A Fool for You
1955 single by Ray Charles
| "A Fool for You" | ||||
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| Single by Ray Charles | ||||
| from the album Ray Charles (or, Hallelujah I Love Her So) | ||||
| Released | June 1955 | |||
| Recorded | 1954–1955 | |||
| Genre | Rhythm and blues | |||
| Length | 3:03 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Charles | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Wexler | |||
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"A Fool for You" is a bluesy, proto-soul single written and released by musician Ray Charles on Atlantic Records in 1955.[1] The single was Charles' second number-one R&B hit.[2]
Personnel
- Lead vocal and piano by Ray Charles
- Instrumentation by the Ray Charles band
- Produced by Jerry Wexler
Covers
- Ike & Tina Turner on The Ike & Tina Turner Show (Vol. 2)[3]
- Stevie Wonder on I Was Made To Love Her
- Otis Redding on The Immortal Otis Redding
- Van Morrison on A Night in San Francisco
- Van Morrison on The Healing Game
- The Jackson 5 on Soulsation!
- Valerie Wellington on Compilation The New Bluebloods
References
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studio creations
- Ray Charles at Newport
- Ray Charles in Person
- Live in Concert
- Ray Charles Live
compilations
top 10 singles
- "What'd I Say"
- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Hit the Road Jack"
- "One Mint Julep"
- "Unchain My Heart"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You "
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "You Are My Sunshine"
- "Busted"
- "Take These Chains from My Heart"
- "Crying Time"
#1 singles
- "I Got a Woman"
- "A Fool for You"
- "Mary Ann"
- "Drown in My Own Tears"
- "Together Again"
- "Let's Go Get Stoned"
- "Seven Spanish Angels"
- "I'll Be Good to You"
(not included above)
- "Let The Good Times Roll"
- "Living for the City"
- "A Song for You"
- "Heaven Help Us All"
- "Here We Go Again"
- Discography
- Tangerine Records
- David "Fathead" Newman
- Fathead / Ray Charles Sextet
- Hank Crawford
- The Raelettes
- Ray
- soundtrack
- Here We Go Again: Celebrating the Genius of Ray Charles
- Tribute to Uncle Ray
- "Confession Blues"
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