Hallelujah I Love Her So

For the album by Ray Charles, see Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So).

"Hallelujah I Love Her So"
Single by Ray Charles
from the album Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So)
A-side	"Hallelujah I Love Her So"
B-side	"What Would I Do Without You"
Released	1956
Format	7" 45rpm
Recorded	1956
Genre	Rhythm and blues
Length	2:35
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Ray Charles
Producer	Jerry Wexler
Ray Charles singles chronology
"A Fool for You" (1955) "Hallelujah I Love Her So" (1956) "Mary Ann" (1956)

"Hallelujah I Love Her So" is a rhythm and blues single written by and released by American singer Ray Charles in 1956 on the Atlantic label. It would later appear on Ray Charles' self-titles 1st LP for Atlantic Records in 1957.

The song peaked at number five on the Billboard R&B chart and much like "I Got a Woman" and "This Little Girl of Mine" before it was a song based on a gospel hymn with lyrics changed around to fit a secular blues format.

These songs predated the groundbreaking success Charles had near the end of the fifties with "What'd I Say" but they helped contribute to Charles' huge success with the R&B community at the time.

"Hallelujah I Love Her So" is a testament to the joyous release of love, featuring a sophisticated horn arrangement, and memorable tenor sax solo (by Don Wilkerson). Stevie Wonder, Peggy Lee, Eddie Cochran and later, Humble Pie would successfully cover the song.

Personnel

• Ray Charles - lead vocal
• The Ray Charles Orchestra - instrumentation
• Jerry Wexler - producer

Cover versions

• Peggy Lee (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So")
• Ella Fitzgerald on her Verve release Rhythm Is My Business
• Connie Francis (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So")
• Timi Yuro (as "Halleluja I Love Him So")
• Eddie Cochran (single A-side)
• Earl Grant
• Jerry Lee Lewis
• Little Stevie Wonder on the 1962 album Tribute to Uncle Ray
• Davy Graham (acoustic instrumental version on 1963 album The Guitar Player)
• The Beatles (known at the time as The Quarrymen) a very early home recording of it was included on Anthology 1. They also played the song in the early days at The Star-Club in Hamburg, which is included in the album Live! at the Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany; 1962.

• Harry Belafonte on the 1958 album Belafonte Sings the Blues, a smart "jazzy" version
• The Animals
• Gerry & The Pacemakers
• Frank Sinatra on My Way (1969)
• Humble Pie
• Eva Cassidy (as "Hallelujah I Love Him So")
• Jerry Reed
• The Blues Band
• The Holloways
• Raymond van het Groenewoud translated the song on his 1988 album Intiem

• Hugh Laurie
• Crystal Gayle
• Maceo Parker on his 2008 album Roots & Grooves
• Tony DeSare on his 2009 album Radio Show
• David Sanborn on his 2010 album Only Everything
• Guy Sebastian "Hallelujah I Love Her So" from The Memphis Album
• James Hunter
• Jamie Cullum
• Blue Harlem
• Lone Ranger in a reggae version called Rose Marie
• Ryan Montbleau

Eddie Cochran version

"Hallelujah, I Love Her So"
Single by Eddie Cochran
from the album The Eddie Cochran Memorial Album
B-side	"Little Angel"
Released	November 1959
Format	7" 45rpm
Recorded	August 31, 1959
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	Liberty F-55217
Writer(s)	Ray Charles
Producer	Eddie Cochran
Eddie Cochran singles chronology
"Somethin' Else" (1959) "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (1959) "Three Steps to Heaven" (1960)

"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" is an adaption of the Ray Charles song by Eddie Cochran. It was released on Liberty Records single in November 1959.