• "What'd I Say" (or "What I Say") is an American rhythm and blues song by Ray Charles, released in 1959. As a single divided into two parts, it was one...
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  • What'd I Say is an album by American musician Ray Charles, released by Atlantic Records in late 1959. His sixth album since the debut Ray Charles in 1957...
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  • Charles's "What'd I Say" and has been recognized as the first music video. The film is soundtracked by a live recording of Ray Charles's "What'd I Say". During...
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  • guitar Glen Campbell – electric guitar on "What'd I Say" Alton Hendrickson – electric guitar on "What'd I Say" Floyd Cramer – piano Calvin Jackson – piano...
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    had 86 hits, including 11 chart-toppers such as "I've Got a Woman", "What'd I Say (Part 1)", "Hit the Road Jack", and "You Are My Sunshine." Charles also...
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  • performed by others. The RIAA certified the single disc "Viva Las Vegas/What'd I Say" gold on March 27, 1992, having sold 500,000 copies in the United States...
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    scandal, and with few exceptions, such as a cover of Ray Charles's "What'd I Say", he did not have much chart success in the early 1960s. His live performances...
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  • for what later became termed as "soul music" after Charles released "What'd I Say" nearly five years later. The song was recorded on November 18, 1954...
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  • 1962. Paul McCartney said the drums on "I Feel Fine" were inspired by Ray Charles's 1959 single "What'd I Say". At the time of the song's recording, the...
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    / "Lucille" / "If You Should" / "Have I the Right?" / "Goldfinger" / "Kansas City" / "My Prayer" / "What'd I Say" A few of these tracks have made their...
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    handed the mike over to Ronnie when she started to sing Ray Charles' "What'd I Say". Soon afterward, Ronnie and the Relatives became a permanent act at...
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  • the club’s owner demands they play the remaining time, Ray performs "What'd I Say" on the spot. His popularity rises through the 1950s and he moves his...
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  • / "I Wonder" / "Three Little Words (I Love You)" / "Baby Jane" / "No Time" / "See If She Cares" / "What's the Matter Little Girl" / "What'd I Say" Tell...
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  • True" and "What'd I Say". "Is It True" was released in England and later in the US, and it became a hit and a gold record. "What'd I Say" became another...
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  • Out Some Insurance On Me, Baby)" (Hall/Charles Singleton) – 2:52 * "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) (The Beat Brothers) – 2:37 Side two "Sweet Georgia Brown"...
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    songs, they often covered rock and R&B standards, such as Ray Charles’ “What'd I Say”. While their single “Cadillac” reached number two on the Finnish charts...
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  • name; "Witchcraft" had been a 1956 hit record for The Spiders; and "What'd I Say" was the Ray Charles classic from 1959. Three B-sides, "Lonely Man",...
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    reached the pinnacle of his success at Atlantic with the release of "What'd I Say", which combined gospel, jazz, blues and Latin music. Charles said he...
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  • addition to "Keep a Knockin'", includes snippets of "I Got a Woman" (by Ray Charles), "What'd I Say" (Charles) and "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (Jerry...
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  • (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:43 "Dick Dale Stomp" (Dick Dale) – 2:12 "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 3:24 "Greenback Dollar" (Hoyt Axton, Ken Ramsey) – 2:52...
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    rancid-smelling aphrodisiac I deplore." Asked for a response, Presley said, "I admire the man. He has a right to say what he wants to say. He is a great success...
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  • part of the 1956 song "Love Me". In 2015, the song was included on the If I Can Dream album on the 80th anniversary of Presley's birth. The version uses...
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  • (from Da uomo a uomo) "The Devil's Rumble" – Davie Allan & The Arrows "What'd I Say" – Rare Earth "Zulus" – Elmer Bernstein (from Zulu Dawn) "Eastern Condors"...
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    recordings, including "I Wanna Be a Beatle," "Rockin' Robin," "Peanuts," "What'd I Say," "You're Gonna Cry Someday," and even Cole Porter's "I Love Paris." Cornish...
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    Atlantic signed Ray Charles, whose hits included "I Got a Woman", "What'd I Say", and "Hallelujah I Love Her So". Later that year The Clovers' "One Mint...
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  • Staples – vocals (6) Aaron Neville – vocals (12) Vocal Ensemble on "What'd I Say" Dr. John, Warren Haynes, John Mayer, Aaron Neville and Mavis Staples...
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  • School Confidential," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Great Balls of Fire," "What'd I Say (Parts 1 & 2) and "Mean Woman Blues." The second set featured "Good Golly...
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    Me" [Gold] "Viva Las Vegas"/"What'd I Say" [Gold] "Ain't That Loving You, Baby"/"Ask Me" [Gold] "Crying in the Chapel"/"I Believe in the Man in the Sky"...
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    iPod and iPad. The list differs from the 2004 version, with 26 songs added, all of which are songs from the 2000s except "Juicy" by The Notorious B.I...
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    Trouble. Scenes were added of Ray Charles (doing "What'd I Say") and Bobby Vee ("More Than I Can Say"). Play It Cool (1962), Allied Artists, black and...
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