Wish You Were Here Tonight is an album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1983.[1][2] Charles shot videos for the title track and "3/4 Time"; both were nominated for American Video Awards.[3]
"Born to Love Me" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Country Vocal Performance, Male".[4] The album peaked at No. 29 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.[5] It was a moderate commercial success.[6]
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the material Charles has chosen is nearly all third-rate and the arrangements limp along hopelessly out of synch with the growl and roar of his voice."[16] The Philadelphia Daily News opined that "it's the best he's made in the better part of a decade, and whatever the weakest material is more than made up for by his always wise and whimsical performances."[17]Robert Christgau deemed the album "another rehash of his jokey, deeply felt shtick... Not that it can't be great shtick."[8]
