- Included among the Record Descriptions of Favorite Albums (Part 1).
- A collection of early songs by two of the greats, Ray Charles and Harry Belafonte. Despite the title The Greatest Ever!, this is not a “greatest hits” collection.
Ray Charles / Harry Belafonte – The Greatest Ever! (1969): A collection of early songs by two of the greats, with six from Ray Charles and four from Harry Belafonte; if the packaging could be regarded as a clue, the Belafonte music might have been thrown in at the last minute. Despite the title The Greatest Ever!, this is not a “greatest hits” collection by any means – no “What’d I Say”, no “Day-O” – but instead an enjoyable selection of recordings that were nearly all unfamiliar to me when I purchased the album.