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1959 studio album by Ray Charles
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What'd I Say is a 1959 Ray Charles album released by Atlantic Records, the sixth since the debut Ray Charles in 1957. The release popularized Charles' first top 10 hit, "What'd I Say", and became his first gold record.[2][3] The album is included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[4]
Track listing
All tracks composed by Ray Charles; except where indicated
- "What'd I Say" Parts 1 & 2
- "Jumpin' in the Mornin'"
- "You Be My Baby" (Charles, Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman)
- "Tell Me How Do You Feel" (Percy Mayfield)
- "What Kind of Man Are You" (duet with Mary Ann Fisher)
- "Rockhouse" Parts 1 & 2
- "Roll with My Baby" (Sam Sweet)
- "Tell All the World About You"
- "My Bonnie"
- "That's Enough"
Personnel
- Ray Charles – piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ, vocals
- David Newman – tenor saxophone, alto saxophone (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
- Emmett Dennis – baritone saxophone (tracks 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
- Bennie Crawford – baritone saxophone (tracks 1, 4)
- Marcus Belgrave – trumpet (tracks 3, 4, 8, 9)
- Lee Harper – trumpet (tracks 3, 8, 9)
- Ricky Harper – trumpet (tracks 5, 10)
- Joe Bridgewater – trumpet (tracks 5, 6, 10)
- John Hunt – trumpet (tracks 4, 6)
- Edgar Willis – double bass (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
- Roosevelt Sheffield – double bass (track 6)
- Richie Goldberg – drums (tracks 3, 8, 9)
- William Peeples – drums (tracks 5, 6, 10)
- Teagle Fleming – drums (track 4)
- Milt Turner – drums (track 1)
- Mary Ann Fisher – vocals (tracks 5, 10)
- The Raelets – vocal group (tracks 3, 5, 8, 9, 10)
- unknown – trumpet, saxophone, double bass, drums (tracks 2, 7)[5]
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