAINBOW in 2004 - with Johnny Mathis
• Cover of HEY GIRL in 2004 - with Michael McDonald
• Cover of FEVER in 2004 - with Natalie Cole
• Cover of COMPARED TO WHAT in 2005 - with Leela James