(Night Time Is) the Right Time
~ Recording by Ray Charles
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings the Blues (Mono) | Ray Charles | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8052 |
| 1.8 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Ray Charles Story, Volume Two (mono) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8064 |
| 7.2 | The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781293-299 |
| 1.2 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 4: 1958-1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81296-2 |
| 1.16 | The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | The Right Time | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2292-41120-2 |
| 2.14 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Yesterdays Gold: 120 Golden Oldies, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| YDG 2552 | |
| 1.16 | The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles, Volume 2 | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| World Star Collection | WSC 99054 |
| 1.13 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Wonderful World of Ray Charles: 20 Golden Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Remember (reissues) | CD-RMB 75603 |
| 1.14 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Yesterdays Gold, Volume 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Yesterdays Gold | CD-YDG 74624 |
| 1.12 | The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Rock Times, Volume 3: 1959-1960 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Zounds | 27000237 A |
| 3.12 | The Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | The Birth of Soul | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82310-2 |
| 4.10 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82305-2 |
| 1.3 | (Night Time Is) the Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: R&B Gems II | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2RNR-48, OPCD-2641 |
| 1.22 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Blues + Jazz | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-71607-2 |
| 1.17 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | WE 835 |
| 1.17 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71722 |
| 1.17 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (BMG club edition, no barcode) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Rhino (reissue label) | D105755, R2 71722 |
| 2.19 | The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | Soul Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| [no label] (Special purpose label – white labels, self-published releases and other “no label” releases) | 7567 80595 2 |
| 1.17 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Best of Ray Charles: The Atlantic Years (BMG club edition with barcode) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions), Rhino (reissue label) | D105755, R2 71722 |
| 1.8 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | The Hits of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Charly Records | CD CRM 1028 |
| 1.14 | The Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | The Very Best: Georgia On My Mind | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Carrère Music (imprint used by Carrère after 1989) | 7567-80588-2 | |
| 4.15 | The Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | Οι 80 καλύτερες μπαλάντες | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compact Disc Club | BSW 480918-2 |
| 1.7 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Elemental Rhythm & Blues: Smooth & Soulful | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 7208 |
| 1.12 | (The Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | Living the Blues: 1957-1959 Blues Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| MCA Special Products | MSD-36045 |
| 1.20 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 72859 2 |
| 1.20 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2/R4 72859 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:31 | Ray Charles | I’ve Got a Woman and Other Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | OPCD 7760 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:31 | Ray Charles | I’ve Got a Woman and Other Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Flashback Records (reissue label, subsidiary of Rhino) | 8122727042 |
| 1.12 | (Night Time Is) the Right Time | 3:23 | Ray Charles | Music to Install Windows 98 By | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75498 |
| 1.9 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Ultimate Hits Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.9 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Ultimate Hits Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 75644 |
| 2.15 | The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Sound of Atlantic Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner.ESP | 7567 80595-9 |
| 1.3 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Roots of Rhythm: Turn on Your Love Light | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music Special Markets | 3145457492 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 79822 |
| 1.9 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:23 | Ray Charles | The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.10 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| 8122 73556-2 | |
| 1.10 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 73556-2 |
| 1.10 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), Rhino (reissue label), Warner Strategic Marketing International | 8122 73556-2 |
| 1.4 | (Night Time Is) the Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings the Blues | Ray Charles | Album |
| WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990) | 8122-73524-2 |
| 1.3 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Visionary Soul | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Hear Music, Rhino Special Products | J106706, OPCD 1993 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Ray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Ray Charles | Album + Soundtrack |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 76540 |
| 1.5 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Ray | Ray Charles | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Ray | Ray Charles | Album + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122-76540-2 |
| 1.2 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Let the Good Times Roll | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Somerset Entertainment (manufacturer/distributor of specialty music, with regional distributors in US, CA, & UK/EU) | 32261 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Ray | Ray Charles | Album + Soundtrack |
| Rhino (reissue label), Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122 79597-2 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Ray: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Ray Charles | Album + Soundtrack |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 76541 2 |
| 1.11 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Gold | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD191 |
| 1.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:20 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings the Blues | Ray Charles | Album |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | |
| 1.8 | The Right Time | 3:30 | Ray Charles | The Ray Charles Story, Volume Two (Édition Studio Masters) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | [none] |
| 5.6 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 74731 |
| 1.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Ray | Ray Charles | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.10 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Atlantic R&B 1947-1974, Vol. 4: 1957-1960 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-77579-2 |
| 2.5 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Crimson (UK budget reissue label; imprint of Crimson Productions Ltd.) | CRIMBX59 |
| 2.6 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Definitive Soul Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-77664-2 |
| 2.1 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | 40 Greatest Hits: The Very Best of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Direct Source Special Products Inc. | |
| 4.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Original Album Series | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 79837 9 |
| 2.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings the Blues | Ray Charles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2049 |
| 1.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings the Blues | Ray Charles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | UDSACD 2049 |
| 4.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Original Album Series | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | WPCR-26016~20 |
| 2.9 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | That’s Soul: Think | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”) | 532 814-3 |
| 1.6 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | ?:?? | Ray Charles | Soul Breakout ’59 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Fantastic Voyage | FVCD039 |
| 2.6 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Big3 (UK, budget compilations) | BT3015 |
| 1.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings The Blues (Mono) | Ray Charles | Album |
| Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab | MFSL 1-337 |
| 1.16 | The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Dedicated to You / The Genius Sings the Blues | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Jackpot Records (♠♥♣♦, typically w/ cat nos. 487##, barcodes typically 84360*/84365*) | 48726 |
| 1.35 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:26 | Ray Charles | Love Songs: Special Edition | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Play Digital | |
| 1.20 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | A Life in Jazz | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.11 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:22 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles, Volume 2: Seven Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Real Gone Jazz | RGJCD349 |
| 1.8 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Ray Charles Story, Volume Two | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | [none] |
| 1.7 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:28 | Ray Charles | 24 Greatest Hits | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Vinyl Passion | VP 80702 |
| 1.11 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | Rockin' with Ray: Just About as Good as It Gets! | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
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| 2.6 | The Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | The Very Best Of | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| 3277672 | |
| 3.4 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:24 | Ray Charles | King of Cool: The Genius of Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122795903 |
| 2.16 | (Night Time Is) The Right Time | 3:23 | Ray Charles | Singles Collection 1949–1962 Plus | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Real Gone | RGMCD120 |
| 2.9 | The Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | The Very Best Of (Different tracklist from 2013 release 3277672) | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Wagram Music (imprint/distributor) | 3299892 |
| 1.4 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings The Blues | Ray Charles | Album |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 8122-79624-9 |
| 1.44 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | Soul: The Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.9 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | The Rough Guide to Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| World Music Network | RGNET1356CD |
| 1.8 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | The Rough Guide to Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| World Music Network | RGNET1356LP |
| 1.9 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | The Rough Guide to Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| World Music Network | RGNET1356DD |
| 1.98 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | 100 Greatest 50s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.10 | The Right Time | 3:27 | Ray Charles | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Vol.4: 1957-1960 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 82305-2 |
| 2.8 | The Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | Story | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 60145 |
| 1.4 | Night Time Is the Right Time | 3:25 | Ray Charles | The Genius Sings the Blues (Mono) | Ray Charles | Album |
| Rhino Atlantic (digital releases only!) | [none] |
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| 1.7 | The Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation | Warner Jazz | ||
| 1.14 | The Right Time | 3:29 | Ray Charles | The Very Best | Ray Charles | Album + Compilation | |||
Relationships
| producer: | Ahmet Ertegun (US American Songwriter, producer) Leiber and Stoller (songwriting team) Jerry Wexler |
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| baritone saxophone [baritone sax]: | Bennie "Hank" Crawford (on 1958-10-28) |
| bass: | Edgar Willis (bass) (on 1958-10-28) |
| drums (drum set): | Milt Turner (on 1958-10-28) |
| electric piano: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1958-10-28) |
| solo alto saxophone [alto sax]: | David “Fathead” Newman (American jazz saxophonist) (on 1958-10-28) |
| trumpet: | Marcus Belgrave (on 1958-10-28) Lee "Ricky" Harper" (Lee Harper, trumpet player (Ray Charles)) (on 1958-10-28) |
| background vocals: | The Raelettes (on 1958-10-28) |
| vocals: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) (on 1958-10-28) Margie Hendrix (on 1958-10-28) |
| arranger: | Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter) |
| recorded at: | Atlantic Studios (1841 Broadway, New York, 1957–1991) in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1958-10-28) |
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| recording of: | Night Time Is the Right Time (on 1958-10-28: cover) |
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Related works
Night Time Is the Right Time
| composer: | Lew Herman |
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| publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) Planemar Music Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd. Tro-Essex Music |
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| arrangements: | Night Time (Is the Right Time) |
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