• "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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  • "Rocking Guitar: (a) Guitar Boogie Shuffle/(b) See You Later Alligator/(c) What’d I Say/(d) Shake Rattle and Roll/ (e) Blue Suede Shoes/ (d) Rock Around The...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    hosted “Records at Random” on KSFO, opening his show with Ray Charles “What’d I Say”. Between 1966 and 1967 Eason both created and hosted "Testing 1-2-3"...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    / "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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    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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  • 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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  • (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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  • "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" is a 1966 hit recorded by English singer Dusty Springfield that proved to be her most successful single, reaching...
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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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  • to creep into the white pop charts since Ray Charles's gospel-styled 'What'd I Say.'" In 1956, Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm had a reputation as one...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • watertower-music.com Retrieved Aug 17, 2015 Ertegun, Ahmet M. (2001) "What'd I Say?" – The Atlantic Story: 50 Years of Music. Welcome Rain. p. 538. ISBN 978-1-56649-048-1...
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  • original gatefold cover. "What'd I Say" (Ray Charles) – 7:15 "If I Die" (Pete Rivera) – 3:32 "The Seed" (Rivera) – 3:34 "I Just Want to Celebrate" (Dino...
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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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